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: Chatting all things IOTA, with IOTA’s Christian Saur
24 October 2022 This bear market is not IOTA’s first rodeo. The “blockchainless blockchain” is no spring chicken in the cryptocurrency world,…
Analysis
Is Bitcoin one event away from a world of pain?
21 October 2022 Bitcoin has been hanging around this $20,000 level – or close to it – for quite a while now.…
Analysis
Decentralisation is beautiful, but it also has ominous downsides
21 October 2022 Sanctions. Unquestionably a buzzword within cryptocurrency circles – alongside censorship, regulation and centralisation. This week has proven how big…
Analysis
What happened the metaverse? Lessons from the dot com bubble
19 October 2022 It is nearly a year to the day that Facebook CEO and pantomime villain Mark Zuckerberg announced that his…
Analysis
Blockchain technology has big plans, despite bloodbath in the markets
18 October 2022 This year has been a turbulent one in crypto markets, with prices dropping in line with the plummet in…
Markets
Why is crypto following the stock market closer than ever before?
18 October 2022 It feels like nothing but the words of Jerome Powell matter in markets right now. In looking at the…
Markets
Majority of Bitcoin addresses now underwater
17 October 2022 Bitcoin has been one of the fastest-accelerating asset classes in history. Trading at fractions of a penny 14 years…
Analysis
What is wrong with Coinbase? CEO selling 2% of stake – a Deep Dive
17 October 2022 Put an arm around a Coinbase investor today. CEO and founder Brian Armstrong has announced he is selling 2%…
Analysis