Parker Lewis
Parker Lewis is the former Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, a bitcoin native financial services firm based in Austin, TX. Parker is also the author of the Gradually, then Suddenly series on the fundamentals of bitcoin, which MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor credited among a number of resources in the company’s decision to shift its public company treasury to a bitcoin standard. Prior to working on bitcoin, Parker was a member of the investment team at Hayman Capital, a global-macro hedge fund based in Dallas, Texas and prior to that, Parker spent the first seven years of his career working in investment banking and restructuring at Deutsche Bank and FTI Consulting, respectively.
Session
Bitcoin miners have been starved for commercial hedging tools. Bitcoin assets and US Dollar liabilities opens businesses up to significant risks. The tools to manage these risks are starting to develop but the markets remain immature. What tools are there today and what can be built to better stabilize miners?