Or, Would it Crash the Financial System? Recently, the Federal Reserve had some things to say about crypto, the White House had some things to say about crypto, and then many of those things made their way into the Federal Register about crypto. Among many other topics, the concerns raised…

I just read a very thought provoking article from Scott Galloway at my business school alma mater. Here, I have to say that while I agree with the base level analysis from Scott, I disagree with some of his conclusions. …

Proof of Reserves has become all the rage in the wake of FTX’s collapse. For instance, just today, Coindesk is out with an article detailing the proof of reserve efforts of OKX. I’ve previously criticized the crypto community for failing to professionalize their conduct; the proof of reserves push is…

Sometimes, when something particularly foolish or misguided happens, all you can do is stare and shake your head. This, right now, is how I am feeling about NJ. And not because I live in NYC; I am one of the few residents of this hive of scum and villainy that…

As of this morning, I am in possession of a pitch deck for GTX. Let me start by saying I am desperately hoping this entire thing is an elaborate practical joke. Maybe it is. I haven’t personally confirmed with the founders yet. However… interesting choice of name, don’t you think? …

I left traditional finance to get into crypto full time (instead of a hybrid role where I addressed both worlds) in 2022. Prior to that, I had been working with the space since 2018, but never totally untethered (pun intended) myself from the traditional financial world. I had conceived of…

At the risk of controversy, I want to address an issue I have been thinking about, and one that I think is particularly poorly understood in the United States political arena. Why? Because I think it’s important that someone bluntly state the truth. The trigger for my writing this article…

I was recently quoted in the WSJ and posted some thoughts about that on LinkedIn. One of the comments that appeared through the random word generator that is the internet was the following: “They were using Monopoly money and trading with algorithms and people needed more red flags?” I read…

I do not envy the job of Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer after seeing the screenshots of Caroline Ellison’s guilty plea. That is… some ugly stuff. Waking up naked in a dumpster after a three day bender level ugly. The confession details the following: Alameda and FTX executives were aware that Alameda…