Jill Gunter

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About

☕️ I'm brewing something new
💼 I invest in startups as a Venture Partner with Slow Ventures
👼🏼 I also angel invest my own capital in companies I care about
💸 I research closed economies with the Open Money Initiative
📰 I write about finance, politics, & technology for CoinDesk
🎧 I ran a crypto podcast: What Grinds My Gears
🤖 I have contributed to academic work on blockchain tech like this
🏦 I have consulted for institutions like the IMF
🌎 I have published research on cryptocurrency and capital controls
📈 I used to trade sovereign debt & derivatives at Goldman Sachs
🎓 I have an MSc from Magdalen College, Oxford and an AB from Harvard
🏛 My proudest work is my undergrad research on religion as propaganda in Ancient Rome

👻 Blog
🖋 Medium
🐦 Twitter
📃 LinkedIn

Media

Zero Knowledge, a collab with Packy McCormick, June 14 2021
Defending Economic Rights Under Fire - Cato Journal, Spring / Summer 2021

Features:
Forbes 30 Under 30
BI's 25 Fintech Investors

OpEds:
Since February 2020 I have run a regular oped column for CoinDesk
The International Economy, Winter 2020 - Is The World's Reserve Currency In Trouble?
Slate, January 2020 - Trust No One. Not Even a Blockchain.
CoinDesk, January 2020 - Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?
CoinDesk, December 2019 - Cryptocurrency Is Most Useful for Breaking Laws
CoinDesk, December 2017 - Why Crypto Looks A Lot Like Wall Street
Markets Media, October 6 2016 - Where Can Blockchain Take the Buyside?

Television:
They say: "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself provide macro commentary on CNBC"
Facebook's Libra, July 19 2021, Bloomberg
Crypto climb, January 3 2021, Bloomberg
Robinhood rally, February 3 2021, Bloomberg
Bitcoin boom, March 8 2021, CNBC
Coinbase listing, April 14 2021, CNBC
Munger on crypto, May 4 2021, CNBC
Musk on crypto, May 8 2021, CNBC
Crypto mining, May 25 2021, CNBC
Ransomware, June 8 2021, CNBC
Crypto ETFs, June 29 2021, CNBC
Bitcoin mining, July 21 2021, CNBC
ETH killers, October 11 2021, Bloomberg
Jamie Dimon, October 12 2021, CNBC
Inflation, October 26 2021, CNBC
Bull run, November 12 2021, Bloomberg
Bitcoin rebound, December 8 2021, CNBC
Venture inflows, December 21 2021, CNBC
Bitcoin inflation, January 21 2022, CNBC

Quoted Articles:
Wired, February 14 2020 - This Social Network Wants to Pay You (in Crypto) to Do Good
The New York Times, April 17 2018 - Inside Cambridge Analytica's Virtual Currency Plans
Wired, January 30 2018 - Why Tether's Collapse Would Be Bad for Cryptocurrencies
GQ, November 26 2019 - Cryptocurrency Will Not Die
The New York Times, January 31 2018 - Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up
S&P Global, March 20 2017 - Venezuela's Petro Token
The New York Times, January 30 2018 - Kodak's Dubious Cryptocurrency Gamble
MarketWatch, October 28, 2018 - Where Cryptocurrencies Are Making a Difference in the World
International Business Times, January 19 2018 - Cryptocurrency Wallet Maker Ledger Raises $75 Million
Coindesk, July 23 2018 - Decentralized Exchanges Aren't Living Up To Their Name
Coindesk, December 19 2018 - Venezuelan Isn't The Crypto Use Case You Want It To Be

Podcasts:
I ran a podcast called What Grinds My Gears with my friend Meltem Demirors
Around the Block - December 15, 2021
ZK Podcast - July 28, 2021
The Breakdown - July 2, 2020
Odd Lots - July 29 2019
Unchained - July 31 2018
Money Talks - July 11, 2020
Blockcrunch - August 6 2018
Unconfirmed - May 25 2018
What Bitcoin Did - June 15 2018
Solana Podcast - February 24 2020
Building the Open Web - August 19, 2020
Bespoke Podcast - January 28 2018
Tomorrow's Transactions - November 10 2016

Events

Virtual, August 6 2020 - IC3 Blockchain Camp - Blockchain for Social Good
San Francisco, October 28 2019 - SFBW
Palm Springs, September 23 2019 - CryptoSprings
San Francisco, August 29 2019 - SoFi Crypto 101
Oslo, July 20 2019 - Oslo Freedom Forum
New York, May 13-15 2019 - Consensus
New York, May 11-12 2019 - Magical Crypto Conference
Boston, May 8 2019- Unchained Summit
Paris, April 16-17 2019 - Paris Blockchain Week
Washington DC, April 10-12 2019 - DebtCon 3
Las Vegas, October 23, 2018 - Money 20/20
San Francisco, October 5-12, 2018 - SFBW
Palm Springs, October 3-5, 2018 - CryptoSprings
San Francisco, August 6, 2018 - Human Rights Foundation - Hyperinflation and Bitcoin
Montreal, June 28, 2018 - Zcon0 - Keynote Panel: Cryptocurrency Governance
Chicago, April 23, 2018 - Distributed: Markets
Washington DC, April 20, 2018 - IMF Spring Meetings
Boston, March 18, 2018 - MIT Bitcoin Expo
Philadelphia, February 3, 2018 - UPenn Journal of Business Law Symposium
New York City, December 14, 2017 - Bloomberg FX Macro Tailgate
New York City, May 23, 2017 - Consensus 2017 - Global CSDs and Blockchain
Washington DC, April 19, 2017 - IMF Spring Meetings - Fintech and the Transformation of Financial Services
Chicago, April 19, 2017 - Chicago Fed Risk Conference - Blockchain Discussion
Dubai, February 13, 2017 - World Government Summit - The Technologies of Finance
San Francisco, November 16, 2016 - CAIA Cryptocurrency Event
Los Angeles, October 18, 2016 - Capital Group - State of Blockchain