
Byron Gilliam
Byron Gilliam writes The Breakdown newsletter, in which he tries to explain crypto markets to traditional investors and traditional markets to crypto investors (while trying to explain both to himself). Before joining Blockworks, Byron spent 25 years trading international equities for banks and brokers in Frankfurt, London, Paris and New York. He holds a bachelor's degree in History from Binghamton University. Contact Byron at [email protected].
Byron Gilliam writes The Breakdown newsletter, in which he tries to explain crypto markets to traditional investors and traditional markets to crypto investors (while trying to explain both to himself). Before joining Blockworks, Byron spent 25 years trading international equities for banks and brokers in Frankfurt, London, Paris and New York. He holds a bachelor's degree in History from Binghamton University. Contact Byron at [email protected].

If AI is a replacement for humans, wouldn’t companies fire the expensive ones first?
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For DATs, getting to the stock market first may mean owning a business no one wants
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A business that gives away 75% of what it raises isn’t selling equity — it’s selling a product
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Uber raised fares. Disney ignored costs. Linux gave everything away. Which model should Ethereum follow?
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Crypto finds fundamentals, Chanos books profits and prediction markets make trouble
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Gold is proof that belief sustained over millennia creates real value; crypto is hoping to take a shortcut
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Every transformational technology begins with utopian hopes, and then runs into the world as it is
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