Hey everyone! I'm here to talk cryptocurrency, writing, cooking, and gaming (in that order)

Hi everyone! Glad to finally be on Steemit.

I'm C.M. Shigeta but you can call me Chris. I'm based in California where I work as an analyst at a startup. I'm joined by my two best friends, woman and dog.

(that is the dog)

One of my key tenets in life is to have a rounded and fulfilling set of interests in order to say happy. Of course, that means putting some things down in favor of others, but right now I'm focused on what's listed in the title above. I won't put up a wall of text here, just a line or two for each :)

Cryptocurrency

I've been following crypto (beginning with Bitcoin, of course) from a distance since I first heard about it in relation to Silk Road. I wasn't sure it'd stay around but I was definitely curious. I remember trying to see if my laptop would mine any significant amount and the answer was obviously that it wouldn't.

I was fortunate enough to have been taught a good deal about investment by some really smart and capable people. These are people I'd be humbled to be in a room with, and I'm incredibly grateful for the knowledge and wisdom they imparted on me. And so it's from a more traditional equities / hedge fund angle that I've viewed cryptocurrency, and I'm really excited about being in a new asset class.

It feels like the right time for me to get in given the growing interest of "Big Money" and the rapidly increasing presence of regulations. I will be posting analyses of various tokens and cryptocurrencies. I imagine they'll be something of a 3:1 ratio of fundamental to technical analysis.

Writing

I'm working on a dark fantasy novel, but I don't like talking about works-in-progress. It feels narcissistic and counterproductive to me. Plus, until it's finished and polished, you have no reason to care!

Cooking

My grandmother ran a Japanese restaurant for a number of years, but I grew up eating Philadelphia junkfood. David Chang talks about "upscale low-brow" or something like that, and that sums it up pretty nicely. My specialties are gyoza and chicken katsu.

Gaming

I like to challenge myself, I did the Dark Souls things for a while. Lately it's been a lot of PUBG (mostly duos with a synergetic childhood friend) and Total War: Warhammer. I don't talk about this quite as much - as I get older I am trying to allocate my time more wisely than playing Halo 3 until that same hour of the morning like I did as a teenager.

Anyway, that's all for now. I promised I'd keep it brief. There'll be more content from me soon, looking forward to talking to everyone!