Tim Fries

Tim Fries is co-founder of Protective Technologies Capital, an investment firm focused on helping owners of industrial technology businesses manage succession planning and ownership transitions. He is also co-founder of the financial education site The Tokenist. Previously, Tim was a member of the Global Industrial Solutions investment team at Baird Capital, a Chicago-based lower-middle market private equity firm.

Articles by Tim Fries

• Survey: Bitcoin’s intrinsic properties keep propelling it forward

  Wednesday, August 05, 2020

  When cryptocurrencies first emerged on the scene, led by Bitcoin in 2009, the FinTech industry was just starting to mature. PayPal was around before that for quite a while, but with a limited country availability, slow withdrawals, and hefty fees. Today, FinTech services such as PayPal, TransferWise, Google Pay, alongside neobanks like Revolut and N26, offer near-instantaneous transfer with very low fees.