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: Jeremy Koven, COO of publicly-listed Canadian exchange CoinSmart

22 July 2022 Spotify podcast link here There are hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, with more popping up every single…
Research

Robinhood & Coinbase among the biggest political lobbying spenders, before laying off 9%/18% of workforces

22 July 2022 Key Takeaways Robinhood spent the most of any crypto company on lobbying expenditure in Q1 this year, donating $610,000…
Research

California legalise cryptocurrency political donations, as crypto companies increase political expenditure

22 July 2022 Key Takeaways CEO of crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, donated $2 million to political groups in 2022, which is…
Interview

Podcast: Can memes rebrand and provide actual utility? – w/ HOKK Finance Director Mark Basa

20 July 2022 Memes. I think more than anything else, the enigmatic concept of the meme investment symbolises that we are, in…
Interview

Bringing social media into the Web3 world – Interview, CEO of CyberConnect

20 July 2022 One interesting layer of the emerging Web3 space is social media. There is no company yet who has made…
Research

42% of failed crypto exchanges completely vanished, leaving users in the lurch

19 July 2022 Key Takeaways Crypto exchange failures had increased 252% in 2019 and 17% in 2020 42% of exchange failures occurred…
Interview

Interview: Michael Kong, CEO of Fantom…just gets it

15 July 2022 “If they can pass the debt to future voters, then they can win the votes of current voters. So…
Interview

Crypto development will stay strong amid new crypto winter, says KuCoin CEO – Interview

13 July 2022 Key Takeaways KuCoin, now the 5th ranked exchange, were valued at $10 billion following recent $150 million fundraise I…
Analysis

Crypto phishing scams treble over last year to 6.6% of all phishing attacks

11 July 2022 Key Takeaways The percentage of phishing attacks crypto is responsible for has more than trebled to 6.6% in 2022…