Austin Barack
Team at 21Shares
Austin Barack is the founder and managing partner of Relayer Capital and was previously a partner and senior research Analyst at CoinFund. He focuses most closely on scaling and middleware infrastructure, DeFi, NFT financialization, identity, and payments. Austin began his career in fintech as an early employee at cross border payments company Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), before going on to co-found Promeritum, a provider of collateralized lending products. Prior to joining CoinFund, he was the VP of Finance at Shares, an exchange traded product issuer focused on digital assets. Austin has been researching, investing, and building in crypto since early . Originally from Connecticut, Austin has lived in Chile, Hungary, and Australia, and speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese. Austin holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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RT @scottmelker: Is Bitcoin's Institutional Adoption Actually A Lie? @elindinga & @adrianwjfritz from @21shares_us 0:00 They Helped The SE…
RT @21shares: Product Update: We've officially added staking to the 21shares Hedera Staking ETP ( $HDRA ). In addition to tracking the pric…
Bitcoin Spot ETFs See $231 Million Outflow as Ether ETFs Lose $30 Million According to SoSoValue data, on June 29 (Eastern Time), Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of USD 231 million, while Ark Invest and 21Shares’ ARKB saw the largest single-day net inflow at USD 49.969 million. Ether
21shares updated the data .... mom get the camera!!! https://x.com/tomhschmidt/status/2070525190174306615
JUST IN: 21Shares sells $1.8 million worth of $HYPE, marking its first recorded reduction in exposure.
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21shares just sold HYPE for the first time ever. They sold $1.8 Million HYPE, which was almost 3% of their ETF AUM, in a single day. Is this the HYPE bottom? Or just the beginning?
🚨 JUST IN: 21Shares has lowered several of its 2026 crypto forecasts, citing weak market conditions despite continued growth in institutional adoption and crypto infrastructure. https://t.co/2FFBQjZYX3
21shares trims 2026 crypto forecasts despite institutional adoption gains
LATEST: ⚡ 21Shares says Bitcoin’s four-year cycle has not broken yet, as BTC falls below $60,000 for the second time this month.