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Easy to track — impossible to replicate



Here in Blackmoon, we are constantly working on all possible aspects of crypto investing: we not only try to release new investment products with an enviable frequency, but also to enhance user experience. Backing up the words with action, right before the launch of the new crypto strategies, we added a new section to the token pages — “Portfolio Composition” (5th page on the slider), created to ensure maximum transparency in our services. Now you can track the composition of the portfolio on each date. With all the given information on the platform, you can not only track, but also try to replicate the performance of a certain strategy. But let us figure out… is it really worth trying?

For this reason, we have put together the key characteristics of our crypto strategies with short descriptions. “Transparency” has already been mentioned, thus we continue from that point:



Despite the fact that we provide all the needed information on the composition of a certain portfolio and how we build it, replication of this process “at home” might become an almost impossible challenge. All the calculations and trades are made 24/7 by the pre-programmed machine, which does not sleep, rest or take a vacation.



By allowing the execution of trades, our smart proprietary trading algorithms minimize costs. Among our strengths — picking the best price from a wide list of exchanges and benefiting from the economies of scale.



Today, crypto investors are overloaded with tons of accounts from different exchanges, wallets, and platforms. With the increasing number of login-password pairs, 2FAs, paper keys all over the table, increases the risk of losing money, let alone the necessity to remember all this stuff.

With Blackmoon, you need only one account and we will take care of the rest.



We have recently reached the milestone of 10 investment products on the platform. These 10 products allow you to diversify your investment portfolio by building various combinations to find optimal composition for your investment horizon and risk/return preferences. For instance, by simultaneously investing in BMxT20 and BMx1DV tokens you get exposure not only to the top coins by the market cap but also to the most volatile coins. On top of that, our platform allows you to add stock- and fund-backed tokens to the portfolio, diversifying it with investment products uncorrelated with crypto.



As previously pointed out, our investment opportunities remarkably fit the demand of the crypto community. Besides making life easier, they bring additional utility to cryptocurrencies asset class and provide unprecedented to crypto industry diversification.

Furthermore, due to the simplicity and user-friendliness, our products might also become a perfect solution for individuals just entering the industry. The less-experienced investors that are not confident in their trading skills, and scared of all these crypto exchanges and piles of accounts, now have an opportunity to simply index the crypto market by investing in the BMxT20 token, for example.

Now, we have all the pieces together and ready to see the big picture:



This diagram combines and visually demonstrates the key advantages of our crypto strategies. It is a solid, truly innovative investment product available globally. Despite the fact that we keep our strategies and portfolio compositions transparent, it is almost impossible for an individual to replicate the resulting product and infrastructure. Today, we have 10 investment opportunities from three asset classes, in the future, this number will rise exponentially, as we are aimed at establishing the platform with a curated set of all investment products that the investors might think of.

Stay tuned for further updates as new options will be appearing in all of our product lines!

DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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WHERE’s MY 10X? Or how the life of crypto investors changed in 2018.



You have scrutinized a certain blockchain project, you have examined the whitepaper multiple times, you have checked all the team members, you have watched an overview of the project by your favorite blockchain vlogger, you have even joined project’s Slack channel, but still, no Moon. Why?

In this article, we are going to look at the main strategies of crypto investors in 2017 and 2018. We will try to understand how certain market characteristics and trends affected the success rate of these strategies. And finally, we will try to find out what to do in the current realities of the crypto industry.

Hindsight
The tremendous success of the first ICOs has enchanted everybody: investors, projects seeking for crowdsale and scammers, of course. The number of ICOs has skyrocketed:



In the hunt for huge profits, crypto investors have been pouring billions of dollars into these crowdsales. For the majority of investors, the selection process literally consisted of checking the website, reading the whitepaper and maybe watching a couple of Youtube videos. That’s it! Funny enough this strategy did work just fine. Many investors thought they found new Klondike and bravely dived into this adventurous endeavor.

Why did it work? First, public awareness was rising very fast and the market was only preparing for the mission to the Moon.



Second, when the market was on the rise, pretty much all more or less sensible projects were surging as well. In crypto, we have a highly correlated environment. Here are some stats:



The matrix shows that in the selected months the whole market was pretty much moving together. Even though it was a period of a high activity, we have been observing the same strong correlation throughout 2018.

Thereby, the success of many “crypto experts” was mainly attributable to the market situation.

What went wrong
In January 2018, the temporarily overbought crypto market reacted with a sharp correction. Keeping in mind the correlation matrix, this correction affected every project and also airlifted a big part of the crypto community back to reality.


Source: Coinmarketcap

The returns on ICO investments not only slowed down but also turned to negative. However, the market situation is not the only problem. The year 2018 is the year for many ICOs to roll out their products and as some part of them wrote their whitepapers from scratch, it turned out that, so far, not every project is able to build a relevant, secure and a properly functioning product.

Recently, Earnst&Young published an update on their review of the top 141 ICO projects that in December 2017 accounted for 87% of funds invested in ICOs. In this follow-up study, they revisit the same group of projects to check the progress these companies have made. Here are the main points for our article:

1. 86% of the projects are now below their listing price; 30% have lost substantially all value. An investor purchasing a portfolio of these 141 ICOs on 1 January 2018 would most likely have lost 66% of the investment.
2. Of the ICO start-ups, E&Y looked at, only 29% (25) have working products or prototypes, up by just 13% from the end of last year.
3. There were gains among selected projects, concentrated in 10 ICO tokens, most of which are in the blockchain infrastructure category.



There is also another statistic to support our point, it is the number of active addresses. As of October 22, only 26 projects have more than 500 active addresses in a 24-hour period.



This table shows that despite all the big words on websites and whitepapers a huge part of blockchain projects lack use cases and people just don’t use them, for now, they are mostly tools for speculation.

Consequences
On September 6, 2018, Fundstrat Global posted an interesting statistic, called “Alt-correction index”. The chart below displays that on August 22, 2018, 96.7% of altcoins were down 70% and more from 9-month highs:



This shows that investors are leaving beloved ICOs and trying to find a safer place in the crypto world during this storm. Most of them try to move their funds to the top coins, but even these assets are experiencing some significant bearish tendencies. For instance, ETH has plummeted even tougher than BTC due to the overall trend in the ICO market.

Recently BitMex published an interesting article named “Ethereum holdings in the ICO treasury accounts”, which is telling us about an economics behind of ICO funding and how these projects affect the price of ICO fuel — ether.



