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

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

Silence from Do Kwon says it all amid UST crisis

10 May 2022 Do Kwon is the founder of Terra and the face of the ecosystem. He is also extremely active on…
Analysis

Ethereum “Flippening” debate to resurface post-Merge?

6 May 2022 Once upon a time in crypto-land, the word “Flippening” was brandished about daily. The term is slang for the…
Analysis

Crypto.com community in uproar over slashed rewards

5 May 2022 About time there was a bit of controversy in the cryptocurrency world, huh? Crypto.com, the industry behemoth that boasts…