Donal Ashbourne

Head of Research

Description

Previously an investment analyst within trad-fi, Dan now works across a wide range of asset classes with a specialisation in crypto. In his spare time, he exploits pricing inefficiencies to generate arbitrage trades. His book, “Bitcoin, Money & Human Beings”, builds a model analysing the fair value of Bitcoin and is out now. He also appears frequently on CNBC discussing markets and has published many papers and research analysing Bitcoin and the crypto space.

Current Investments:

Currently split between Stocks, Index funds, Gold and Bitcoin.

What Do You Like Most About Cryptocurrency?

Assessing Bitcoin through a macro lens.

Latest Articles

Interview

PODCAST: Has Avalanche solved the blockchain trilemma?

22 February 2023 Key Takeaways Avalanche is the world’s fifteenth biggest cryptocurrency by market cap John Nahas, Vice President of Business Development…
Analysis

17% of BUSD supply redeemed this week. What next for Binance, BNB and crypto?

21 February 2023 Key Takeaways 17% of the BUSD supply has been pulled from exchanges in the last week BNB has been…
Interview

PODCAST: What does DAI’s future hold post-BUSD? MakerDAO joins the CoinJournal podcast

20 February 2023 Key Takeaways Sam MacPherson of MakerDAO, the creators of the decentralised stablecoin DAI, joins the podcast Sam and host…
Opinion

Bitcoin is up in Argentinian Pesos over the last year, but natives should still avoid it

17 February 2023 Key Takeaways Inflation in Argentina is now near 100%, as savings in the peso are getting crushed Bitcoin, despite…
Opinion

Bitcoin rally could be a mirage, writes our Analyst – a Deep Dive

16 February 2023 Key  Takeaways Bitcoin is up nearly 50% thus far this year, but there have been no positive catalysts from…
Opinion

What does BUSD shutting down mean for the crypto industry? A deep dive

15 February 2023 Key Takeaways The SEC is suing Paxos, the issuer of Binance’s stablecoin, BUSD The stablecoin is to be phased…
Interview

PODCAST: Working at a crypto exchange amid the bear market, Gracy Chen of Bitget

15 February 2023 Key Takeaways Gracy Chen, managing director at cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, joins the CoinJournal podcast Bitget has not only avoided…
Analysis

Robinhood to buy back Bankman-Fried’s seized 7.6% stake

13 February 2023 Key Takeaways Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang bought a 7.6% stake in Robinhood last May Purchased for…
Research

Bitcoin isn’t getting less volatile, and that’s a massive problem – a Report

13 February 2023 Bitcoin was 26X more volatile on a weekly basis than the euro in 2022, up from 19X in 2021…