We see that this huge amount of ETH collected by ICO projects is downward pressuring the ETH price and till the majority of these projects won’t deliver products and get to the point when the operational profits will at least cover recurring costs, this situation will remain unstable.

Reaction from investors
As a result, we have a huge number of investors moving away from altcoins. However, holding even the top cryptocurrencies in 2018 is an arduous business, not everyone can watch at one’s portfolio melting every day. BTC price chart is far from being as mesmerizing as it was in 2017:



Trading in the crypto world is highly inconvenient and, as we all know, it is the place where retail investors usually lose money. Quitting crypto completely is not an option too. First, it’s a tough moral choice to leave at these prices, and second, the market shows signs of consolidation, so no one wants to miss the next bull run.

So what are the most adequate options for investors right now?

What to do?
Here we have a list of the most sensible strategies that investors may employ:

A. To hold coins of those projects that have backed up their words with action. We need to appreciate these rare specimens with a working product.

B. To move funds to the very top coins and forget about them.

C. To use robots and algorithmic trading tools. As far as hodling in 2018 is not the sweetest thing, more and more investors turn to active strategies.

Apparently, a wise move will be to mix these options and build a portfolio of strategies fitting your investment preferences. While with points A and B it is possible to do everything on your own, with the point C, technically speaking, not everyone can build a home-made trading robot. Thus it is much easier to use a readily available solution.

Blackmoon’s solution
To start with, we are the only operational blockchain investment platform. Yes, we are one of those projects with a product.

Today, we offer ten investment opportunities, six of them related to algorithmic crypto trading.



For those investors bullish on the crypto market’s future, we have an option to just index the market with our BMxT10 and BMxT20 tokens, which represent the top coins by market cap and are automatically rebalanced monthly.



For those looking for more active strategies, we currently have another 4 products. For example, BMxVTP token follows the performance of the most volatile coins, features trend protection mechanism to reduce downside risk and is rebalanced daily.



Finally, we have unprecedented for crypto industry products represented by tokens that follow the performance of assets from the world of traditional investments. It brings diversification of your crypto portfolio to a whole new level and lets you get exposure to traditional assets without leaving the crypto.

With these options already, investors can make a huge number of combinations for different risk/reward preferences. However, we are not content with these achievements and will continue to establish new standards in the field by constantly developing our product. Furthermore, we try to make our services available in as many countries as possible. Recently, we have opened our doors for US citizens, now accredited investors have an access to the investment opportunities on our platform.

Stay tuned for further updates as new options will be appearing in all of our product lines!

Summary
First of all, it is impossible to make a solid investment decision based only on the website and the whitepaper. With such a small percent of projects with a working product, it is much safer to wait for some kind of an MVP and only then make final research and decision.

Second, the market conditions have changed dramatically, some of the working strategies are not relevant anymore. However, the market shows signs of consolidation, and despite bearish tendencies in 2018, the industry is still very promising.

Third, in current circumstances, investors are looking for new solutions, innovative investment products and various combinations of those. Some of the most appealing opportunities are trading robots and algorithmic solutions. These options are already available for investors around the globe.

We hope that this article will help our readers to navigate themselves in the current realities of the blockchain industry and will prevent them from possible risky or unreasonable decisions. Take care!

DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries a high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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Click. Invest. Trade. They do the rest. New convenient layout released by Blackmoon platform

Investor experience and convenience are paramount for Blackmoon. To better serve our clients, we released a new layout of the website. With this layout, investors can easily see available assets, their performance and buy/sell without leaving the main page.

Here is a screenshot of the new layout:


New Showcase Layout

“It has never been easier to pick an investment for my portfolio”

“You guys are doing an amazing job in design and UX”

“Nice and easy!”

These are the comments that we received from the first users. Although we must admit that some comments were like this one:

“Now I finally get what Blackmoon is doing!”

Summary of changes:

1. Showcase of the investment products on the front page.
2. More relevant information on the product cards.
3. Buy and sell buttons added to the product cards.
4. As before, a click on a card opens the product page with in-depth information.

Visit platform yourself at blackmoonplatform.com and send your feedback in live chat or post a comment to this article. Your feedback helps us to serve you better and deliver you the easy access to trade innovative investment products.


DISCLAIMER

Investment in crypto currencies carries a high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal adviser to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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Blackmoon’s Crypto Strategies not only Surviving but Thriving Amongst the Market Bloodshed



Following the recent “bloodshed” that the crypto market is facing at the moment, Blackmoon announced today that its innovative investment strategies are not only surviving but thriving. The strategies have experienced double-digit returns in ETH in the last 24 hours alone proving that there can be a safe haven for crypto investors in chaotic times.

The main driving force for such an incredible result is the Trend Protection Mechanism, which seeks to reduce the downside risk by switching portfolio holdings between crypto and cash depending on the market conditions. In the last 24 hours, the strategy anticipated the market downturn and the algorithm converted crypto to cash and prevented the portfolios from plummeting:



Sergey Vasin, COO of Blackmoon — “Portfolios with built-in trend protection performed exceptionally well. The best thing about Blackmoon’s innovative investments is the fact that everything is fully automated and requires no action either from the investor, or from Blackmoon. We are not content with these achievements and we will continue to establish new standards in the field by constantly developing investment opportunities for the users of our platform.”

Stay tuned for further updates as new options will be appearing in all of our product lines!

DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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Navigating and Surviving the Crypto Storm



There has been a storm raining down on the crypto world over the past month. Total cryptocurrency market capitalization hit $120 billion on November 25, 2018. It has never been that low since September 2017. The market lost $40 billion in just 7 days. All in all, total cryptocurrency market showed -41% change over the last month, Bitcoin lost 42% of its value, ETH dived the most losing 47% and approaching $100. In fact, things are so wild at the moment that by the time we publish this article this data will most definitely change.



How can one navigate this storm and preserve one’s wealth when the market situation changes so fast? One option is to abandon the falling market, sell all cryptocurrency and wait for recovery. But doing so you may be stuck in a queue of hundreds of users who came up with the same decision. Moreover, the cost of this operation may skyrocket. Time and transaction costs may make the loss in value devastating under the condition of the consistent downtrend.

We, at Blackmoon, have developed an innovative investment opportunity that would keep your funds safe while the crypto market storm continues its fall. This option is called “Trend Protection” and works fairly easy at a first glance. Each day, an automated system evaluates the market direction and allocates available funds between crypto assets and cash (or cash equivalent that are represented by USD-pegged cryptocurrencies). The larger the part of the market is falling — the larger the part of the portfolio will be transferred to cash.

