Benjamin Quinlan – Investing in Cryptocurrency? Do Your Research First

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-quinlan-17b32416/?originalSubdomain=hk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Benjamin Quinlan</strong></a> is the CEO and Managing Partner of<a href="https://www.quinlanandassociates.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Quinlan &amp; Associates</a>. He is also the Chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, an Adjunct Professor at the AIT School of Management, a Mentor for PingAn’s Cloud Accelerator, a Guest Contributor for eFinancialCareers and Regulation Asia, and a Senior Advisor to many leading startups in the region.</p><p>He was previously the Head of Strategy for Deutsche Bank’s equities business in the Asia Pacific and its Investment Bank in Greater China. He has also worked at UBS, Oliver Wyman, and PwC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong>“You’ve got to be in the game and not on the sidelines; otherwise, you are never going to get involved to the degree you need to make things work for you.”</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center">Benjamin Quinlan</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2><h3><strong>Investing in cryptocurrency with all the hype</strong></h3><p>In 2017, there was all this hype going on around cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin was literally on the financial news headlines every day. As a strategic consultant, Benjamin likes to put a lot of data and thought behind how he looks at new opportunities and new developments, particularly in the financial services industry.</p><p>So Benjamin deployed his team and tasked them with cracking this new cryptocurrency. His focus was on learning what this ecosystem was all about and the real value of this very elusive Bitcoin that everyone kept referring to.</p><h3><strong>Finding a way to value Bitcoin</strong></h3><p>As Benjamin and his team tried to crack Bitcoin, they realized that nobody knew its worth. Analysts in the market said it was worth zero, while the people<a href="https://myworstinvestmentever.com/ep53-ralph-woodcock-following-the-c