Modern Consensus

Apr 19, 2024 | modernconsensus.com | Ken Kurson

Bitcoin investors looking for ways to lock in their gains without having to sell their beloved HODL stash have a new option. DeFi Technologies, via its subsidiary Valour, has an innovative Exchange Traded Product (ETP) that trades inversely to the coin. They’re calling it Valour Short Bitcoin (SBTC). Maybe you’ve ridden up from 26K in October to 73K in mid March, and then agonized on the recent fall back to the high 50s.

Oct 3, 2023 | modernconsensus.com | Ken Kurson

In the US, books are always published on Tuesdays, and around my house, the Tuesday of a new Michael Lewis book brings heated anticipation. And not just cuz we own a bookstore. Liar’s Poker, Money Ball, The Big Short, Flash Boys and Next are all key books in our household. And even the misses — The Blind Side and Trail Fever come to mind — offer a few insights and some great turns of Crawfish phrase.

Oct 2, 2023 | modernconsensus.com | Ken Kurson

In the US, books are always published on Tuesdays, and around my house, the Tuesday of a new Michael Lewis book brings heated anticipation. And not just cuz we own a bookstore. Liar’s Poker, Money Ball, The Big Short, Flash Boys and Next are all key books in our household. And even the misses — The Blind Side and Trail Fever come to mind — offer a few insights and some great turns of Crawfish phrase.

Sep 27, 2023 | modernconsensus.com | Ken Kurson

Sheelah Kolhatkar’s comprehensive and thoughtful examination of Sam Bankman-Fried and his parents in this week’s New Yorker deserves consideration even by those who, like myself, have read every single word about this case. Kolhatkar was one of the journalists who had enjoyed consistent, welcoming access to Bankman-Fried while he was on bail at his parents’ house in Palo Alto.

Sep 19, 2023 | modernconsensus.com | Ken Kurson

There’s a Rodney Dangerfield joke, “My high school was tough. After they sacked the quarterback, they went after his family.”We’re now seeing a little bit of that toughness directed at Bankman, Fried and Bankman-Fried family members. Over the weekend, a BusinessWeek cover story ran with the headline “How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Elite Parents Enabled His Crypto Empire.” The story itself was not so bad and there’s no smoking gun — it’s 5000 words of high-powered parents advising their privileged son.