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What the next Bitcoin halving means for ETF investors
ETFs
What the next Bitcoin halving means for ETF investors
The fourth halving in bitcoin history will take place in mid-April. Here’s why this time could be different.
Valerio Baselli | 01 April 2024
Is even a little Bitcoin too much for your portfolio?
Personal Finance
Is even a little Bitcoin too much for your portfolio?
Spot bitcoin ETFs make it easy to add the cryptocurrency to a 60/40 portfolio, but there’s a chance it can turn your portfolio upside down.
Morningstar | 22 January 2024
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are approved by the SEC. Should you invest?
ETFs
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are approved by the SEC. Should you invest?
Why they hold advantages over bitcoin futures ETFs and what impact that have on your portfolio. 
Morningstar | 11 January 2024
Investing Compass: Brian Han's Outlook
Stocks
Investing Compass: Brian Han's Outlook
Brian Han, is a Director of Equity Research at Morningstar Australia, as well as a comedian. In this episode, we see if he can take on a third job as...
Shani Jayamanne | 12 July 2023
Is Bitcoin worth the gamble?
Stocks
Is Bitcoin worth the gamble?
What we’ve learned from tackling the most common approaches to valuing this cryptocurrency.
Madeline Hume | 21 June 2023
What is Bitcoin’s scarcity worth?
Personal Finance
What is Bitcoin’s scarcity worth?
Demonstrating that bitcoin’s restricted supply contributed to its incredible rise is one small step. Using it to forecast the future is a giant...
Madeline Hume | 14 June 2023
What is Bitcoin’s network worth?
Personal Finance
What is Bitcoin’s network worth?
Network effects are more complicated to model for bitcoin than for other assets.
Madeline Hume | 04 June 2023
What is Bitcoin worth?
Markets
What is Bitcoin worth?
This article attempts to answer that question by valuing bitcoin under the total addressable market approach.
Madeline Hume | 17 May 2023
A new crisis: What's happened in crypto now?
Markets
A new crisis: What's happened in crypto now?
Crisis at the FTX exchange, founded by (former multi-billionaire) Samuel Bankman-Fried, has sparked another Bitcoin sell-off.
James Gard | 10 November 2022
Bear attack, blackouts and BHP can’t sell a coal mine: What we learned this week
Markets
Bear attack, blackouts and BHP can’t sell a coal mine: What we learned this week
China’s efforts to corner iron ore markets are more bluster than bite, says Morningstar's mining analyst.
Lewis Jackson | 17 June 2022