Hunter Sims

Interested in making finance better through technology.
@Cambridge_Uni | @CambridgeAltFin |

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

Great to see nice coverage of the @CambridgeAltFin Cambridge Bitcoin Energy Consumption index in the @nytimes from last Friday. Thanks @HirokoTabuchi Jon Huang & Claire O'Neill. #bitcoin

https://t.co/emzZ14qOSb

[Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance CJBS @CambridgeAltFin]

🚀CCAF Co-founder & Exec Director @BryanZhangZ launches interactive mining map showcasing UK fintech's overseas expansion & footprint at #ifgs2023 this morning.

Free-to-access digital tool is at https://t.co/eXGZwy9hJL

#UKFintechMapping #fintech #insight #UKFintechWeek

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

From Jamie Dimon's report:

"the stress testing based on the scenario devised by the Federal Reserve Board . . . never incorporated interest rates at higher levels"

This is really surprising...

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

@asanwal 😂

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

@modelvc 😂

[Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance CJBS @CambridgeAltFin]

📢CALLING OUT TO #SUPTECH VENDORS!!

⏰ Deadline: 9 March 2023

💻Submit your expression of interest for our @CamSupTechLab USD460,000 competitions to prototype suptech apps that advance financial #ConsumerProtection supervision in LMICs.

More details at https://t.co/FnX2tFS4or

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

@_johnsonator @mattschaar Yep!

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

More people should be talking about this.

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

1/2 “The source of the unprecedented M2 growth now looks almost certain to have been the frenzied federal spending which followed in the wake of the Covid shutdowns. That spending was effectively monetized by the Fed and the banking system, which in turn fueled an enormous…

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

increase in demand relative to output. All transpired in line with Milton Friedman's theory: "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it cannot occur without a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output." -@sfgrannis

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

'The exposures of major banks to cryptocurrency exposures are currently still very modest, amounting to less than USD 200 million in 2020.'
https://t.co/tkTybJgXkq

Very curious to see how this has changed from 2020

[Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance CJBS @CambridgeAltFin]

📣📣New CBECI update shows US has extended its share of global hashrate to 37.84%, with China resurgent to second largest with 21.11%

For 1st time, update provides state-by-state granularity of US market share

Read details of update in blogpost at https://t.co/v2HzliQsrw

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

@mattschaar 😂

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

@mattschaar Agreed. And you’ve also made me really curious about what made #495

[Michel Rauchs @mrauchs]

#Crypto ‘democratises‘ access to, and deployment of, financial engineering on a global scale.

The current $UST breakdown is but the latest illustration of this fundamental truth.

[Michel Rauchs @mrauchs]

🚨🚨Job Alert!🚨🚨

My team at @CambridgeAltFin is #hiring again!

We're looking for an experienced Programme Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of our recently-launched Digital Assets Programme (CDAP), and coordinate stakeholder engagement.

[Hunter Sims @huntersims]

Crypto made monetary policy cool. Now it offers a mainstream case study in the mechanics of pegs and runs on stable value “currencies”. If nothing else, there’s a lot of rapid learning going on…

[Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance CJBS @CambridgeAltFin]

⏰Join us on 13 April 2022 @13.00 BST

The journey to co-create the future of financial supervision starts here.

Join us for the launch event of the Cambridge SupTech Lab.

Register at https://t.co/3lQ3ElQciN

#suptech #innovation #regtech #centralbank #digitaltransformation

[Chainalysis @chainalysis]

THREAD: Our report analyzes several different forms of cryptocurrency-based crime. Here are some of the key, high-level takeaways. https://t.co/c1HyRMpsjy

[Thomas Roulet @thomroulet]

Absolutely delighted we are welcoming the amazing @Chris_Marquis_ to the @CambridgeJBS as the new Sinyi Professor @Cambridge_Uni and @JesusCollegeCam ! A great honour for our school and really excited to be colleagues 🙏🙏