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Cryptocurrency investing is extremely risky and speculative. Collective Shift team members produce a range of content about cryptocurrency—including educational reports, market commentary, fundamental and technical analyses.
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Collective Shift Cryptocurrency Holdings Disclosure Policy

  • Last update: November 15
  • Changes: David added DOGE, Simon removed WIF and added MINI and SIF, and Matt removed LUNA and added MOG and ZEREBRO
  • Next update: November 22

Consistent with our mission of being a trusted and transparent source for those wanting to learn about our financial world, all full-time employees and content contributors at Collective Shift adhere to a material cryptocurrency holdings disclosure policy.

$2,000 (AUD) is our threshold for what constitutes a material cryptocurrency investment.

Collective Shift Full-Time EmployeeCryptocurrency Holdings
Ben SimpsonBTC, ETH, MPL, SOL, HONEY, MKR, SWETH > EIGEN, JUP, RON, DMT, PRIME, IMF (soon MONEY), STURDY, PEPE, WIF, POPCAT
Matt WillemsenBTC, ETH, JTO, PRIME, SOL, TIA, JUP, DMT, WIF, W, EIGEN, TAO, GOAT, MOG, ZEREBRO
Nicholas SciberrasBTC, ETH, stETH, JTO, SOL, JitoSOL, ARB, ENS, OP, TIA, DPI, Altered State Machine, Coinbase ($COIN) shares, ZK
David Bowen
BTC, ETH, ADA, MPL, SOL, RON, AVAX, DMT, EIGEN
Aaron BerghuberBTC, ETH, MAGIC, ARB, POWR, VF1/Book Games
David TranBTC, ETH, SOL, MPL, 3ULL, WAAC, DOGE
Simon AmeryBTC, SOL, SUI, MINI SIF
Alice MacfarlanNil
Collective Shift full-time employees’ material holdings are updated weekly.
Content ContributorCryptocurrency Holdings
CheckmateBTC, STX, STFX
Victor HuBTC, ETH, AAVE, AR, AVAX, BEAM, BNB, CETUS, CHZ, CGPT, CPOOL, FET, FTM, LINK, NEAR, ORCA, PAID, PENDLE, POL, RAY, RENDER, SFUND, SNX, SOL, SUI, SUPER, THETA, The Currency by Damien Hirst
Content contributors’ material holdings are updated quarterly. The above holdings are accurate as of November 2024 and will next be updated in May 2025.

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