Cameron Otsuka

I am Head of Data and Analytics at Build Asset Management, where I've helped launch a private credit fund investing into over-collateralized bitcoin-backed loans, a fixed income ETF and related vehicles, and built the internal tech stack that glues everything together.

Latest Articles

Bitcoin Mempools Cleared: Is Nobody Using Bitcoin?

memo Bitcoin mempools have cleared before and there's no immediate reason to panic.

R1 vs. o1: AI as Commodity or Moat

memo Is DeepSeek's R1 an existential threat to OpenAI?

Monetary System Enshittification

memo Is the US monetary system experiencing enshittification? And how do we solve it?

Minimum UTXO Value

memo A look at what Bitcoin dust is, historical fee rates, how fees are calculated, and a decision on a minimum UTXO value to stay above the dust threshold.

Removing a Drive from a Btrfs Array

note If a drive is failing in an array, Btrfs could block attempts at removing the drive due to corrupted files. A quick write-up of how to get it removed.