about this site

• This site is a complete archive of my recent (2017-20) content as it pertains to investing and cryptocurrency

about me

• I am proud to be a naturalized American citizen
• I invest in anti-authoritarian technology
• I tweet under the handle nic__carter
• I blog on Medium and I write columns for Coindesk
• I like to do annoying, hard things with uncertain payoffs, like writing and running
• I have an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of St Andrews, and an MSc Finance from the University of Edinburgh

some things I believe

• I believe in freedom, Lockean property rights, and free enterprise
• The Bank Secrecy Act is unconstitutional and must be repealed
• It’s absolutely imperative that we restore the private issuance of currency and create a genuine cash standard on the internet
• Social media handles are private property; their owners are their proprietors and censorship is expropriation and eminent domain

what I do professionally

• I am a general partner at Castle Island Ventures
• I am a cofounder and chairman of Coin Metrics
• I host the On The Brink podcast alongside Matt Walsh
• I am a member of the program committee for the Crypto Economic Systems journal
• I am an alum of Fidelity Investments

Get in touch! Email me at nic [at] niccarter.info