Brian Rudick

Brian Rudick is the Chief Strategy Officer for Upexi, Inc., the leading Solana treasury company, where he oversees the company's cryptocurrency strategy as well as its visibility-related functions. Prior to Upexi, Brian was Head of Research at GSR, the largest digital asset market maker, and previously spent over a decade on Wall Street, primarily managing a long-short portfolio of bank stocks as part of a larger financials team at Citadel, Balyasny, and Millennium. Brian holds a BSc from Duke University and an MBA from The University of Chicago.

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The Case for Digital Asset Treasury Companies

Digital asset treasury companies, at least those underpinned by end game-winning assets and the right strategy, create tremendous shareholder value and may be the best way to invest in digital assets for many investors, says Upexi’s Brian Rudick.

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In Defense of the ‘MSTR Premium’

The premium given to the company’s massive bitcoin holdings will exist as long as investors believe it will continue to increase the amount of its bitcoin held per share.

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Markets

The Anatomy of a Meltdown (and Just BTFD)

GSR’s Brian Rudick discusses the recent market meltdown, how towering bull tenets and fading risks could propel Bitcoin to $1m, and why the recent dip is a gift, all combining to make cryptocurrency’s risk-reward its most compelling in years.

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Opinion

Sizing the Massive Spot Bitcoin ETF Opportunity

The likely imminent approval of spot exchange-traded funds for bitcoin could be a game-changing moment for the digital assets industry. Brian Rudick and Matt Kunke, at GSR, explain why.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and the Bull

What’s behind the bull case for bitcoin? Brian Rudick and Matt Kunke from GSR take us through the reasons in today’s Crypto for Advisors newsletter.

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Tech

Ethereum Ecosystem Is Getting Busier, Not Quieter, Amid Layer 2 Shift

Many transactions are getting offloaded onto layer-2 blockchains, and those should be included in any analysis of the Ethereum ecosystem.

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