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Professor David Yermack underscores the importance of background research before purchasing a cryptocurrency

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Excerpt from The Daily Beast -- "David Yermack, the chair of New York University’s finance department who teaches courses on cryptocurrency, said buyers of any cryptocurrency should read the fine print to understand what they’re purchasing. 'You have to encourage people to do their homework on what they’re buying,' Yermack told The Daily Beast. 'You see people thinking they’re going to make a profit and flip this to someone more gullible next week. It’s what we in finance call the greater fool theory.'"

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