Crypto Decrypted

Note from the Authors

We're excited to present this work to you. A little about us – we both come from the technology sector. Both of us have degrees in computer science and worked in the software development industry for the first 20 years of our respective careers, moving from developers to managers to, ultimately, business owners together. We worked together as partners from 2001 to 2004 and then went our separate ways, although we always kept in touch. The partnership worked and it's a little bit of kismet that we're here together again bringing you this book.

(From Jake) I started angel investing in 2014 and made my blockchain startup investment in 2015. From those 15 angel investments made, I've had four exits and hold one investment that turned into a decacorn. I've worked with two VC accelerator firms, as well as being a strategic advisor for a private equity firm and an advisor to several venture‐backed startups. Although I'm a technologist, my passion has always been investing. I bought my first mutual fund at the age of 15, my first stock at the age of 17, and started trading options at 22. It was in 2016 that I bought my first bitcoin for roughly $475, and that led me to thinking a lot about this new industry. I love crypto, because it's the intersection of tech and finance and I knew it was time. I had the notion to start a crypto hedge fund in 2017, ultimately leading to Tradecraft Capital, which I soft piloted in 2018 and then opened to private investors in 2019. ...