The graph below closely shows the structure of BMxDDR portfolio, over the recent most volatile days. The asset token tracks 6 cryptocurrencies with maximum capitalization and is equipped with the trend protection mechanism.



It’s easy to see that every time market capitalization decreases, TrueUSD occupies the portfolio. The larger the downside — the higher is TUSD allocation. Two days of positive correction, 18 and 21 November led to the unique events when the share of TUSD in the portfolio fell below 10% the next day after correction.

That is a very high-level logic of the trend protection feature. But what does it bring to the investor? Will it actually protect money from the downtrend, or will it only eat transaction costs that will wash out any possible benefits of relocation?

Blackmoon offers a wide range of crypto strategies. Some of them are featured with trend protection, some not. To compare apples to apples let’s take a look at how the similar strategies behave.



BMxT10, BMxT20 and BMxDDR all base portfolios on cryptocurrencies with the largest capitalization. They may differ by the number of coins included, portfolio rebalance periods and some other parameters, but generally, they focus on the same rule: the larger the coin, the larger the part of the portfolio it will occupy. The key difference is that BMxDDR employs trend protection mechanism. The left graph above shows that this feature allows the protected strategy to outperform rivals by nearly 40% in ETH within 1 month.

The same is true for another pair of strategies: BMx1DV and BMxVTP. Both of them focus on the coins with the highest volatility, but VTP is equipped by trend protection. The difference in returns of these strategies reaches a stunning 70%!

The table below shows USD returns of all our crypto strategies over 1-week and 1-month periods and compares them with BTC, ETH and overall market capitalization. Strategies that do not utilize trend protection feature show return around the market, while strategies with trend protection are way ahead.



Having these tokens in your portfolio will not allow you to grow your USD wealth because the crypto market does not offer investors solid ways to earn on the falling market these days, but you will definitely beat overall market. Moreover, these strategies are fully automated and will do all the work for you — all you have to do is click, invest and trade.

Feel free to utilize the full potential of the trend protected assets while the market is all red.

Do you want to find out other ways to survive and benefit any market situation? Stay with us, register your account on blackmoonplatform.com and keep an eye on new products that are coming soon.

Handy links to stay tuned to our updates:

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DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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Who owns Blockchain: FinTech Blockchain-related patent ownership breakdown



Among the things that Blockchain technology has been praised for, so far, is that it is built on simple and well-known ideas which individually could hardly be named new and have been well-known for quite some time:

1. Asymmetric Encryption (US patent 4,405,829),
2. Hash Functions (Hans Peter Luhn in 1960s),
3. Merkle Trees (US patent 4,309,569),
4. Key-value Database (Charles Bachman in 1960s),
5. P2P communication protocol (Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979), and
6. Proof of Work (Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor in 1993).

Today, anyone aware of these relatively simple ingredients and how they work together, could build their own blockchain ecosystem of whatever kind or functionality. Moreover, many well-known blockchain projects are developed from the open-source (free) code — anyone can freely use the source code to develop their own public or private blockchain system. They can do so without needing an application for a license from somebody and paying anything for the use.

But those should not celebrate too early, because to their surprise, particular solutions and ideas developed (even on such an open software) may turn to already be somebody’s intellectual property.

Who are the owners?
The highest wave of patent applications was spotted in 2016, a good deal of which successfully granted (mostly coming from Chinese and US companies).

Due to some differences in the legal landscape and reviewing practice of patent authorities, patenting blockchain-related solutions in the European Union is more troublesome than in the United States. As the President of the European Patent Office (EPO) Benoît Battistelli once claimed, EPO patent applications are subject to a more scrutinized review than in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It was further confirmed that, in their view, European patents are of better quality than their US counterparts. “It means we are sometimes not issuing patents which have been issued in the U.S.” Battistelli said in an interview to Reuters.[1]

As for now, within the EU, we can see only five granted patents all belonging to nChain (EP3295349, EP3295362, EP3295350, EP325719, EP 3268914).

The US formally goes right after China in numbers of granted patents.

A patent “ownership” structure chart would display not so dispersed ownership — on the contrary — it would rather look like closely held family company, with the main holders being well-known big finance and tech companies.

According to Rimon Law Firm research, as of August 2018 the main holders of the blockchain-related patents were IBM with 84 patents, EITC Holdings / nChain — 75, Bank of America — 52 and others (please see the chart below).



What to expect?
Such a picture does not look promising for the future of the development of technology when the key ideas of blockchain application turn out to be captured by big corporations right from the start.

Despite all the looming concerns though, there is some hope there will be revisions of the emerging blockchain ownership landscape by the U.S. courts. The point is that when it comes to patenting software, it becomes a very delicate matter to determine whether a particular product may have a patent protection. It is not uncommon when patented software solutions, after years of success, fall down in court as “non-eligible subject matter” for patenting, i.e. those not deserving a legal protection.

Certainly, now we can see only the primary landscape of patent ownership, which might be redesigned after the forthcoming so-called “patent wars”.

We, at Blackmoon, are getting ready for any possible outcome of this situation. In particular, we are constantly looking to get patent protection for those technical innovations we implement to the Blackmoon Platform. This will not only protect such innovations from unauthorized use and implementation by other persons, but also protect us from the situation when other persons (who actively seek for patent protection of blockchain-related technologies) may try to restrict us to use any technology vital for normal functioning of the Blackmoon Platform.

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[1] Andrew Chung. Europe issues better patents than U.S. -Europe patent boss [https://www.reuters.com/article/europe-patent-usa/europe-issues-better-patents-than-u-s-europe-patent-boss-idUSL2N1BR00H].

Handy links to stay tuned to our updates:

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DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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SPDR S&P500 ETF
101 Educational Series



Preface
The ETF assets in US have grown at a 34% annualized since 2000, bringing the current total to $3.4 trillion, according to James Ross, Chairman of the Global SPDR Business in State Street Global Advisors. Without a doubt such numbers indicate high popularity of ETFs among the investors. But what made this type of investments so attractive? And what stands behind the term “ETF”? Let’s start our journey from the beginning of ETF history and consider the SPDR S&P500 ETF, one of the largest ETFs in terms of AuM, in its context.

ETF Begins
The idea of index investing appeared more than 30 years ago. At that time only trusts and closed end funds tried to provide the investors with the opportunity to get exposure to one class of assets. According to “The Exchange-Traded Funds Manual” written by Gary Gastineau, the first kind of ETF was Index Participation Shares for the S&P 500 launched in 1989. However, the Federal Court of Chicago decided that the fund worked like future contracts and so should be traded on the futures exchange.

