James Butterfill

Head of Research CoinShares

James Butterfill Head of Research, CoinShares

James Butterfill is Head of Research and joined CoinShares in May 2020. In addition to market analysis and research, his responsibilities include the preparation and writing of in-depth research white papers on investment topics and the identification of investment opportunities in the digital asset space. In addition, Butterfill advises professional investors on all investment issues related to digital assets. James and his team's independent and in-depth market and product analysis on the crypto ecosystem also serves as a foundation for CoinShares to successively open up and democratize digital assets for investors and private clients. In doing so, the research team is making a significant contribution to the advancement and identification of new financial products and services that will provide investors with transparent, secure, and easy access to these new asset classes.

Vita: James Butterfill has more than 20 years of industry experience in portfolio management, investment banking and asset management. Butterfill has been involved with building and expanding the crypto ecosystem since as early as 2015. Prior to CoinShares, his roles included Head of Research at ETF Securities, where he was responsible for analyzing cryptocurrency and bitcoin markets, as well as modeling and valuation of and with traditional asset classes. Here he gained extensive experience in portfolio construction as well as asset allocation for institutional portfolios as well as mutual funds. Other positions include Fund Manager & Investment Strategy Director at Coutts and Head of Equity Strategy at HSBC Private Bank. In 1999, James completed his Masters at Keele University in Computing in Geophysics and his Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Exeter in 1998.