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Nikhil Bhatia

  • Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics

Nik Bhatia is the founder of The Bitcoin layer, a research provider analyzing bitcoin through a global macroeconomic lens. He is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at USC Marshall School of Business, where he teaches separate courses on fixed income and bitcoin. He is author of the #1 bestseller Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. Previously, Nik worked at a large institutional asset manager trading US Treasuries. He has a BA in Social Sciences from University of Southern California, a Master in Finance from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, and is both a CFA and CMT charterholder.

Nikhil Bhatia
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Areas of Expertise

Crypto

Departments

Finance + Business Economics

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COURSES

Spring 2025
  • FBE-535
    Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
    The basic principles underlying fixed income securities and how these principles apply to the practical aspects of fixed income management.
Spring 2024
  • FBE-499
    Special Topics
    Current developments in the field of finance and business economics; topics to be selected each semester.
  • FBE-535
    Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
    The basic principles underlying fixed income securities and how these principles apply to the practical aspects of fixed income management.
Fall 2023
  • FBE-599
    Special Topics
    Current developments in the field of Finance and Business Economics; topics to be selected each semester.