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What Lyn Alden thinks about market efficiency

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Investment researcher and engineer who runs Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, writing on macroeconomics, currency systems and equity analysis.

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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Lyn Alden has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingUtility blockchains that provide useful services tend not to accrue much long-term value to their coinholders, unlike a winning monetary protocol.

    Their wordsUtility protocols face heavy competition, and thus their value trends toward their marginal cost of operation.

    ↗Why Most Cryptocurrencies Won’t Accrue Valuelynalden.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  2. 5 months earlier

  3. Our readingBitcoin's use as a medium of exchange will only grow at scale if it solves problems for spenders or recipients better than existing alternatives.

    Their wordsBitcoin is not going to catch on as a charity. In order for spending it to catch on persistently at scale (i.e. not just billions of dollar-equivalents in annual global medium-of-exchange volume, but trillions), it has to solve problems for spenders and/or recipients that other solutions are not doing.

    ↗The Rise of Bitcoin Stocks and Bondslynalden.com 3rd of 3 in this piece