The date of establishment of the ETF vehicles is considered to be January 22, 1993 when State Street Global Advisors created SPDR S&P 500 ETF. It was the very first ETF, becoming the flagship for the exchange traded products and meaningfully impacted the modern investment landscape.

SPDR S&P500 ETF
The SPDR S&P500 ETF was designed to track the performance of the US large cap market equities included in S&P 500 index. So the purchase of shares of this ETF provides investors with the access to the US large cap space and also with the investment results corresponding to the price and yield of the S&P500 index. Let’s take a closer look at the underlying index.

Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500®) is an American stock market index based on the market capitalization of 500 large companies having common stock listed on NYSE and NASDAQ. Created in 1957 the S&P 500 index was the first US market-cap-weighted stock index. One of the major characteristics which makes each index unique is its proprietary components selection model. The companies included in the S&P 500 are selected by the S&P Index Committee, a team of analysts and economists at Standard & Poor’s.

S&P designed several criteria for including the company in the index:

1. Universe. All constituents must be U.S. companies.
2. Eligibility Market Cap. Companies with market cap of USD 6.1 bn or greater.
3. Public Float. At least 50% of shares outstanding must be available for trading.
4. Financial Viability. Companies must have positive as-reported earnings over the most recent quarter, as well as over the most recent four quarters (summed together).
5. Adequate Liquidity and Reasonable Price. Consists of highly tradable common stocks, with active and deep markets.

The components of the index are reviewed quarterly in order to remain indicative of the US stock market (well, I even believe when the new company is included in the index, its management celebrates this event).

Thanks to its companies selection methodology, today S&P 500 index covers appr. 80% of available market capitalization and so is considered as one of the best representations of the US stock market.

Let’s return back to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. This ETF holds the portfolio of common stocks that are included in the S&P 500 index, with the weight of each stock in the portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the S&P 500 index.



And what about investment returns?
The value of each unit in SPDR S&P500 ETF at any given time reflects the movement of the underlying index. So the objective of this fund is to generate the investment results corresponding to the returns of the index composed of the US 500 large cap market equities. As of March 23, 2018 returns were solid over the 1-Y, 3-Y and 5-Y period, with gains of 17.11%, 11.08% and 14.65%, respectively.



New horizons for the conventional vehicles
SPDR S&P 500 ETF is the best recognised and the oldest ETF which typically tops rankings for the largest asset under management and greatest trading volume. To sum it all up, the key benefits of SPDR S&P 500 ETF are:

1. Closely tracks the performance of the S&P 500 index;
2. The oldest of the S&P 500 benchmarked fund;
3. Ability to get a depth of the market exposure;
4. Provides an opportunity to diversify the portfolio;
5. Can be used as a hedging instrument;
6. Highly liquid.

Thanks to the success of SPDR S&P500 ETF derived from its key advantages, today the number and variety of ETFs allow its investors to get exposure to nearly each market asset class.

How do crypto investors may get exposure to such a popular instrument as ETF among traditional investors? The Blackmoon Platform provides a unique opportunity for a blockchain investor to access the performance of a liquid, conventional and diversified instrument as an ETF, gaining exposure to the US large cap space without leaving the Blockchain ecosystem. You may find more information regarding the SPDR S&P500 ETF and Blackmoon Platform here.

Prepared by Anastasia Rodina
platform website: blackmoonplatform.com;
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telegram chat for the BMC token holders newbie deactivated link:https://t.me/blackmooncrypto [nonactive].

Disclaimer: This article provides you with educational material only and was prepared by Blackmoon team for information purposes only. Cryptocurrency markets are unregulated and carry a high degree of risk, including risk of loss of entire investment. Only risk capital you can afford to lose. This post is not intended to be investment advice. Before deciding to invest, you should seek independent legal and professional advice.

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Blackmoon. Monthly Digest. December 2018



Introduction
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

We start off this monthly digest with the announcement of the winner of our first Continuous Contributors contest — Mission 1: Light Moon. System tested, marketing objectives achieved, generous awards and prizes paid!

Here is a quote from the winner:



“I saw my rewards and of course, I was very happy. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the Team for fundamentally accurate fulfilment of the mission reward conditions. For me, it was very important, because in the crypto sphere today, such an approach is not a standard.”
- Artyom Korovkin, Blackmoon’s CC.

After this successful launch and completion of the first stage, we are pleased to announce that the Blackmoon team has decided to continue testing the Beta of the Continuous Contributor programme. We received some recommendations for improvement and we have taken them into account and improved the programme. Now, we encourage you to participate in the continuation of the first mission: MISSION 1: LIGHT MOON — 2. The rules remain the same.

We have also released some new innovative investment opportunities — the Binance Most Traded and the Inverse ETH (more about that below) which brings the total amount of investment strategies to 12!

Platform Developments
We provided our users with a very attractive opportunity — now you may start investing immediately after passing registration!

In order to take advantage of Blackmoon’s investment strategies, you should follow the simple steps below:



1. Login to Blackmoon
2. Start investing with some limitations
3. Verify your profile by answering some questions and uploading your Proof of Identity and Proof of Residence document
4. Invest with no limitations

If you have any questions regarding your account or what to do next, you can contact our customer support team.

New Products Released
In December we rolled out two new products breaking new ground in the crypto world.



BINANCE MOST TRADED (BMxBN20)
The exchange-traded index is linked to the performance of the 20 coins with the largest trading volume on Binance.

The index, which can be bought or sold on our platform, automatically tracks the trading volume of the coins that gained most interest on the largest crypto exchange and rebalances the portfolio of the underlying coins on a weekly basis.

On the Blackmoon platform, you can check the composition of this portfolio for each date:



The product creates arbitrage opportunities for crypto investors while adding liquidity for individual assets.

For more information: newbie deactivated link:https://blackmoonplatform.com/showcase/bn20/about [nonactive]



INVERSE ETH (BMxiETH)
The strategy seeks to generate returns opposite to the performance of ETH. It provides investors with positive returns when ETH goes down and negative returns when ETH goes up.

The catastrophic lack of investment tools in the crypto world makes this product a unique and a one-of-a-kind opportunity to capitalize on market downturns and to diversify your arsenal of investment strategies.

Of course, it is a short-term investment tool, which makes it possible to be proactive during bad times in the crypto market instead of depressingly waiting until the storm is over. During less than two weeks since the launch of the product, our investors had a chance of taking advantage of the recent price drop in the market. Here you can see live results:



The strategy returns in ETH and BTC are expectedly much more volatile peaking at +73% and +61% respectively.

