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lyn alden schwartzer
Board Directorat Swan Bitcoin
Lyn Alden's profile covers her investment career, Bitcoin research, macroeconomic insights, and book Broken Money.
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Lyn Alden is an investor, engineer, author, and macroeconomic researcher known for her work on global markets, monetary systems, Bitcoin, and digital assets. She is the Founder and Principal of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, where she provides fundamental investment research with a global macro perspective. Alden is also a General Partner at Ego Death Capital and serves on the boards of Bakkt and Swan Bitcoin. She is the author of Broken Money, a book examining the evolution of money through technology. Before focusing on investment research, she spent more than a decade at the Federal Aviation Administration as an electronics engineer and technical lead.
Quick Facts about Lyn Alden:
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Full Name |
Lyn Alden |
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Current Role |
Founder and Principal, Lyn Alden Investment Strategy |
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Venture Capital Role |
General Partner, Ego Death Capital |
Board Role |
Board Director, Bakkt |
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Board Director, Swan Bitcoin |
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Current Venture |
Founding Partner, ORANGE JUICE |
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Digital Asset Focus |
Bitcoin and monetary technology |
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Book |
Broken Money |
Career Overview:
Alden began her professional career as an electronics engineer at the Federal Aviation Administration, working on high-fidelity aircraft simulators and later taking responsibility for engineering, procurement, finances, and facility operations. She founded Lyn Alden Investment Strategy in 2016 and eventually transitioned to the business full-time. Her work expanded into Bitcoin and digital asset research, venture investing, and corporate board roles. She joined Ego Death Capital as an advisor in 2022 and became a General Partner in 2023. In 2023, she published Broken Money, which examines money and monetary systems through the lens of technology.
Career Timeline:
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Career Development |
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2006–2010 |
Penn State University: Completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. |
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2009–2015 |
Federal Aviation Administration: Worked as an Electronics Engineer at the William J. Hughes Technical Center's Cockpit Simulation Facility, designing and constructing electrical and electronic systems for aircraft simulators. |
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2015–2018 |
Federal Aviation Administration: Served as Lead Electronics Engineer, overseeing electrical systems and technical procurement for the Cockpit Simulation Facility. |
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2016 |
Lyn Alden Investment Strategy: Founded the investment research firm, initially operating it alongside her engineering career. |
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2018–2021 |
Federal Aviation Administration: Served as Technical Lead, managing facility finances, operations, procurement, contractors, client and vendor relationships, and engineering decisions. |
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2021 |
Federal Aviation Administration: Completed her career at the agency after more than a decade of engineering and technical leadership work. |
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2021–Present |
Swan Bitcoin: Serves as an independent board director. |
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2022–2023 |
Ego Death Capital: Served as an advisor, participating in investment committee decisions, fundraising, and strategic support for portfolio company founders. |
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2023–Present |
Ego Death Capital: Became General Partner, participating in seed and Series A investment decisions and supporting portfolio companies. |
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2023 |
Broken Money: Published Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better. |
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2025–Present |
Bakkt: Joined the Board of Directors in October 2025 and serves on the Audit and Risk Committee and Compensation Committee. |
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2026–Present |
ORANGE JUICE: Became Founding Partner of the company, which acquires and permanently holds cash-flowing businesses backed by a Bitcoin treasury. |
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Swan Bitcoin
Role
Board Director
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Greater Philadelphia Fairgrounds, Perkiomen Mill Loop, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania 19460, United States
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