Chris Burniske

Chris Burniske is an American entrepreneur and technology writer. In 2017, he co-founded Placeholder with Joel Monegro and Brad Burnham, a venture capital firm focused on cryptoassets and related infrastructure, with backing from investment firms including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), ARK Invest, and Union Square Ventures.[1] He is the co-author of the book Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond (2017).

Career

In 2015, Burniske led ARK Invest to become the first public fund manager to offer bitcoin exposure through the inclusion of Grayscale's Bitcoin Investment Trust in its investment products.[2]

Publications

Burniske co-authored the book Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond (2017) with Jack Tatar. The book introduced the term cryptoassets and argued that most blockchain-based assets are not currencies but fall into new or existing asset categories. It has been cited in academic and professional literature for its early discussion of cryptoasset taxonomy, valuation frameworks, and investment analysis.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

In 2016, Burniske collaborated with Coinbase’s Adam White to publish the paper “Bitcoin: Ringing the Bell for a New Asset Class,” which examined how early Coinbase users interacted with bitcoin and made one of the first institutional arguments for considering bitcoin as a distinct and investable asset class.[10]

In 2015, Burniske collaborated with American economist Arthur Laffer to publish “Bitcoin: A Disruptive Currency,” one of the first institutional research papers on bitcoin that argued the asset had the potential to rise well above US$100,000 over time.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-Union Square analyst Joel Monegro starts crypto fund Placeholder". CNBC. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "ARK Invest Becomes First Public Fund Manager to Invest in Bitcoin" (Press release). PR Newswire. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Cryptocurrency Valuation and Portfolio Construction (Thesis). Liberty University. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Cryptoassets: The Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency for Investment Professionals (PDF) (Report). CFA Institute Research Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Cryptocurrencies and the New Financial System (Report). City University of New York. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Bitcoin as a New Asset Class (Report). Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Arslanian, Henri (5 May 2022). The Book of Crypto: The Complete Guide to Understanding Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets. Springer Nature. p. 404. ISBN 978-3-030-97951-5.
  8. ↑ Nestarcova, Dominika (2 September 2019). A Critical Appraisal of Initial Coin Offerings: Lifting the "Digital Token's Veil". BRILL. p. 76. ISBN 978-90-04-41658-1.
  9. ↑ Eliseev, Mikhail (27 December 2022). A Beginner's Guide to Digital Currencies and the Blockchain. Mikhail Eliseev. p. 110.
  10. ↑ "Bitcoin: Ringing the Bell for a New Asset Class". ARK Invest. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Bitcoin: A Disruptive Currency" (PDF). ARK Invest. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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