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Galen Moore

Galen Moore

Galen Moore is the content lead at Axelar, which is building interoperable Web3 infrastructure. He previously served as director of professional content at CoinDesk. In 2017, Galen started Token Report, a cryptocurrency investor newsletter and data service, covering the ICO market. Token Report was acquired in 2018. Prior to that, he was editor in chief at AmericanInno, a subsidiary of American City Business Journals. He has a masters in business studies from Northeastern University and a bachelors in English from Boston University.

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Bitcoin: The Halving and Why It Matters
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By Galen Moore
Mar 30, 2020 at 9:01 p.m. UTC
Mar 30, 2020
CoinDesk Research takes a monthly look at metrics critical to crypto asset adoption, including bitcoin's digital gold narrative and fiat onramps, DeFi lending, criminal activity, enforcement, the bitcoin halving and the crypto assets with the best returns and lowest volatility for the month of February.
Reports
CoinDesk Monthly Review, February 2020
CoinDesk Research takes a monthly look at metrics critical to crypto asset adoption, including bitcoin's digital gold narrative and fiat onramps, DeFi lending, criminal activity, enforcement, the bitcoin halving and the crypto assets with the best returns and lowest volatility for the month of February.
By Galen Moore
Mar 11, 2020 at 11:28 a.m. UTC
Mar 11, 2020
Eth deposits in DeFi lending & price, 2019-2020 (chart)
Markets
Ethereum
Mind the Gap: Why ETH Price and DeFi Adoption Aren't in Sync
Demand for DeFi lending services built on ethereum shows a pattern of inverse relationship to the price of ETH. When ether prices are falling, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi...
Eth deposits in DeFi lending & price, 2019-2020 (chart)
By Galen Moore
Feb 16, 2020 at 9:20 a.m. UTC
Feb 16, 2020
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Webinars
CoinDesk Quarterly Review: A year in suspended animation (live webinar)
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By Galen Moore
Feb 11, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 11, 2020
Cover slide of CoinDesk Research's quarterly review for January 2020; we look at metrics measuring bitcoin adoption, exchange tokens, SEC enforcement actions and top-performing crypto assets of January 2020.
Reports
CoinDesk Monthly Review, January 2020
Cover slide of CoinDesk Research's quarterly review for January 2020; we look at metrics measuring bitcoin adoption, exchange tokens, SEC enforcement actions and top-performing crypto assets of January 2020.
By Galen Moore
Feb 7, 2020 at 3:07 p.m. UTC
Feb 7, 2020
Chart of ETH locked in DeFi lending platforms vs time
Markets
Research
How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital...
Chart of ETH locked in DeFi lending platforms vs time
By Galen Moore
Jan 31, 2020 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2020
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Crypto Lending 101 cover page
Reports
Bitcoin
Crypto Lending
Crypto Lending 101 cover page
By Galen Moore
Jan 31, 2020 at 5:54 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2020
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Title slide for CoinDesk Research crypto lending and staking webinar
Webinars
How fund managers think about crypto lending and staking
Title slide for CoinDesk Research crypto lending and staking webinar
By Galen Moore
Jan 31, 2020 at 11:33 a.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2020
Line graph showing exchange token and bitcoin returns' correlation vs time
Markets
Research
Exchange Tokens: Neither a Great Investment Nor a Great Market Indicator
It’s surprising that, despite the success of their issuers, exchange tokens have not been more successful as investments, or as metrics of adoption in one of crypto assets' be...
Line graph showing exchange token and bitcoin returns' correlation vs time
By Galen Moore
Jan 30, 2020 at 7:16 p.m. UTC
Jan 30, 2020
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Slide shows institutional inflows as measured by the size of low-leverage, regulated derivatives markets, and the importance of leverage to attracting non-fiduciary investors.
Reports
Bitcoin
CoinDesk Quarterly Review Q4 2019
Slide shows institutional inflows as measured by the size of low-leverage, regulated derivatives markets, and the importance of leverage to attracting non-fiduciary investors.
By Galen Moore
Jan 22, 2020 at 7:45 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2020
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