Investment Director & Head of Research · Southbank Investment Research
Sam Volkering
Editor, author and investment analyst. Two decades chasing small-caps, breakthrough technology and the crypto assets most of the market hadn't heard of yet.
01 — About
Two decades finding the next thing early.
Sam Volkering is Investment Director and Head of Research at Southbank Investment Research in the UK. He was previously Chief Analyst on Palm Beach Confidential and The Palm Beach Letter in the US, and Head of Research at FatTail Investment Research in Australia.
Over the past decade-plus he has built and led multiple investment research advisories, specialising in small-cap and microcap stocks, breakthrough technology, and pioneering crypto research — work that has earned him recognition as a leading voice on digital assets across the UK, US and Australia.
02 — On the record
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I see a future where a crypto-currency (likely Bitcoins) will be the primary global currency. Others will exist and sit alongside Bitcoins. Bitcoin is just the first.
Bitcoin was around US$100 at the time. Today ~US$76,700 — a gain of roughly +76,600%.
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Mid this year NVIDIA trumped Google and created the world's largest artificial neural network. The age of AI is fast approaching — and at the heart of it is NVIDIA.
Recommended at US$15.96 (≈US$0.40 split-adjusted). Today ~US$215 — a gain of roughly +53,900%. A pure AI call — a decade before the boom.
Current prices as at May 2026. Past performance is not a guide to future results.
03 — Books
Two books on the future of money.
The Crypto Handbook
2023
The ultimate guide to understanding and investing in digital assets, Web3, the metaverse and more — a practical field manual for the next era of money and technology.
Get the bookCrypto Revolution
2017 · Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and the Future of Money
Written when Bitcoin was still a fringe idea — a prescient look at how cryptocurrency would reshape finance, published years before the mainstream caught on.
04 — Videos
Talks, analysis & market commentary.
On YouTube
Crypto, AI and the technology shaping markets — explained on stage and on camera.
Watch on YouTube05 — Connect