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The most important thing is to have a disciplined process for navigating digital assets based on reality and not on emotions or wishful thinking; or worse, a random YouTube influencer who is not accountable for anything they do or say.

Tuesday, January 17th at 1:00 pm ET we will be hosting our 2023 Market Outlook Webinar where we will take a look back to the year that was 2022, where we currently stand heading into 2023, and the themes that we feel will dominate the digital asset industry. Spoiler Alert: We are optimistic and looking forward to 2023.

Crypto natives may not like it but there is a realization that most users will need to trust to some degree an intermediary. Traditional Finance professionals may not like it, but public decentralized blockchain technology will completely disrupt their business models and create new trust models.

Since our last edition of Digital Asset Friday more has come to light on the degree of fraud committed at FTX, more dominos have continued to fall with Genesis Trading on the brink of collapse, and to no one’s surprise digital assets have severely underperformed equities.

The last 12 days have been extremely trying for so many people in a lot of different ways. Thank you to everyone who has expressed concern for me, the team at Arbor Digital, and our clients. In this edition we will look to accomplish a few things: Review the three biggest misconceptions of recent events, relay an important message regarding Arbor Digital and Gemini, and finish with some resources to answer the questions of ‘How did we get here?’ and ‘What to look for moving forward?’.

This week we dive into what you should be doing and what we are doing at Arbor Digital regarding ongoing FTX events. It will take more time to see the full contagion effects as FTX, Alameda Research, and other direct partners are still in the process of unwinding.

This week includes an excerpt from Digital Asset Research, an Arbor Digital portfolio performance update, and crypto learning and reading suggestions

Q2 was one of the most difficult quarters in digital asset history. Thankfully Q3 followed with one of the most hopeful and historic quarters in digital asset history. You wouldn’t think it if you only looked at the price and macroeconomic data. So why do we have this stance?

This edition of Digital Asset Friday will be a bit shorter due to our Q3 market recap releasing next week, which we will give you a sneak peek of here. We will also highlight a high-impact partnership announcement from the last week.