We provide our investors with innovative investment tools; on your side, you should undertake an in-depth analysis and adhere to a sensible strategy since market timing is crucial in products like Inverse ETH.

For more information: newbie deactivated link:https://blackmoonplatform.com/showcase/ieth/about [nonactive]

Company News
In this fast-moving market, it’s important to be able to quickly take advantage of market movements without any delay. A delay may result in a missed opportunity. This is why we have implemented a feature which allows investors to start investing immediately upon signing up.

We published two articles that were well received by readers. The first one is very relevant for the current bearish market “Navigating and Surviving the Crypto Storm”. The article covers how one could preserve one’s wealth when the market situation changes so fast. The other article, “Who owns Blockchain: FinTech Blockchain-related patent ownership breakdown” covers blockchain intellectual property rights and lists some of the owners of the technologies that we have all become very familiar with. Head over to our Medium news page to read these and other interesting articles.

We have also released a new sidebar menu on our investor’s dashboard. This small but effective improvement allows the client to better navigate the Platform and streamline their daily activities.

Conferences
Moscow meetup

We decided to hold our first meetup in Moscow in early November. The event was in the centre of Moscow in a homely atmosphere. Sergey Vasin and Konstantin Obuhov talked about the current and innovative solutions in the crypto market at the end of 2018, and how we solve the problems faced by private investors in the crypto world.

You can view the video here (Russian language).



Media Mentions
We had very important news last month in that we launched a new asset token — Binance ETx which is linked to the performance of the most-traded coins on Binance. For more details about it you can read here.

Also, you can learn about us by reading our articles on medium:

Navigating and Surviving the Crypto Storm
Who owns Blockchain: FinTech Blockchain-related patent ownership breakdown
WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON CRYPTO MARKET DECLINES? The first of its kind — The Inverse ETH Strategy by Blackmoon

The Year Ahead
Since this is the last Monthly Digest of 2018, we wanted to give you a general idea of what’s in store for 2019.

As you already know, we constantly release new investment opportunities that are segmented in various categories namely Crypto (8 products), Stocks (3 products) and Hedge Funds (1 product). However, you will start to see more categories of strategies being introduced such as Thematic Portfolios, Exchange Traded Indexes (ETx) and more. These categories will be populated with even more of our innovative investment opportunities.

You can see these items and a few more by visiting our roadmap.

To end off, we would like to say that we hope that this Holiday Season finds you and your families well and in good spirits. May all of your wishes and dreams come true and may you have happiness (and profits!) in the New Year that’s coming.

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DISCLAIMER

Investment in crypto currencies carries a high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal adviser to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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Algorithmic Trading Comes to Crypto



When it comes to financial investments, most people have the same goal — maximizing profit. Most of us want to make money, and in this sense, the more, the better.

People employ numerous investment strategies to try and achieve the maximum profit possible from their investments. Unfortunately, these efforts are often counterproductive to the investor’s goal. For instance, people spend hours pouring over market reports, watching for market movements, or following their favorite gurus on social media. They make critical decisions based on this information, and all too frequently, those decisions are to the detriment of the ultimate goal — maximum profit.

Unfortunately, the problem isn’t the information. It’s ourselves.

There are hundreds of cognitive biases that impact people’s’ ability to make the best determination in any given situation — including their investment decisions. As a result, investors unwittingly integrate emotion and personal preference into decisions that should be dominated by logic and intentionality.

Bias Impacts Our Financial Decisions
While there are hundreds of biases that impact our decisions, Deloitte identifies three biases that primarily hinder decision making — especially when finances are involved. In a detailed report released in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal, Deloitte recognizes optimism bias, expert bias, and narrow framing as three of the most harmful prejudices afflicting our investment decision.

Optimism Bias
Optimism is an endearing quality in relationships, but it can be utterly destructive to wise investment decisions. As Deloitte notes, “Optimism, while not categorically bad, is often closely tied to overconfidence.”

In a cited study, CFOs were asked to provide a confidence interval for predetermined stock market index funds. Only 33% of their selections actually performed as expected. The study found that these CFOs were equally as bad at predicting their own company’s market performance.

Most people, even C-suite executives are frequently wrong, but most people can’t acknowledge their optimism until it’s too late. In other words, people tend to be unabashedly optimistic until the negative results roll in, and they frequently do.

Expert Bias
Optimism bias is frequently fueled by expert bias. Investors tend to have a select group of “experts” that they follow and listen to. This closed circuit of advice creates an echo chamber that falsely feeds optimism.

Many experts are really nothing more than pundits, and as the report notes, “Just because someone was the most accurate in the past does not mean we should only rely on his or her opinions going forward.”

Narrow Framing
Both optimism and expert bias coalesce in narrow framing, the compartmentalization of wholistic decisions into individual choices. For instance, investors frequently focus on one data point or indicator rather than making wholistic choices using complete information.

When considered together, it’s evident that, despite our abounding confidence, people are definitely not as good at making decisions as we think we are.

You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet
Cognitive bias undoubtedly plays an integral part in sidetracking our investment decisions, and its influence is amplified when investors enter crypto markets. In fact, crypto markets can be so tumultuous that investors use an acronym, FUD, to express that fear, uncertainty, and doubt are prodigious among crypto enthusiasts.

Unlike traditional investments, cryptocurrencies trade 24/7. The market never closes, which means that it is always active, and that activity can be uncomfortably aggressive. Double-digit daily price increases or decreases are not uncommon, and this invites investors to make knee-jerk decisions based on relatively limited information.

Moreover, the crypto community is dominated by “to the moon” expectations, and FOMO, another crypto-centric acronym referring to the “Fear of Missing Out”, becomes a viable investment model for too many people.

In short, crypto investors have their work cut out for them.

Fortunately, they don’t have to navigate crypto markets alone.

The Blackmoon Solution
Although people are inherently bad at making rational decisions, computers are designed to only make rational decisions. Blackmoon brings programmatically executed solutions to crypto investors. An array of three simple strategies allow the blockchain cohort to deliver alpha on cryptocurrencies like ethereum.


From left to right ( BMx1DV , BMxDDR , BMxT20) Crypto Strategy Tokens

#1 One Day Most Volatile Strategy
One Day Most Volatile Strategy is focused on delivering alpha to ETH by tracking those coins that have had the largest volatility during the previous 24 hours period. The core objective of the strategy is to generate the returns corresponding to the yield of the crypto assets with the largest volatility.

