Todd Groth

Head of Index Research, CoinDesk Indices

Todd Groth was the Head of Index Research at CoinDesk Indices. He has over 10 years of experience involving systematic multi-asset risk premia and alternative investment strategies. Before joining CoinDesk Indices, Todd served as Head of Factor Insights at Premialab, an institutional fintech analytics company, and as a Managing Director at Risk Premium Investments (RPI), a systematic multi-asset asset manager. Before RPI, Todd was a Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Investcorp and began his finance career at PAAMCO, a fund of hedge funds, as a manager within the risk analytics group. Todd holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Financial Engineering from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Todd holds BTC and ETH above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Latest from Todd Groth

Markets

A Crypto Lesson From George Soros Amid Binance and Coinbase Accusations

Positioning and expectations explain why the Binance case drove prices down but markets rebounded after Coinbase.

Jun 14, 2023

Finance

Seeing the Macro Forest for the Token Trees

Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices shares some thoughts on how macro analysis works in crypto.

Apr 26, 2023

Tech

What ChatGPT Thinks About Digital Assets

Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices quizzes ChatGPT about crypto and then explores how that might factor into an investment opinion.

Apr 19, 2023

Opinion

First-Quarter Performance Recap: CoinDesk Market Index Up 58%, BTC Gains Amid Banking Crisis

Bitcoin posts its best quarterly performance in two years, and the CMI's Computing and Currency sectors see the most growth.

Apr 11, 2023

Opinion

Fan Tokens: A Bet on Your Favorite Soccer Team?

Does the performance of soccer team tokens align with on-the-pitch performance? Max Good, from CoinDesk Indices’ team, breaks down the match stats.

Mar 13, 2023

Reiss Nelson, of Arsenal, celebrates scoring a goal in the English Premier League (James Williamson/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Rails Should Bring Efficiency Gains to the $7T-a-Day TradFi FX Market

Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices wades into one of traditional finance’s biggest numbers: $7 trillion.

Mar 8, 2023

Finance

Bitcoin's 'Golden Cross' Explained

This much talked about technical indicator has value, yet doesn’t tell the whole story.

Feb 8, 2023

Finance

Crypto Diversification Is Back in 2023

Crypto and other assets are going their own way in 2023, with the bitcoin/Nasdaq (QQQ) correlation down to levels last seen in 2021.

Jan 25, 2023

Finance

Bitcoin's Hedge Potential

View BTC as protection from inept central banks (and, yes, a tool for speculation, too).

Jan 25, 2023

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