Dan Morehead

Dan Morehead is an American investor, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital.

Dan Morehead
Alma materPrinceton University
OccupationInvestor
Websitehttps://panteracapital.com

Education and career

Dan graduated from Princeton University in Structural Engineering with a B.S. and received the Carmichael Prize for his thesis.[1]

Dan began his career as a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation trader at Goldman Sachs.[2] Dan founded Pantera Capital Management LP a macro hedge fund that specializes in cryptocurrencies in 2003 which was the first investment fund focused on Bitcoin in the United States.[3][4] He also co-founded Atriax and was its CEO.[5] He served previously at Tiger Management as Head of Macro Trading and CFO,[6] former chairman at Bitstamp[7] and he was also featured in the novel, Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper.[8]

References
  1. "Author: Dan Morehead". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. Leising, Matthew (27 February 2021). "Coinbase Mafia Shows How Tight a Circle Holds Sway Over Bitcoin". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. Popper, Nathaniel (2017-12-19). "A Bitcoin Hedge Fund's Return: 25,004% (That Wasn't a Typo)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. Geron, Tomio (2018-11-12). "Crypto Investor Pantera Alters a Fund Amid Downturn". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  5. "Dan Morehead". American Corporate Partners. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  6. "Ethereum Beats Rivals With 'Trade-Offs,' Pantera's Krug Says". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. Motley Fool Staff (2021-04-06). "Talking Crypto With Dan Morehead, CEO of Pantera Capital". The Motley Fool. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  8. Nathaniel., Popper (24 May 2016). Digital gold : bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money. ISBN 978-0-06-236250-6. OCLC 953442959.
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