#2 Top 20 Market Cap Monthly Strategy
Top 20 Market Cap Monthly Strategy is focused to deliver alpha to ETH by tracking those coins that have had the largest market capitalization in the previous three month period. The core objective of the strategy is to generate the returns corresponding to the yield of the cryptocurrencies with the largest capitalization.

#3 Daily Delta Rebalancing Strategy
Daily Delta Rebalancing Strategy is focused on delivering alpha to ETH by adjusting the basket of the top 6 market-cap of coins and cash. The core objective of the strategy is to generate the returns corresponding to the yield of the top 6 cryptocurrencies with the largest capitalization providing downside risk protection by dynamically allocating portfolio between cash in crypto.

How to Get Involved
Crypto markets are currently experiencing a prolonged downturn, but there are plenty of opportunities to profit. However, those opportunities are unlikely to be discovered using our own intuition, research, or decision making. Our cognitive biases make it improbable that we will succeed.

However, when coupled with the power of AI and machine learning, these strategies provide a compelling, computer-driven method for capitalizing on crypto markets. Visit the Blackmoon platform to learn more about our fund’s history and our expectation for future performance.

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DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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The time of algorithmic crypto trading has come

“95% of all traders fail” is a widely known statistic and at the same time a forgotten facet of traditional trading. This has been a long-standing problem. Many individuals, instead of actively trading, choose to index the market or turn to algorithmic trading.



But how does this number look like in the realm of crypto trading? While there are many factors contributing to this fail rate, commonly lack of professionalism or psychology, the specificity of the crypto universe takes it to the whole new level.

In this article we review fundamental problems in crypto trading and propose solutions when the game is rigged.

POSITIVE OUTLOOK
You may say that nowadays the crypto market is highly inefficient, offers many opportunities and endlessly appealing for the sharks and whales hungry for the big scoops and tasty tidbits in the faces of average crypto traders. And you will be right. However, not only understanding of your position in this food chain matters, but also the economic viability of the time and energy spent on beating the market.

THE CHALLENGE
Let us now switch to the obstacles that, in our case, can turn 95 percent into 99. We will break it down into 4 categories each representing major headaches of the crypto traders:

Crypto trading peculiarities
Absence of trading sessions, or 24/7 trading, causes substantial inconvenience to everyone. Certain individuals are taking shifts with their teammates, while the others are setting price alerts that will wake them at midnight to take the necessary action. We plotted hourly data of Bitcoin trading volumes to show you that there is no constant periodicity and the volume explosions may occur at any time throughout the day and night.


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Security and technical complexity
Have you ever heard this story about some random guy losing a significant amount of bitcoins along with his old hard drive? We can only imagine the number of digital coins buried under piles of iron. Сombined with the stolen funds during the cybercrime activities and the coins that were lost because of an error in the recipient address, it sums up to real money

On top of that, crypto trading tools, including trading terminals and exchanges, are far behind their counterparts from the traditional world. Today, on Coinmarketcap we have a list of 219 exchanges, and if you choose one, you do it at your own risk.

Lack of transparency of the crypto-related projects
Oh, dear reader, you have, probably, many times been faced with this problem when you spend about 30 minutes on yet another “disrupting the industry” company’s website and you have no clue regarding what they actually do and is there a working product or not. That is why even the most patient and deliberate investor may be subjected to the irregularity of the industry.

Market manipulations
At a certain stage of development every crypto trader was in a pump & dump group chat. However, it is only a drop in the ocean as main actors on the stage are “whales” who time after time taking an advantage of less-knowledgeable investors by drawing whatever price movement they want. The chart below shows how the price manipulation has sharply risen the interest in the public, and we all know the end of this story.


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SO THE GAME IS RIGGED, SHOULD I QUIT?
Not really. Some companies rose to this challenge and the Blackmoon Platform already has solutions for different types of traders — Crypto Strategies powered by algorithmic trading. The strategies are deliberately prepared by our Data Science team and are fully automated.

Let us walk you through the major types of traders and existing solutions:

“HODLERS” and Position Traders
These individuals do believe in the bright future of the blockchain, hold their coins from months to years and do not depend much on potentially misleading news and temporal price swings.

Solution: Blackmoon’s Top 20 Market Cap Crypto Strategy



The strategy lets you get the market exposure by buying just one token which is the asset token of the strategy tracking coins with the largest market capitalization in the previous three-month period. The core objective of the strategy is to generate the returns corresponding to the yield of the cryptocurrencies with the largest capitalization.

In just three weeks, the strategy has already shown solid performance in USD (+14.5%) and continues to outperform the market yielding a remarkable return of 31.4% in ETH and 3.7% in BTC!


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Day Traders and Action Chasers
If you hold your coins no longer than day or two and you are obsessed by huge price movements, possibly, you belong to this category.

Solution: Blackmoon’s One Day Most Volatile Crypto Strategy



One Day Most Volatile Strategy token is the asset token of the strategy tracking the cryptocurrencies that have had the largest volatility in the previous 24 hours. The objective of this strategy is to generate the returns corresponding to the yield of the crypto assets with the largest volatility.

In just three weeks, outstanding results of this strategy are marked the +30.9% return in USD and yielding stunning returns in ETH(+50.2%) and BTC(+18.5%)!



Swing or Trend Traders
These individuals open their positions, sometimes gradually, at what they calculate to be the local bottom, then they hold the position all the way to what they believe to be the local top, most of the times gradually scaling out of the position to lock in profits. Swing trading is generally done over the course of days or weeks.

Solution: Blackmoon’s Daily Delta Rebalancing Crypto Strategy



Daily Delta Rebalancing token is the asset token of the strategy focusing on delivering alpha to ETH by adjusting the basket of the top 6 market-cap of coins and cash. The core objective of the strategy is to generate the returns corresponding to the yield of the top 6 cryptocurrencies with the largest capitalization providing downside risk protection by dynamically allocating portfolio between cash and crypto.

While the strategy currently falls behind the other two, it left the “red zone” and shows what it was created for by outperforming ETH even when the market plummets.


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CONCLUSION
There is a belief that selling is backward-looking and buying is forward-looking. Investors buy coins because of their expectations and sell them because of what has already happened. In most cases, this leads the majority of investors selling winners and holding losers. In addition, many retail investors do not stand up to the psychological pressure of the crypto market with all these price swings of unimaginable scale.

Machines, in turn, do not sleep, nor do they tremble before unexpected price movements. They just automatically execute the predefined algorithm and do it cost efficiently.

