Ashley Cassell

Ashley Cassell

Senior Managing Editor, TradeSmith

Expertise: Finance and Investing, Options Trading, Blockchain

Education: B.A., English and Marketing, College of William & Mary

Ashley M. Cassell is a senior writer and editor for TradeSmith with 12 years of experience managing communities of passionate, self-directed investors – ranging from income-seeking retirees to thrill-seeking cryptocurrency traders.

She specializes in conveying a strong (and useful) point of view on the markets, while keeping “broker-speak” and technical jargon to a minimum, and mentoring other writers to do the same.

Ashley has also written for Seeking Alpha as well as InvestorPlace, where she covered blockchain, crypto and other digital assets as Contributing Editor of The New Digital World newsletter. Having earned a B.A. in English and Marketing from the College of William & Mary, her current field of study is personal finance – with an emphasis on managing credit, risk, savings and investing in your family’s future.

Recent Articles

3 Blockchain Startups to Watch in the Travel Industry as Vacations Make a Comeback

By Ashley Cassell, Senior Managing Editor, TradeSmith

Three of the most intriguing travel startups are using blockchain technology to promise a cheaper, better way to travel or rent out your vacation property.

Why Clean Energy is Key to Crypto Miners’ Success

By Ashley Cassell, Senior Managing Editor, TradeSmith

Two of today’s best crypto-mining plays fall into the clean-energy category – and new state legislation may give miners yet another push in that direction.

DeFi – The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

By Ashley Cassell, Senior Managing Editor, TradeSmith

A look at the DeFi crypto projects that are thriving…the ones that are struggling…and some potential gamechangers for the reigning DeFi heavyweights.

An Investor’s Guide to MetaMask As It Prepares to Launch Its Own Crypto

By Ashley Cassell, Senior Managing Editor, TradeSmith

How good of an investment will MetaMask be once its crypto is available? There are two arenas where MetaMask will need to compete and win to maintain its edge.

Polygon (MATIC): Trouble in Paradise… Or Just Growing Pains?

By Ashley Cassell, Senior Managing Editor, TradeSmith

Polygon (MATIC-USD) is the MVP crypto project you need to know. But sometimes even MVPs get sidelined or anger their fans – and that’s the story with MATIC now.

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