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by fancyfish 2754 days ago
In addition to the FTP, half the work in getting these alt data feeds in finance is getting the metadata right, such as getting each record tied to an entity or security, knowing how much of a lead/lag the data is available and how soon it's tradable. Quandl helps with the technical friction and also this metadata and security mapping aspect.
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Oh sure, I'm with you there! But how about those blockchain upstarts mentioned above?