Tuur Demeester
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Tuur Demeester is a Belgian macroeconomist, Bitcoin investor, and founder of Adamant Research, an independent cryptocurrency investment research firm. He first publicly recommended Bitcoin as an investment in 2012 when it was priced at $5, making him one of the earliest institutional-grade Bitcoin advocates. He later founded Adamant Capital, a Bitcoin Alpha fund, which was acquired by Blockstream in 2021. Demeester is known for detailed long-form research reports on Bitcoin's economic properties and adoption trajectory.
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- Role
- Macroeconomist, Bitcoin Investor, Founder of Adamant Research
- Known For
- Recommended Bitcoin at $5 in 2012; authored seminal Bitcoin investment thesis reports
- Nationality
- Belgian
- Twitter Handle
- TuurDemeester
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