The Benzinga Fintech Summit is a gathering of the top leaders in payments, lending, capital markets, blockchain and cryptocurrencies in San Francisco Nov. 14. Ahead of the Summit, Benzinga is profiling the fintech thought leaders speaking at the event.
Our next installment is an interview with Arianna Simpson, founder of Autonomous Partners, a cryptocurrency- and blockchain-focused hedge fund that recently received major backing from investing giant Steve Cohen and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
BZ: What is Autonomous Partners, and what is its investment thesis?
Autonomous Partners is a fund investing in cryptocurrencies, digital assets and blockchain-based companies. We take a very long-term approach and generally invest in things we plan to hold for periods of years — even when shorter-term liquidity is available. Great technology takes time to build, so we have a bias toward patience.
BZ: Why are key investors like Union Square and Steve Cohen and crypto pioneers like Brian Armstrong excited about what you’re doing? What value do these investors bring to the company beyond funding?
I guess you’d have to ask them, but my sense is that my long involvement in the space, and the deep relationships I’ve built over the past five years working in the industry has something to do with it. I have had a longstanding interest in crypto and combining that with the …
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