The LSE Directory / Trading influencers
Lyn Alden is an American investment strategist who founded the research firm Lyn Alden Investment Strategy in 2016, publishing a free newsletter and premium macro research focused on fiscal dominance, currencies, energy, and the monetary system. A former lead electronics engineer at the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center, she left engineering to run her research firm full time and later became a general partner at the Bitcoin-focused venture firm Ego Death Capital and a board member at Bakkt. She authored the 2023 bestseller "Broken Money," a history of money through the lens of technology, and the 2026 sci-fi thriller "The Stolguard Incident." Her X profile showed roughly 943K followers as of mid-2026, and she is widely known for the phrase "nothing stops this train" regarding U.S. fiscal deficits.
