by Maartje Bus | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog
One of my favorite books of all time is Roger Lowenstein’s “When Genius Failed” about the rise and fall of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM). As the Archegos drama unfolded this past week, the media were quick to draw a comparison to LTCM. It actually reminded me...
by Maartje Bus | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
Wall Street is descending on crypto. Famous institutional investors declaring their love, bankers falling over themselves to get hired by a hot crypto firm, Goldman launching a desk, and the FT seemingly throwing in the towel on crypto cynicism. It’s interesting, on...
by Maartje Bus | Mar 18, 2021 | Blog
Athletes including Patrick Mahomes and Cristiano Ronaldo, Elon Musk (you know it’s a hype when…), mainstream media can’t stop talking about it, Damien Hirst, sneakers, Batman, Sotheby’s trying to one-up Christie’s, tulips, Charmin toilet paper (wait, what?!) — the NFT...
by Maartje Bus | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog
Well, the NFT craze went to a whole new level this week. Beeple’s “Everyday: The first 5000 days” NFT artwork sold for $69.3M in Christie’s auction. It is the 3rd biggest sale of any artwork by a living artist, EVER. As a European, moving to America has...
by Maartje Bus | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
I had a very different version of Thursday Threads ready to go when I woke up this morning, but what do you do when Coinbase drops its S-1? This is a historic moment for crypto. The document provides unique insights into what is one of crypto’s oldest, most...