So is it worth trying to hit these 5% of winning traders? Or it is better to save you time, energy and nerves by using algorithmic trading and investing in fitting your goals and personality set of strategies?

You should do you own research and weigh all the pros and cons before making the decision. On our side, we will keep the pace and introduce new crypto strategies in the nearest future. Stay tuned for further updates in the investment opportunities on our platform!

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DISCLAIMER

This article provides you with educational material only and was prepared by Blackmoon team for information purposes only. Cryptocurrency markets are unregulated and carry a high degree of risk, including a risk of loss of entire investment. Only risk capital you can afford to lose.

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Trading history presented is less than 5 years and may not suffice as basis for investment decision. This post is not intended to be investment advice. Before deciding to invest, you should seek independent legal and professional advice.

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WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON CRYPTO MARKET DECLINES? The first of its kind — The Inverse ETH Strategy by Blackmoon



How often do you witness a situation on the crypto market when everything is falling, but you do not have enough tools to take advantage of this opportunity?

The year 2018 entirely turns out to be an opportunity of this kind, which is, unfortunately, unavailable for most of the crypto investors.


Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Today, the vast majority of crypto exchanges only have two buttons — Buy and Sell, without an option to bet against the market. Even if available, short selling ties you up to the exchange, it is not tradable, not transferable and is subject to a possible margin call.

As a result, throughout 2018, hundreds of thousands of crypto investors have been forced to helplessly watch their crypto portfolios desperately melting down.

We’re all talking about this new technology and how it disrupts the traditional investment world, but it is the crypto investors themselves who are “blockchained” and forced to accept the rules of the game. This situation should not be allowed to continue.

Turning back to the chart above, imagine, just like in the fairy tale, Alice in Wonderland, we slipped through the looking glass and studied the same chart…but vertically flipped. Much better right?



What if we say that something similar is actually possible in reality and not only in fairy tales?

Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present, coming from the Blackmoon’s research labs — The Inverse ETH Strategy!



The Inverse ETH Strategy (BMxiETH)

The Strategy seeks to generate returns opposite to the performance of ETH. It provides investors with positive returns when ETH goes down and negative returns when ETH goes up.

The catastrophic lack of investment tools in the crypto world makes this product a unique and a one-of-a-kind opportunity to capitalize on market downturns and to diversify your arsenal of investment strategies.

Without further ado, let us look at the backtested results:



The backtested results are given solely for explanatory purposes and do not indicate or guarantee future results.

The results are truly mesmerizing! To now give you even more insight, let’s take a closer look at the backtested daily performance of ETH vs the Inverse ETH Strategy:



The backtested results are given solely for explanatory purposes and do not indicate or guarantee future results.
The Strategy seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of ETH.

Unlike the short position, you can transfer BMxiETH, you can trade it or even hold it in your cold wallet.

We are excited to release such a game-changing product now when the crypto community in such a need for a stable environment with a wide range of investment strategies.

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Stay tuned for further updates as new options will be appearing in all of our product lines!

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Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
101 Educational Series



Emerging Markets Opportunities
For the past 10 years the emerging markets and developing economies share in the Global GDP achieved the level of 58.69% and will further grow in long-term perspective according to IMF projections. One more interesting fact about the emerging markets and developing economies is that since 2000 year their real GDP growth has outperformed the growth of developed economies, and this tendency is going to be kept. So, what do these statistics mean for potential investors?



First of all, further growth of emerging markets will have more and more impact on global trade and economies. Considering the investment opportunities, emerging markets may look more attractive, especially for the portfolio diversification purposes due to its faster growth compared to its advanced counterparts. Moreover, for the past years the increasing contribution of emerging markets to the world economy has resulted in improved performance in their capital markets.

Who are those countries united under the definition “emerging markets”? All of them are well known and are represented by such countries as Brazil, India and one of the world’s largest economies — China. For example, China’s GDP is projected to increase up to 6.6% in 2018 vs 2.9% of the USA.

While the S&P 500 index is considered to be the best representation of the US stock market, the MSCI Emerging Markets index is supposed to be the benchmark for emerging markets. Let’s take a closer look to this index as it will help us to understand the latest tendencies of capital markets of these countries.

MSCI Emerging Markets index
MSCI Emerging Markets index was created by Morgan Stanley Capital International and is designed to measure the equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This index consists of more than 830 mid- and large-capitalization securities from 24 emerging market countries all over the world. The MSCI Emerging Market index is reviewed quarterly and rebalanced twice a year in order to reflect changes in the equity markets.

Today MSCI Emerging Markets index represents more than 10% of the world’s total market capitalization and covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each of the 24 countries. So this index tends to successfully track the emerging markets’ stock performance.



What can this index tell us regarding the latest performance of the emerging markets? The chart below shows that after several tough years emerging markets posted a strong recovery in 2017. Last year MSCI Emerging Markets index advanced by 37.3% while its colleague from the USA provided only 22%.

You may also find out from the chart that emerging markets are exposed to the higher volatility than developed economies. It is expected that emerging markets will outperform the profitability of developed countries in the bull market, but this may be true and in the opposite direction. In addition investors should be prepared for the risks commonly associated with emerging countries: foreign exchange rate, non-normal distribution, poor corporate governance, political risks etc.


*past performance is not an indication of future results

Despite several risks the emerging markets are considered to be the attractive opportunity for investors as they have high growth potential and may be used for the portfolio diversification purposes and momentum investing.

So in what ways the investors use to get exposure to the emerging markets?

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
One of the easiest ways is to invest in the exchange traded fund (ETF) based on the index composed of emerging markets equities. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF tracks the performance of MSCI Emerging Market index with the aim to provide its investors with the price and yield corresponding to the underlying index.

This iShares Emerging Market ETF was originated in 2003 and is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. This ETF invests at least 90% of its assets in the securities included in the underlying index and the rest of assets may be invested in the futures, options and other types of securities, which BlackRock Fund Advisors believes will help to track the performance of MSCI Emerging Markets index.

Key benefits of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF:

1. Closely tracks the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
2. Ability to invest in 800+ emerging market large- and mid-cap companies.
3. Provides an opportunity to diversify the portfolio of investor.
4. Can be used as a hedging instrument.
5. Highly liquid.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF cumulative return for the 1Q 2018 reached 2.46% while the global benchmark of the US economy, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, provided its investors with -1.00%.


*past performance is not an indication of future results

How do crypto investors get exposure to this ETF? Blackmoon provides a unique opportunity for a blockchain investors to access the performance of a liquid, conventional and diversified instrument such as an ETF, gaining exposure to the 800+ large- and mid-cap companies from the emerging markets without leaving the Blockchain ecosystem.

