Alice in Cryptoland: The Fool’s Errand of Trying to Predict the Market with a Single Metric

Jesus Rodriguez
Nov 5 · 5 min read

How many times have you heard an analyst of a crypto analytics vendor claim that they discovered a score function that is highly correlated with the price of Bitcoin or other crypto-assets? Some go as far as claiming that their magic-metric can serve as a predictor for price movements in a given crypto-asset. And, obviously, the data…

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Jesus Rodriguez

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Chief Scientist, Managing Partner at Invector Labs. CTO at IntoTheBlock. Angel Investor, Writer, Board Member of Several Software Companies

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