Beyond Bitcoin: Ethereum and Its Role in the Portfolio – Galaxy – 2.8.21

Overview:
Title: Beyond Bitcoin: Ethereum and Its Role in the Portfolio
Date: Monday, February 8, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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If 2020 will be remembered as bitcoin’s year, we believe 2021 may well be remembered as Ethereum’s year.

Ether (ETH), commonly referred to as Ethereum, is the cryptocurrency that powers the Ethereum blockchain—and it’s now the world’s second-largest digital asset with a market capitalization of $130 billion. As your clients continue to ask about cryptocurrencies, they’ll increasingly expect you to be prepared to discuss this growing digital asset.

Join Galaxy Digital’s Head of Asset Management Steve Kurz and Ethereum expert Michael Jordan for a straightforward discussion of:

  • Digitization as a macro theme
  • The Ethereum blockchain and its applications
  • Ethereum as an investment and how to access exposure

Steve and Michael will also explain why they consider Ethereum to be a growth asset, and how investing in Ethereum is similar to investing in a basket of early-stage technology stocks. Their informative presentation will leave you feeling more confident discussing Ethereum with your clients and understanding where it fits in the portfolio.

Speakers:
Steve Kurz Steve Kurz Partner and Head of Asset Management Galaxy Digital

Steve Kurz is Head of Asset Management at Galaxy Digital. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Co-Founder of Outer Realm VR, an enterprise focused immersive software company. Previously, he was a Principal and Head of Business Development at River Birch Capital, where he was responsible for raising over $1 billion in assets. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. He started his career in the Fixed Income Division of Lehman Brothers. Steve serves on the New York Advisory Board of a music charity called Little Kids Rock, is a Board Observer for a life sciences company called MicroCures, Inc., and is an active member of NextGen Venture Partners. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.
Michael Jordan Michael Jordan Vice President Galaxy Digital

Michael Jordan is Galaxy Digital’s resident Ethereum expert, and manages investments across Galaxy’s three portfolios of Macro, Venture, and Liquid strategies. Prior to investing, he wrote Galaxy’s software to help the firm adapt crypto technology to its institutional platform. Michael came to Galaxy after writing automated trading strategy algorithms, and before that spent his life engineering atoms not bits. Michael got into crypto by trying to build fintech products and learned that traditional finance wasn’t the future, which led him to Bitcoin and Ethereum.