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Matthew Erskine, JD, is the managing partner of Erskine & Erskine LLC, a fourth-generation law firm, and The Erskine Company, LLC, a consulting firm. He focuses on strategic planning and legal services for business owners, professionals, individuals, families, collectors and inheritors of unique assets. He is also active in numerous community organizations in the Worcester, Massachusetts area, including the American Antiquarian Society, the Worcester Economics Club, and the John J. Kittredge Numismatic Foundation. After graduating from Lawrence Academy, he received his BA in Medieval History from Carleton College and his JD from Suffolk University Law School.

Dean Steinbeck is general counsel for Horizen, a blockchain technology platform with optional privacy features that give users control of their digital footprints. Steinbeck advises Horizen on all legal matters pertaining to regulatory compliance, intellectual property rights and corporate governance.

The deal comes amid a flurry of similar digital investment acquisitions made by competing banks.

In some ways, their investments are a microcosm of trends sweeping the wider market.

As much as $18 billion of inflows to money market funds last week were partly driven by the desire to “take some chips off the table,” an expert says.

Bill Partin is president and CEO of Sharonview Federal Credit Union in Fort Mill, S.C.

Alison Jimenez is president and founder of Dynamic Securities Analytics, an anti-money-laundering and securities litigation consulting firm.

Anu Yamunan is vice president of product management and research for Exabeam.

Ralf Gladis is CEO of Computop.

The cost of health care before retirement is inherently more volatile than after, according to an expert.