bitcoin
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Reflections on Stripe’s acquisition of Bridge
It’s been 2 weeks since the big announcement from Stripe that they were purchasing Bridge for $1.1B, the largest acquisition in the history of the crypto industry. A lot of digital ink has been spilled attempting to explain the rationale and importance of this deal. A lot of the best analysis that I found was Continue reading
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Company Profile: Paxos
I learned of Paxos in July 2020 when the crypto world lit up with rumors that PayPal would be launching a crypto product – further vindication that crypto was going mainstream. With Square already offering crypto buying and selling services via its CashApp, it was only a matter of time until PayPal took a similar Continue reading
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Book Review: Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Milli by Nathaniel Popper
In the Spring of 2019, I took a business school class on blockchain and cryptocurrency. The class left me more confused than anything, but it prompted me to start reading about the topic. Over the last year, I’ve gone down the proverbial rabbit hole as people in the space are fond of saying. For me, Continue reading
