I think that Laura needs to change her journalistic philosophy.
She has been covering bitcoin and various shitcoins that she deems as "crypto currencies" for several years, and she has been a pretty BIG name in the bitcoin space.. but she has maintained a journalistic integrity position for quite a while in terms of NOT investing in bitcoin, and sooner or later, she better get some fucking clues about failing/refusing to protect her own lil selfie by continuing to fail/refuse to establish a reasonable stake in bitcoin....
Definitely not a good move on her part. While I had a good talk with my crypto-naïve friend about people talking their book (and put particular stress on counting me in that also), while holding Bitcoin *will* bias your output, so will *not* holding Bitcoin. What she's seeking is not journalistic integrity but to have credibility with the Bitcoin deniers which is a losing battle. Doubly so I would say as actually having some skin in the game gives you an appreciation for the world of currency and economics it's hard to have without.