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John Cook

A random walk down blockchain hell

Do we really need a Blockchain powered by Oracle or a PayPal stablecoin?

5 min readAug 15, 2023

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A random walk down blockchain hell

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John Cook

Crypto’s summer of scams 2023: fake yield aggregators

How to steal $2,000,000 in 90 days — The zkSync Era Kannagi Finance case study

5 min readAug 5, 2023

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Crypto’s summer of scams 2023: fake yield aggregators

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John Cook

The economic triangle of death

When stuff costs more, consumers spend less, and companies stop growing: a prediction of the future.

8 min readMay 14, 2023

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The economic triangle of death

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John Cook

Crypto becomes a landlord

We review real-world assets in the crypto ecosystem by exploring MakerDAO’s foray into commercial real estate.

6 min readFeb 10, 2023

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Crypto becomes a landlord

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John Cook

No winners in 2022

Crypto VCs fail to deliver | Binance Mega FUD | Ethereum banned

11 min readDec 31, 2022

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No winners in 2022

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John Cook

S&P500 2023 Forecast: Wall Street says “not sure”

We review 2023 Wall Street forecasts for the S&P500 and conclude there is no conclusion.

7 min readDec 17, 2022

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S&P500 2023 Forecast: Wall Street says “not sure”

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John Cook

70% of all digital art is centralized, including the world’s most expensive NFT.

Part 1 — A hands-on guide to NFT metadata centralization risk vectors which permeate across the entire crypto ecosystem

15 min readDec 12, 2022

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70% of all digital art is centralized, including the world’s most expensive NFT.

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John Cook

Did FTX engineer a fake bailout of BlockFi?

Part 2 — How FTX engineered a fake bailout of BlockFi after they lost $1 billion of depositor funds because of FTX!

7 min readDec 5, 2022

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Did FTX engineer a fake bailout of BlockFi?

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John Cook

Was Grayscale’s bitcoin premium a leveraged ponzi?

We explore how Grayscale’s BTC premium was a result of centralized exchanges and hedge funds pumping demand using leveraged depositor funds

10 min readDec 3, 2022

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Was Grayscale’s bitcoin premium a leveraged ponzi?

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John Cook

The hardest game: predicting a recession

Macro, finance and crypto charts of the week for 11/24/22. This week we predict the next recession.

9 min readNov 26, 2022

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The hardest game: predicting a recession

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John Cook

John Cook

Advocate of transparent financial systems & governments that serve the people | Macro, markets & crypto research @ http://frontruncrypto.com

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