Cryptocurrency Risk Management

A complete taxonomy of cryptocurrency risk.

Published in December 2022, Cryptocurrency Risk Management reached Amazon bestseller status in the weeks following the FTX collapse — the largest counterparty failure in crypto history.

The book had mapped exactly that risk category months before it materialized. That timing brought media attention: CBS, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal needed a credible voice with a framework that predated the crisis, not one assembled after it.

Most institutional guidance at the time addressed one dimension at most. This book addresses all of them systematically.

Market risk — price volatility, thin liquidity, manipulation, fragmented pricing across exchanges.

Regulatory and governmental risk — bans, taxation, seizure, no insurance, IP claims, the evolving jurisdictional landscape.

Technology risk — lost keys, quantum computing threats, protocol forks, smart-contract vulnerabilities, rug pulls, network failures.

Cybersecurity risk — stolen keys, exchange hacks, phishing, SIM jacking, blockchain doxxing, 51% attacks, ransomware.

Counterparty risk — exchange failure, internal theft, front-running, withdrawal suspension, stablecoin failure, lending exposure.

Human risk — the psychological strain of volatile markets, strategic drift, and the physical security risks that come with holding significant digital wealth.

248 pages. No price targets. No advocacy for the asset class. A systematic framework for investors who needed to understand what they were actually exposed to.

Who it’s for

This book was written for institutional investors who needed a framework, not a pitch.

• Family offices evaluating crypto allocation for the first time
• RIAs and wealth managers building client-facing risk frameworks for digital assets
• Institutional investors who recognized that avoidance and speculation were both the wrong answer — and needed the rigorous middle path

Reviews

“Joshua does a fantastic job of explaining how wealth managers and family offices can limit their risk while maximizing their net profits by fully understanding how the crypto markets and cycles work. I can’t help but be subtly reminded of Warren Buffett’s Rule #1 as I flip through the pages.”

5.0 stars · 11 reviews on Amazon

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