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
DeFi shake-up following Terra collapse, as DAI roars back to prominence
26 May 2022 Now that the dust has settled from the spectacular Terra collapse, I thought it would be interesting to dive…
Analysis
I’m sick of talking about Tether, but here’s an article about Tether
25 May 2022 It’s still rough out there, people. When looking at crypto specifically, the nuke of UST and Luna sent panic…
Markets
ECB President declaring crypto as “worth nothing” is missing the point
24 May 2022 It’s disappointing to see the President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, declare that cryptocurrencies are “worth nothing” on Dutch…
Markets
Luna: Why I sold my UST for 95 cents on the dollar today
24 May 2022 I ate a healthy dose of humble pie today, so maybe this article can serve as a form of…
Analysis
NFT traders increasingly flocking to Solana
19 May 2022 Solana NFTs saw $295 million in volume during April Integration with OpenSea has boosted entire ecosystem Near-zero gas fees…
Interview
Interview: Aave CEO on launch decentralised social network platform, Lens Protocol
18 May 2022 Aave Companies has today announced the launch of an open-source tech stack for the building of social networking applications. Named…
Analysis
Bitcoin bottom not in yet, according to on-chain analysis
17 May 2022 On-chain analysis is fascinating to me. Exclusive to the blockchain, it doesn’t exist outside of crypto. But in jumping…
Interview
Interview: Computecoin raises $6.2M to power Web3 infrastructure
13 May 2022 ComputeCoin have annouced that the company has secured $6.2 million in strategic funds, led by Aves Lair. The network…
Analysis