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Expert financial guide to understand the technology, potential, and disruptive effects of cryptoIn The Little Book of Bitcoin, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci delivers a comprehensive guide to understand disruption in the financial industry as a result of the emergence and increasing prominence of digital asset technology. Drawing on his involvement in the SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund which has $310 million in assets under management, this book runs the gambit from basic concepts all the way to implications of decentralized finance on the financial industry and society as a whole.In this book, readers will learn about:Hashes, blockchains, and mining, and how these three processes sync up like an orchestra to make global participation in crypto possibleBitcoin as digital gold, and its similarities and differences to other cryptocurrencies like EthereumTrading different cryptocurrencies, both popular and lesser known, through centralized platforms like Binance and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms like UniswapPromising technology to facilitate anonymized legitimacy called "zero knowledge proof" and how it worksThe Little Book of Bitcoin is an essential up-to-date guide to digital assets and associated technologies for all individuals, from hedge fund managers to newcomer retail investors, seeking to understand and prepare for a new world of finance.
About the Author
Anthony Scaramucci is the co-managing partner and founder of SkyBridge Capital, a global investment firm with around $12.4 billion in assets under management and advisement as of August 31, 2016. The firm also produces the annual SkyBridge Alternatives ("SALT") Conference, a premier global investment and thought leadership forum.
Mr. Scaramucci is co-host of "Wall Street Week," the iconic financial television show that was revived in 2015, as well as a contributor to the Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. He is the author of three books: Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole, The Little Book of Hedge Funds, Goodbye Gordon Gekko.
Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Mr. Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, Mr. Scaramucci was a vice president in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs.
In 2015, Mr. Scaramucci was ranked #91 in Worth Magazine's Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® - New York Award in the Financial Services category.
Mr. Scaramucci is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) , vice chair of the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board, a board member of The Brain Tumor Foundation and Business Executives for National Security (BENS) , and a Trustee of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation. He is a former member of the New York City Financial Services Advisory Committee (2007-2012) . Mr. Scaramucci is also an active bundler within the Republican Party, having served on the national campaign finance committees for Mitt Romney and Donald Trump.
Mr. Scaramucci, a native of Long Island, New York, holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
