2023-01-12 –, Main Hall
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?
Founder of http://TFTC.io, a media company focused on #Bitcoin, Beauty, and Freedom in the Digital Age (@TFTC21). Partner @ten31vc. Director @CathedraBitcoin
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.
Sam is a Bitcoin Research Analyst at River, a Bitcoin-focused US-based company that helps people build their bitcoin wealth. He is responsible for research and content creation, to help make Bitcoin more accessible to people.
Thomas brings 10+ years of full-time Bitcoin expertise, including BOD Member at Stronghold Digital Mining and Advisor to Luxor Tech and will lead company strategy & vision, investment sourcing, strategy execution, and product development.
In 2022, Thomas founded and opened PubKey, a NYC based Bitcoin bar and media house with the mission to create a network of bitcoin centric cultural centers. Prior to founding Hash Function, Thomas founded HODL Capital in 2017, a private fund focused on the bitcoin and the hashrate markets. Prior to HODL, Thomas was a founding team member of Fidelity Digital Asset Services and Director in Fidelity’s Bitcoin Incubator and an early employee at Digital Asset Holdings.
Thomas started his career as a swap and derivative lawyer at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. He holds a JD, LLM, and MSc.