You may find more information regarding the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and Blackmoon here.

Article originally prepared by Anastasia Rodina

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Disclaimer: This article provides you with educational material only and was prepared by Blackmoon team for information purposes only. Cryptocurrency markets are unregulated and carry a high degree of risk, including risk of loss of entire investment. Only risk capital you can afford to lose. This post is not intended to be investment advice. Before deciding to invest, you should seek independent legal and professional advice.

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Investing has never been so easy!


*for unverified users some limitations apply

Timing and management of your investments are vital ingredients to successful trading. Especially in extremely volatile markets. When there is an opportunity to enter or exit a trade, you must react fast as the difference between success or failure could boil down to a few seconds.

This is why we, at Blackmoon, have provided you with the tools to make an investing process even easier and more accessible to everybody by reducing the process to 3 simple steps: Login, Deposit, and Trade.

For your convenience, we have designed a new dashboard where you can view and manage your funds on Blackmoonplatform.com.

Through this newly introduced Dashboard now you can:
1. Deposit funds you want to invest

As of now, you can deposit BTC and ETH. Additionally, if you have already purchased tokens on Blackmoon Platform, you can transfer them from your personal wallet to your account in Blackmoon in the same way as the ordinary deposit flow :

- Login to your account;
- Click on the “Dashboard” button;
- Click on the “Deposit” button;
- Follow simple instructions.

You can check your previously purchased tokens and related addresses in the “Settings section/ETH addresses”. These assets are kept on your side, and you can deposit them to the platform at any time. If needed, please, add Blackmoon tokens in your wallet using contract address and decimals from the corresponding token page.

Moreover, we are really close to making available deposits in EUR, so stay tuned!

2. Easily invest and trade tokens on Blackmoon

In the Dashboard, you will see the full list of our innovative investment opportunities. Just fill an order by clicking the “Buy” button and immediately get your tokens on your balance in the Dashboard and in the transaction list.


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3. Track the balances value in real-time

The balances of your investments and deposited amounts are instantly re-evaluated at current prices, so you can monitor the value of your investments in real-time and take investment decisions as soon as possible.

4. Manage a portfolio of purchased tokens in one place

In your Dashboard, you will find your deposited amounts and investments, and what is more important — the total value of your portfolio. You can also select the display currency (BTC, ETH, USD or EUR) in which you want to track the value of the assets.

5. React fast in case of change of market conditions

Orders for buying or selling are executed instantly, what might be crucial in the context of highly volatile crypto markets. Most importantly, for fiat markets, trades are available 24/7. No more working hours and public holidays restrictions!

Do not miss lots of opportunities waiting for you on Blackmoonplatform.com!

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Investment in cryptocurrencies carries high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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💳 Credit & Debit Cards. Now there are even more ways to invest!



Unless you already didn’t know, we recently released a brand new Dashboard where you can view and manage your funds on the Blackmoon Platform. Now, we have some more good news… Blackmoon is proud to introduce another major functionality:

Deposit using credit or debit card in any currency.
You can make a deposit on the Platform using the most convenient method of your choosing:

- By credit/debit card 💳 (new!)
- Cryptocurrencies (since 2018)
- By bank transfer (soon!)



Funding your account is quick and easy!
To make a successful deposit just follow the following steps:

1. Log in to your account,
2. Click on the “Dashboard” button,
3. Click on the “Deposit” button,
4. Select the suitable payment method and…
5. Follow the simple instructions!

The transaction may take up to 1 business day to execute and you may track its status on the “Transaction” page.

As of now, this new functionality will allow you to:

- To trade investment products in euros,
- To buy and sell BTC and ETH for euros,
- To move your digital assets to euros during crypto storms.

Within the next several weeks, we plan to provide you with the opportunity to make a deposit via bank transfer (SEPA and SWIFT) and withdrawal to your credit card and by bank transfer as well as to enable more currencies on the Platform, so look out for the announcement so you don’t miss out!

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DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries a high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.

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Water: The First Thematic Portfolio on the Blackmoon Platform!



To complement the recent releases of the new dashboard and debit/credit card deposits, as promised, we are expanding the list of innovative investment opportunities for our investors.

We are glad to present a new category of products:

Thematic Portfolios
A thematic portfolio is composed of stocks bundled together by the same theme/idea. The best part of it is that instead of buying dozens of separate stocks, an investor can purchase only one product of a chosen theme. As an additional benefit, the portfolio is automatically rebalanced in accordance with a predefined method and schedule.

The first product of this kind on our platform — Water Thematic Portfolio. The portfolio invests in companies engaged in water and related industries.

Why water?
Freshwater scarcity is already an issue in several regions, and this is only the beginning. Some regions actively turn to seawater desalination where it becomes one of the major sources of freshwater.

CNBC explains “Why water is the only smart investment for the future: Forget oil and gold. Here’s why water has become one of the world’s most valuable investments.”

Water is used everywhere and hardly ever efficiently. A major part of expenditure is agriculture, around 70%. If we could save 10% of it, it would increase the resource for other uses by almost a quarter. Even though there is no burning issue with freshwater supplies in the majority of developed countries thus far, time will teach us, and water rationing will become a necessity.

Along with the value of water, the cost of various water-related services will also increase. The Blackmoon Water Thematic Portfolio offers you broad exposure to this fundamental industry, demand for which will only grow in the foreseeable future.

Strategy
The portfolio is composed of companies that represent different sectors involved in the water industry worldwide, including water treatment, filtering, management, desalination, reservation, distribution, heating, and others. The portfolio also covers the companies engaged in water management in agriculture and engineering solutions for effective water utilization.

The underlying portfolio of stocks is equally dollar weighted and automatically rebalanced every quarter.

Here is the backtested performance:



The backtested results are given solely for explanatory purposes and do not indicate or guarantee future results.

The backtested results show that, historically, water-related companies outperformed the broader equity market and tend to rebound faster after the market turmoils, renewing all-time highs.

More information, including the full list of stocks, is available on the Blackmoon platform.

More innovative investment opportunities to come!
This is the first release from the new series of investment opportunities for our users. In the nearest future, our product collection will expand significantly, so stay tuned!

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DISCLAIMER

Investment in cryptocurrencies carries a high degree of risk and volatility and is not suitable for every investor; therefore, you should not risk the capital you cannot afford to lose. Please consult an independent professional financial or legal advisor to ensure the product meets your objectives before you decide to invest. Regional restrictions and suitability checks apply.