Markus Thielen is the CEO of ‘10x Research’, an institutional-focused research firm for digital assets headquartered in Singapore. Before, he was Head of Research and Strategy at Matrixport, a $4bn digital asset investment platform. Markus was the Chief Investment Officer for Digital Asset Management firm IDEG, and before that, he was the founder and Chief Investment Officer at Jomon Investment Management. Previously, Markus was a Portfolio Manager at Millennium Capital Partners and JP Morgan's Investment Group. He started his career at Morgan Stanley, where he set up and ran the Quant & Derivatives Strategies Group in Asia. Markus has a degree from the ESCP Business School in Paris and a Certificate in Sustainable Finance from the University of Cambridge. Markus is the author of the best-selling book ‘Crypto Titans: How trillions were made and billions lost in the cryptocurrency markets’ which was just released in an updated version under the title ‘Bitcoin: The Irresistible Rise’ in January 2024.