Alex Thorn is the Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital. In this conversation, we talk about bitcoin, bitcoin mining, ETFs, regulation, politics, global adoption, potential problems, token unlocks, Galaxy Digital, and more.  ======================= CrossFi is the Apple Pay for Crypto. For the first time in histor

“You’re in the game now, this thing isn’t valuable if it’s not able to be used in a self-custodied manner, that’s the innovation, that’s the core innovation...we and the issuers got to take the story of Bitcoin’s true value out, that’s how they’re going to do it, that’s how they’re marketing it…we got to tell that stor

Alex Thorn is head of Research at Galaxy Digital, leading a team of researchers focused on unpacking the market developments in crypto, producing information for both internal and external audiences. Before Galaxy, Alex was Director of Blockchain Research at Fidelity, so he’s a veteran of straddling TradWorld and Crypt

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, sees inflows to spot bitcoin ETFs reaching more than $14 billion in the first year after a potential SEC approval and the price of bitcoin spiking to $47,000. He also sees approval of these products possibly occurring this year.  In a recent report, Alex Thorn, head of research a

“This is the beginning of what hyperbitcoinisation looks like, people want bitcoin everywhere? That means it’s going to be everywhere…if bitcoin’s going to be global money it’s needs to be everywhere, it needs to be in every single system that uses money.” — Alex Thorn Alex Thorn is Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy.

Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now. We talk: Which factors had the biggest impact SegWit Batching Lightning Network