Joel Hugentobler

Joel Hugentobler

Analyst, Cryptocurrency

Joel’s research focuses on the development of digital assets and cryptocurrency as a new asset class. His areas of interest include the adoption of cryptocurrency and digital assets in investment and wealth management strategies. Joel helps clients make sense of the growth of cryptocurrency and digital asset markets.

Prior to joining Javelin, Joel worked as a DeFi analyst and trader at Imperial Asset Management. He has worked in the mortgage industry and in traditional financial markets as a stockbroker. Joel graduated from the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He has grown passionate about the digital asset space since he first got involved in 2016.

Latest Insights

February, 2023
Impact Note
Smart Beta, Direct Indexing, and the All-Weather Portfolio

Direct indexing offers a compelling framework for the investor interested in capital preservation, particularly when it is executed through a smart-beta lens. Smart-beta direct ind...

December, 2022
Javelin Report
Risky Business: The Rise of Independent Investing Among Wealth Management Clients

Investors today have access to a broad range of investment vehicles, from alts to crypto to private equity, and a driving ambition to manage assets outside their primary wealth man...

December, 2022
Impact Note
Next Steps for Crypto: Weathering the FTX Fallout

The collapse of FTX and Alameda Research has given cryptocurrency another black eye and provided fodder for skeptics about the industry and digital assets. But the situation, as ug...

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