Nik Bhatia

Nik Bhatia is a Research Strategist at OpenNode. In his past he traded US Treasuries and interest rate futures for Payden & Rygel, a Los Angeles based investment manager with over $100 billion assets under management. He received his Masters in Finance from IE University in Madrid, Spain in 2013, and received his Bachelors in Social Sciences (Economics) from University of Southern California in 2011. He is a CFA charterholder. His goal is to bring a capital market to Bitcoin in order for it to achieve status as a global reserve currency.

Nik Bhatia

Spotlight: Why I left the Bond Market for Bitcoin

November 20, 2019 Articles 5 min

I’m a markets junkie. A markets junkie is somebody who is physically dependent on watching asset prices tick up and down,...

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How Bitcoin Fixes Data Breaches and Fraud

October 17, 2019 Articles 5 min

Online credit card transactions helped spawn the era of e-commerce. Once consumers felt comfortable paying for things online, e-commerce exploded globally,...

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Important Takeaways from Crypto Springs

October 1, 2019 Articles 3 min

If you don’t like the heat, please stay far away from the Crypto Springs conference. But if you can tolerate a...

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Understanding Bitcoin’s Price Volatility

September 24, 2019 Articles 4 min

Bitcoin is an obsession to a growing population. While the merits of Bitcoin’s game changing technology are constantly preached and evangelized...

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What to Consider When Accepting Altcoins

September 17, 2019 Articles 5 min

We’re living in the era of digital money. There are now over a thousand cryptocurrencies in circulation, the majority of which...

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Where Did Bitcoin Come From?

September 10, 2019 Articles 3 min

Bitcoin was a response to the financial crisis of 2008 In October 2008, the world experienced a financial panic, triggering the...