Michael Hebenstreit is a financial expert and investor with over 20 years of experience on the international financial markets – both as a stock exchange trader in institutional share trading at renowned brokerage houses and banks, as a portfolio manager in asset management and in advising wealthy private and corporate clients. As a passionate advocate of Bitcoin and the principles it embodies, he is driven by a vision of individual freedom, innovation and prosperity. His economic thinking is strongly influenced by the Austrian School of Economics. He is convinced that its approach – based on free markets, voluntary exchange, sound money and minimal government intervention – provides the best framework for a free, efficient and prosperous economy. This philosophy is consistent with his commitment to empowering individuals and promoting a system that rewards innovation, entrepreneurship and achievement.