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13 links, first saved September 22, 2021, latest July 10, 2025.
- The Rise of Bitcoin Stocks and Bonds - Lyn Alden
- December 2024 Newsletter: The Rise of Digital Assets - Lyn Alden
- Bitcoin: A Global Liquidity Barometer - Lyn Alden
Interesting analysis advised from Alden looking at Bitcoin price movement and what it is aligned with. This brings us back to Bitcoin. Unlike stocks, Bitcoin lacks earnings or…
- Assessing the Health of Bitcoin - Lyn Alden
Alden is a notable proponent of Bitcoin, and what makes her work unique is that she is also an engineer and an independent financial analyst. In short, she combines strong…
- The Speed of Transactions vs the Speed of Settlements - Lyn Alden
Alden reflects on the role of currency over history, and specifically focuses on the transactions and settlements as two different things, and how technology has affected them.…
- Implications of Open Monetary and Information Networks - Lyn Alden
Another very well done article from Alden this time comparing centralized versus decentralized approaches to money and information. Alden's career is in finance and her framing…
- March 2023 Newsletter: A Look at Bank Solvency - Lyn Alden
If all the banking news has you wondering about fundamental questions on how banks work, Alden's newest newsletter has a great and very thorough walk through. Plus lots of great…
- How the Fed "Went Broke" - Lyn Alden
Alden looks deep at financial trends (macro?) and I find the perspective interesting. This assessment of the Federal Reserve now operating at a financial loss is an interesting…
- The Problems with DeFi & Crypto
- A Look at the Lightning Network
- Digital Alchemy: A Post-Mortem of the Crypto Crash
Alden is incredibly smart on nearly any financial topic, and this is no exception. This reads more like a love letter to Bitcoin, but her overall points are strong. Her summary of…
- Proof-of-Stake and Stablecoins: A Blockchain Centralization Dilemma
Alden's writing on crypto is incredibly deep thorough. Here she takes on, at a foundational level, the tradeoffs of decentralization and how various solutions fall on that…
- Bitcoin’s Energy Usage Isn’t a Problem. Here’s Why.
Bitcoins energy footprint is a common knee-jerk answer for many on why it is bad. This article does a great job of providing broader context and highlighting the unique ways in…