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Economy => Economics => Topic started by: Cardan0 on January 17, 2018, 11:28:54 PM



Title: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: Cardan0 on January 17, 2018, 11:28:54 PM
I think it would be very interesting to have some short of crypto index, like the FTSE or the NIKKEI with the main cryptos and tokens out there to have a grasp of the market. An ideally, there could be some secondary indexes.


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: GeoDudeScho on January 18, 2018, 02:23:03 AM
Yes, search "metaindex"

Although to be honest, just following the crypto total market cap or the price of bitcoin itself will give a pretty clear indication on the market.


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: ATTN on January 18, 2018, 04:35:13 AM
There are a few security-style ICOs/tokens that claim to track an basket of coins, presumably by holding those coins in the underlying asset and being redeemable.


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: Rodzz on January 18, 2018, 05:46:07 AM
Yes, search "metaindex"

Although to be honest, just following the crypto total market cap or the price of bitcoin itself will give a pretty clear indication on the market.

Thanks! I've been looking around for something like this. I  want to compare my overall returns since inception to something.


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: Cardan0 on January 22, 2018, 12:14:51 AM
Yes, search "metaindex"

Although to be honest, just following the crypto total market cap or the price of bitcoin itself will give a pretty clear indication on the market.

You have a point in there. Everything is much too related to bitcoin with all those trading and arbitrage bots, but still, I would like to see the evolution on an index. Thanks for the tip.


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: Cardan0 on January 22, 2018, 12:17:17 AM
There are a few security-style ICOs/tokens that claim to track an basket of coins, presumably by holding those coins in the underlying asset and being redeemable.

I know of Crypto20, but I am not looking for an investment fund, but something like an index and possibly other indexes by sector. Nowadays - Insurance, Payment tools, chain tech, ai, logistics....


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: ATTN on January 23, 2018, 10:06:34 PM
There are a few security-style ICOs/tokens that claim to track an basket of coins, presumably by holding those coins in the underlying asset and being redeemable.

I know of Crypto20, but I am not looking for an investment fund, but something like an index and possibly other indexes by sector. Nowadays - Insurance, Payment tools, chain tech, ai, logistics....

Can you elaborate a little? Are you looking for traditional investment (i.e., mainstream stock market) or cryptocurrency investment? Is your point you want sector-focused ICO indexes? It is an interesting idea, if so.


Title: Re: Is there a Crypto Index?
Post by: Cardan0 on January 24, 2018, 12:55:30 PM
There are a few security-style ICOs/tokens that claim to track an basket of coins, presumably by holding those coins in the underlying asset and being redeemable.

I know of Crypto20, but I am not looking for an investment fund, but something like an index and possibly other indexes by sector. Nowadays - Insurance, Payment tools, chain tech, ai, logistics....

Can you elaborate a little? Are you looking for traditional investment (i.e., mainstream stock market) or cryptocurrency investment? Is your point you want sector-focused ICO indexes? It is an interesting idea, if so.


Yep, that would be the main idea. A general index and then sectorial indexes. That way you could get a quick feeling of the market and also of the different main sectors. As today, sectors could be:
- Chains and chain cross talking
- Identity services
- Wallets and exchanges.
- Financial and credit
- AI
- Trading
- Network services (data storage, distributed computing, ...)
- etc...