Re BitMEX it wasn’t included in this report because the report focuses on spot markets but agree it’s very relevant and will be the topic of future research.
Re Huobi, there is strong evidence of material falsified
pump and dump can take place in small cap equities as well. it will never be impossible - the thing thats needed is the regulation / surveillance to do enforcement on those who perpetrate it
Wow. This is a very thorough argument. Many of the people I know (I'm studying at Wharton right now) that see bitcoin as nonsense don't think it deserves the time it would take to produce an essay like this (which is fair). I'm glad someone wrote it.
Why do you think games are unable to stay interesting even though Chess has never had to change and the movie industry finds a way to be interesting every year?
Two clips you might find interesting:
- Brian Wong of Kiip talking about how Counter Strike made him good at photoshop (I don't think this is a serious counter arguement to your point): http://youtu.be/BAx7Npsrin4?t=4m40s
- Gabe Newell (Valve) and JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias, Star Trek) talking about similarities/differences between narrative in video games and movies, and at the end announcing that they're working together on one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mihllgiro