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

Analysis

Will crypto investors flee Portugal following introduction of capital gains tax?

11 October 2022 For the last few years, Portugal has become a safe haven for crypto investors. With many having moved there…
Analysis

Binance hack incident highlights dangers of decentralisation

7 October 2022 The native chain of the crypto exchange Binance was suspended Thursday after an exploit led to millions of dollars…
Research

British interest in crypto down 82% this year

6 October 2022 Key Takeaways Crypto interest lowest of the year in the UK, down 82% from last last year On the…
Video

Interview: Venture capitalism and crypto – David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial

5 October 2022 I’ve always thought venture capitalism is an interesting field. Throw crypto into the mix and it goes to a…
Analysis

Kim Kardashian fined $1.3 million for scamming her Instagram followers over crypto promotion

5 October 2022 Kim Kardashian has been fined $1.26 million by the SEC for an absolutely shameless promotion of a cryptocurrency scam…
Analysis

Is Nexo safe? Crypto lender withdraws $150 million from MakerDAO

3 October 2022 It’s the unfortunate reality that any crypto lender these days will be met with scrutiny, as the market still…
Analysis

September roundup: Merge comes and goes, markets lag and macro does its thing

30 September 2022  Someone wake up Green Day, because September is about to end. So, what happened this month in crypto? And…
Analysis

Bitcoin can’t break $20K as only one thing continues to matter

29 September 2022 It looks like a bearish finish as we approach the end of the month of September in the crypto…
Research

Microstrategy hold almost 1% of all Bitcoins, more than all public companies combined

27 September 2022 Key Takeaways Filings by MicroStrategy place its Bitcoin holdings at 130,000 bitcoins, worth $2.5 billion, following latest buy this…