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

New Crypto Alert: Optimism (OP-USD) and How It Became This Week’s Top Story

Always nice to see a high-profile crypto launch that has nothing to do with a Shiba Inu, ape, or goblin. And that’s just what we got this week from Optimism.

NFTs In Real Life: Why Hotels & Events are Starting to Move to the Blockchain

A fantastic use of NFTs seems to be gathering steam as we move into vacation and conference season: NFT tickets with perks ordinary ones don’t have.

Bad News for Google…Good News for Presearch, Its Blockchain Rival

Ad-based businesses are under serious scrutiny. Now we can let ourselves wonder: What could it be like if Google wasn’t our only gateway to the internet?

Good News from GameStop, Wormhole, and More

BTC and ETH might not be doing much, but overall the news is encouraging on several fronts – as pioneers in the New Digital World keep building in a bear market.

Solana vs. Cardano: Who Will Survive the Bear?

In this brutal market, will Solana and Cardano survive to fight another day – and keep building towards their long-term potential? Let's take a look.