9 Best Articles in 2021
Collaborative Fund
The Psychology of Money
Collaborative Fund
20+ min read · From 2018 · Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way. Grace Groner was orphaned at age 12. She never married. She never had kids.…
The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
The Atlantic
8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
The New Yorker
The Invention of Money
The New Yorker
~14 min read · 2019-07-29 · In three centuries, the heresies of two bankers became the basis of our modern economy.
Stratechery
How Tech Can Build
Stratechery
10 min read · 2020-04-21 · Marc Andreessen has written (another) seminal essay: It’s Time to Build. What does that mean for tech and venture capital?
The New York Times
Why Markets Boomed in a Year of Human Misery
The New York Times
9 min read · Jan 1st · It wasn’t just the Fed or the stimulus. The rise in savings among white-collar workers created a tide lifting nearly all financial assets.
McKinsey & Company
AI-bank of the future: Can banks meet the AI challenge?
McKinsey & Company
2020-09-21 · AI in banking may be the next big differentiator. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization.
The Guardian
Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of world elite's hidden wealth
The Guardian
6 min read · From 2017 · Files from offshore law firm show financial dealings of the Queen, big multinationals and members of Donald Trump’s cabinet
The Atlantic
The Looming Bank Collapse
The Atlantic
~15 min read · 2020-06-10 · The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it.
Vox
The GameStop stock frenzy, explained
Vox
10 min read · Jan 25th · GameStop’s stock is surging, much to the chagrin of the hedge funds attempting to short it.
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The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
The Atlantic
8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
Harvard Business Review
Bitcoin and the Future of Decentralized Finance
Harvard Business Review
1 min read · Apr 6th · Cryptocurrencies are fueling the emergence of decentralized finance. What is it, how does it work, and who will benefit?
New York Magazine
There’s Nothing to Do Except Gamble
New York Magazine
8 min read · Apr 13th · Welcome to the non-fungible, memeified, cryptodenominated, degenerate future of finance.
youtube.com
I funded Coinbase in 2012. Making 6000x on my best startup investment yet
youtube.com
Apr 14th · I was lucky enough to be the first investor in a company called Coinbase. Today they are a Cryptocurrency exchange worth billions that just went public. But ...
WIRED
Coinbase Makes Its Debut—and Bitcoin Arrives on Wall Street
WIRED
3 min read · Apr 14th · The big cryptocurrency exchange goes public through a direct listing, and it could make a bigger debut than Facebook.
The Atlantic
Could Index Funds Be ‘Worse Than Marxism’?
The Atlantic
~11 min read · Apr 5th · Economists and policy makers are worried that the Vanguard model of passive investment is hurting markets.
The New Yorker
The Powerful New Financial Argument for Fossil-Fuel Divestment
The New Yorker
5 min read · Apr 3rd · A report by BlackRock, the world’s largest investment house, shows that those who divested have profited not only morally but also financially.
CNBC
Goldman Sachs is close to offering bitcoin and other digital assets to its wealth management clients
CNBC
3 min read · Mar 31st · Soon, clients of two of the world's preeminent investment banks – Goldman and Morgan Stanley – will have access to the nascent asset class.
youtube.com
Coinbase Direct Listing Discussion
youtube.com
Apr 14th · [Live at 10:00am PT] Join Coinbase co-founders Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam and Coinbase President & COO, Emilie Choi, in conversation with Marc Andreesse...
The Economist
The war against money-laundering is being lost
The Economist
7 min read · Apr 13th · The global system for financial crime is hugely expensive and largely ineffective | Finance & economics
