Ross Stevens, Co-Founder and Govt Chairman of NYDIG, and Greg Cipolaro, NYDIG’s Head of Analysis, not too long ago wrote an article by which they defined why their agency “at all times has been” and “at all times will likely be” a Bitcoin firm.
NYDIG is “a subsidiary of Stone Ridge, a holding firm that has led the creation of forward-thinking corporations throughout the worlds of expertise and finance, together with a $13B+ options asset supervisor.” It “delivers Bitcoin merchandise throughout industries, from banking and insurance coverage to fintech and nonprofits” and joins “stringent regulatory requirements with ironclad expertise to make Bitcoin common.”
As you most likely know, on Friday (11 November 2022), Samuel Bankman-Fried (aka “SBF”), the Co-Founder and CEO of crypto alternate FTX, introduced the collapse of the FTX empire:
In a NYDIG blog post (titled “Via the Trying Glass: The FTX and Alameda Saga”) printed on Thursday (10 November 2022), Stevens reiterated a few of what he had mentioned in a paper (collectively written with Nic Carter and Allen Farrington) that was printed in June 2022:
“I’ll begin with the conclusion: my piece failed. Nothing has modified. DeFi-driven blowups have continued. Due to this fact, within the strongest potential phrases, I repeat, with humility: don’t put money into non-Bitcoin crypto. Don’t put money into non-Bitcoin DeFi. This is the reason NYDIG is a bitcoin firm. At all times has been, at all times will likely be.
“Over the previous couple of years, we’ve got had the ‘alternative’ to ‘companion’ with Three Arrows, BlockFi, Celsius, FTX, and extra. Nevertheless, at Stone Ridge/NYDIG – removed from a mistake-free agency comprised of mistake-free individuals, together with and particularly me – we search to assume from first ideas.
“Whenever you can’t fulfill your self with simple solutions to simple questions resembling, ‘how do you generate profits?’, or ‘why are you optimistic the GBTC-arb will at all times be optimistic and what occurs to your enterprise if you happen to’re fallacious?’, or ‘why do you assume it’s applicable for us to lend you cash with much less collateral than what’s required for US Treasury repo or with no collateral or all?’, or ‘why do a few of your exterior investments come from one entity and different investments come from one other?’, run, don’t stroll, away.
“As well as, we’ve got had numerous ‘alternatives’ to ‘make investments’ in ‘crypto yield’ initiatives that have been momentarily enormously worthwhile, but so clearly destined to blowup and so clearly violations of US securities legal guidelines. Onerous cross. Life is simply too brief to do something apart from companion with individuals you want, belief, and could be ferociously proud to be along with in a foxhole when the bullets are flying.“
On 3 October 2022, NYDIG issued a press release to announce “the promotion of executives Tejas Shah and Nate Conrad to the roles of CEO and President, respectively.” The press launch additionally talked about that “NYDIG’s bitcoin balances hit all-time highs in Q3, up nearly 100% year-over-year, and income is up 130% by Q2, with one other enhance when the agency closes its books on Q3.”
It went on to say that “constructing on this momentum, Shah and Conrad will concentrate on accelerating NYDIG’s funding in its industry-leading Mining Options franchise serving the most important North American miners and in its platform expertise enterprise, serving to banks and non-bank enterprises make the most of the Lightning Community for next-generation wallets and international funds.”
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