Lyn Alden

Lyn Alden is an American investment strategist and founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. She is known for her macroeconomic analysis of U.S. equities and international market trends. She is also known for her analysis and advocacy of Bitcoin and has been a speaker at the Bitcoin Conference.

Career

Alden began her public career as an investment analyst focusing on macroeconomic policy, liquidity, and asset markets. During her career, Alden has written about contrarian investment strategies and comparisons between modern markets and the dot-com bubble, highlighting potential opportunities in emerging markets. Her commentary and analysis mostly pertains to the influence of fiscal deficits, interest rates, and Federal Reserve policy on asset valuation.
Alden has used the phrase "nothing stops this train" to emphasize the growing National debt of [the United States|U.S. debt] and asserting concerns about its impact on the economy.

Views on Bitcoin

Alden is recognized for her positive outlook on Bitcoin. She has emphasized its network effect and fixed supply as factors she believes supports its long term value. Alden has stated that while Bitcoin has short term volatility, it tends to have a "historical volatility profile." She claims Bitcoin is a whole new asset class that is in its "price discovery phase" and should therefore should be classified as an "emergent store of value." Alden also believes that Bitcoin can serve as a hedge against inflation and monetary debasement, asserting that U.S. and international fiscal deficits and expanded liquidity can increase price appreciation of Bitcoin. Lyn Alden has been a speaker at multiple Bitcoin Conferences.