John Hawkins, Author at Startup Daily

John Hawkins

John has a PhD in political science and Masters degrees in Economics and Applied Finance. He headed the economics division at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and been a senior economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank for International Settlements and Australian Treasury and secretary to the Senate Economics Committee.

Cryptocurrency

Thanks to Bitcoin, I stand to make $200 million more than Elon Musk in 2021

John Hawkins - March 5, 2021 4 MIN READ

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, recently announced his company had bought US$1.5 billion (almost A$2 billion) of Bitcoin. The announcement led to a flurry of enthusiasm and a quick surge in price for the controversial cryptocurrency. This price bump has been good news for Musk in the short term. At one point, Tesla’s… Read more »