Cryptocurrency & DeFi Analyst
Benjamin Clark is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 11 years covering digital assets, decentralized finance, and blockchain-based investment products. He spent six years at Grayscale Investments structuring institutional crypto funds before joining Coinbase's custody division as a senior analyst. His research has been featured in CoinDesk, Forbes, and The Block. Benjamin helps everyday investors understand crypto risk, tax implications of digital assets, and DeFi protocol safety.
At Grayscale, Benjamin worked on the due-diligence team that evaluated which digital assets qualified for single-asset trusts, giving him a close look at how institutional investors size crypto risk against custody, liquidity, and regulatory exposure. That experience shaped his approach at MONEYlume: he writes for readers who want the same risk framework institutions use, translated into plain language, rather than price predictions or trading signals.
His work at Coinbase Institutional focused on custody architecture — cold storage design, multi-signature controls, and insurance coverage for large digital-asset holdings. He draws on that background when covering wallet security, exchange custody risk, and the practical steps individual investors can take to avoid the most common causes of crypto losses: phishing, exchange insolvency, and lost private keys.
View LinkedIn ProfileB.S. Finance, NYU Stern School of Business; CFA Charterholder (CFA Institute); Series 65 Licensed Investment Advisor Representative