Ashley Cassell

Ashley Cassell

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

Coinbase is Getting Creative. Will It Be Enough?

What’s changed in just six weeks since Coinbase’s last earnings report…and what it might say about the “State of the Union” in the New Digital World, generally.

Where Big Money is Flowing in Crypto

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) may have stalled out around $21,000… But Tether (USDT-USD), Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Goldman Sachs rumors show money is on the move.

NFT Games Have People Coming Back Even in a Bear Market

Active users are crucial to a crypto project’s long-term success. And one group seems to be retaining users surprisingly well: the NFT games.

A “Line in the Sand” for Bitcoin – and Solana

Today we’ve got bad news and good news for Bitcoin (BTC-USD)…trouble brewing at Solana (SOL-USD)…and FTX (FTT-USD) attempting to bail out some industry peers.

Helium (HNT-USD) Soars On Its New 5G Hotspots That Earn Crypto

We interrupt this bear market to bring you an update on Helium (HNT-USD): It’s actually held up okay in June, while other crypto prices exploded and caught fire.