SEC and CFTC Chairmen Issue Warning and The state of #Crypto

Published: Jan. 29, 2018, 3:42 p.m.

b'The investment seeks daily investment results in altcoins. The fund invests in coins and tokens that MalairteBitcoin believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as two percent times (2%x) the daily return of the index. It is a float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index of approximately 250 alternative operating coin/token companies selected through a process that factors in criteria such as liquidity, price, and volatility.

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