Bloomberg: The Future of Digital Assets

Bloomberg: The Future of Digital Assets

Travis Kling, founder and CIO of Ikigai Asset Management; John Pfeffer, founder of Pfeffer Capital and Charles McGarraugh, head of markets for Blockchain sat down with Bloomberg’s Alastair Marsh at The Future of Digital Assets briefing in London for a discussion of the factors investors should consider as they evaluate Bitcoin against today’s macro backdrop.

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November 2019 - Market Update

November 2019 - Market Update

As a career investor in traditional asset classes prior to jumping into crypto and founding Ikigai, I have plenty of experience with catalysts and market movements. Nothing moves like crypto. I can’t imagine a technology or asset class that could so quickly become so firmly entrenched in the global macro landscape while remaining still in a state of relative infancy. Said differently, we have SO much further to go and crypto/DLT are ALREADY front and center of global stage. This. Thing. Is. Never. Going. Away.

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October 2019 - Market Update

October 2019 - Market Update

Make no mistake, Bitcoin is deeply antifragile – perhaps its single most attractive characteristic. I liken Bitcoin to an X-Man toddler. Yeah you can push on it right now and it will tump over. And you can even kick it in the head while its tumped over. But it will be fine. It will get back up, no worse for wear. And when it grows up, it is going to kick your ass.

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The Socially Responsible Crypto Investor: A Chat with Anthony Emtman, CEO of Ikigai Asset Management

The Socially Responsible Crypto Investor: A Chat with Anthony Emtman, CEO of Ikigai Asset Management

I was recently in Los Angeles and had the privilege to sit down with Ikigai’s CEO, Anthony Emtman. This was the second time we’ve met and like the first time, a discussion that started with chatting about digital currencies led to more thoughtful conversation about what the impact of blockchain, crypto, tokenization could be as the current global economy evolves and becomes much more digital in nature.

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August 2019 - Market Update

August 2019 - Market Update

July was nothing short of historic for Bitcoin and crypto as a whole. In a single seven day stretch, 1) The Chairman of the Fed testified to Congress about it; 2) The President tweeted about it; 3) The Treasury Secretary gave a formal press conference about it; and 4) Congress questioned a Facebook executive and other crypto ecosystem participants for two days about it…

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July 2019 - Market Update

July 2019 - Market Update

To that end, we are well on our way to new ATHs for BTC after a truly spectacular Q2-19 - the fourth best quarterly performance since 2012. In our Monthly Update letter that went out June 1st we said, “last month we stated that new all-time highs were well within reach for 2020. We now believe that may have proven too conservative, and there is a meaningful chance new ATHs are possible in 2019, and likely in 2020”.

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June 2019 - Market Update

June 2019 - Market Update

The meme “the herd is coming” is actually beginning to play out. The meme of “get off zero” is gaining real traction. Many new projects are set to launch through year-end. Human and financial capital are pouring into the space to provide the necessary products and services to scale crypto to a multi-trillion-dollar asset class. It’s happening, and it’s happening quickly. 

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