George Kaloudis

George Kaloudis was a senior research analyst and columnist for CoinDesk. He focused on producing insights about Bitcoin. Previously, George spent five years in investment banking with Truist Securities in asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions and healthcare technology coverage. George studied mathematics at Davidson College.

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Apparently It's Very Difficult to Custody Crypto

Prime Trust, the allegedly insolvent crypto custodian that owes customers upwards of $156 million, is not helping the crypto industry's shady mainstream reputation.

Prime Trust CEO Tom Pageler. (Prime Trust)

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Step Aside ‘Blockchain Technology’, IMF and BIS Have a New Crypto Buzzword

Financial stewards including the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements say tokenization is the future. They’re wrong.

(Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño/Flickr)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surge May 'Not Be the Beginning of the End of the Bear Market,' Analyst Says

ALSO: CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis offers a straightforward explanation of why BlackRock and other financial services giants want to offer a spot bitcoin ETF.

Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Would Be a Big Deal

And it doesn’t really matter if it’s technically a trust.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

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CoinDesk Turns 10: 2021 – The Year Bitcoin Became Salvadoran

El Salvador’s 2021 Bitcoin Law was a monumental moment, but there’s still much work to be done. This feature is part of our CoinDesk Turns 10 series looking at the biggest stories in crypto history.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (Getty Images)

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Celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day: the Time a Bitcoin User Bought 2 Pizzas for 10,000 BTC

Laszlo Hanyecz did not spend $270 million buying Papa Johns, CoinDesk's George Kaloudis writes.

The actual pizzas Laszlo Hanyecz purchased. (Credit: Laszlo Hanyecz)

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As Bitcoin Scales, We Need Better Custodial Solutions

If Bitcoin is going to scale through layer 2s, then we need more options and more clarity around the trade-offs between the different ways to use the cryptocurrency.

(Nathan Lau/Getty Images)