Saifedean Ammous

Saifedean Ammous is a Palestinian-Jordanian economist, author, and prominent advocate of Bitcoin, best known for his influential book 'The Bitcoin Standard,' which explains Bitcoin's economics through Austrian school principles. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University and is recognized for his Bitcoin maximalism and advocacy of sound money. Ammous currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Lebanese American University and is a Foreign Member of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University.