A lot has taken place over the course of the last year! As you can imagine if you’ve seen some of the recent news, the cryptocurrency space has undoubtedly been going through some turbulent times. Unfortunately, the hedge fund I was working at was not unscathed and ended up letting go of their employees over the summer (myself included). I decided to take some time to work for myself and build my background rather than immediately apply for new positions. I took a number of online courses over the summer in areas ranging from decentralized finance to programming and financial modeling. As I’ve built experience as a trader since the summer of 2016, I’ve been trading for myself these last few months as my primary income. The skills I built at the hedge fund working on algorithmic trading have given me a great set of tools that I’ve been utilizing to be successful with this. I’ve also begun taking consulting calls with the firm AlphaSights, providing insight for firms looking to get into the blockchain space. Having been through the last bear market that started roughly five years ago, this is all market behavior I’m used to and I’m still highly confident in the potential for blockchain technology in the years to come. I fully plan on continuing to build a career in the space and am working on an exciting entrepreneurial venture with a couple of my colleagues. However, it’s great to know that I always have the option of continuing my work in eCommerce as well. I’m still figuring out my path, but with hard work I’m sure that all will work out!