Back in February we reported on PotionLabs’ $12 private sale of Potion Unlock NFTs. We can now announce that the broader public sale mentioned in the article is going live on March 14th 2022.
To prepare for the imminent launch, this article will take a look at the actual software that the Potion Unlock game is designed to release into the public domain. In particular, we will look at PotionLab’s promise to address one of the most pressing challenges in cryptocurrency investing: the high volatility in the market that can lead to long-term bankruptcy.
Why is crypto risk so difficult to manage?
Crypto markets are a lot more volatile than more traditional asset classes, meaning they experience wilder moves much more frequently. In the derivatives market, models based on Black-Scholes have traditionally been used to price risk. The problem is, when trusting the equation’s probabilities as fact, Black-Sholes prices crypto-risk risk too cheaply in some cases and too expensively in others, leading to bankruptcy for traders and liquidity providers (LPs). Wh ...