How 2020 Unlocked a New Generation of Investors, feat. Jill Carlson
No one would have expected an economic crisis to bring a new generation of investors to the table, but that's exactly what it did.
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Olaf Carlson-Wee, the first employee at venture-backed bitcoin exchange Coinbase, has departed as head of risk and product manager to focus on a new digital currency hedge fund, dubbed Polychain Capital. While the firm does not yet have investors or even its own website, Carlson-Wee believes that his vision for Polychain Capital will be enough to turn it into one that generates significant returns for those who invest, given that the fund plans to invest solely in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based tokens. In interview, Carlson-Wee asserted that, owing to the poor returns shown by....
The Bitcoin For Truckers campaign made it on Tucker Carlson Tonight, the controversial and conservative TV host’s show on Fox News. The most important thing, though, it’s that Bitcoin’s value proposition shined bright in the mere center of his speech. Say what you will about Tucker Carlson, but this is the kind of advertising money […]
A startup that specializes in the trading of blockchain-based assets has raised a $10m fund backed by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Boost VC and Union Square Ventures (USV), among other undisclosed investors. Led by Coinbase veteran Olaf Carlson-Wee, Polychain Capital intends to invest in so-called "protocol tokens" or alternative assets that like bitcoin, have both an underlying protocol and a tradeable asset that manages access to a digital ledger or application. In conversation with CoinDesk, Carlson-Wee described the fund as one that would seek to offer investors exposure to an....
In a perfect world where mining difficulty was lower, bitcoin prices were higher and a warehouse full of mining rigs could be run by one man, Dave Carlson, the owner of North America's largest bitcoin mining operation, could be earning $8m a month. However, just like reports of bitcoin's death, reports of Carlson's personal earnings are, unfortunately for him, exaggerated. With the mainstream media continuing to paint bitcoin as a modern-day gold rush, Carlson's rags-to-riches story has been of particular interest, even if it hasn't always been put in the proper context. To be fair,....
The prominent gold and bitcoin macro commenter discusses a new generation of institutional investors.