Let's be real. You're seeing the headlines, the tweets, the endless pronouncements: Bitcoin to $116,000! And sure, the FOMO is real. Hold your horses before you re-mortgage your home and dive in head first. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to understand what the data is really showing us. This...
July is poised to change the game for crypto in unprecedented ways. Important changes are taking effect even as the month begins. Meanwhile, the altcoin market is booming with speculative fervor. Bitcoin is approaching an important golden cross, and analysts point out a series of events that suggest a bullish...
Take the example of Makcik Aminah, a nasi lemak seller in Kuala Lumpur. She certainly did—she poured her heart, soul, and life savings—everything—into Bitcoin, convinced it was her ticket to a comfortable retirement. Now, picture a quantum computer, a monstrous machine capable of cracking Bitcoin's security like an egg, wiping...
The cryptocurrency world is extremely fast-moving, with innovations and challenges coming at a dizzying speed. The advent of quantum computing may just be the most important emerging existential threat we’ve ever encountered. Doing so might create an existentially risky precedent against Bitcoin and other blockchain-based assets. This piece explores the...
The sword of Damocles, forged in the fires of quantum computing, hangs dangerously above Bitcoin. Well folks, we’re looking at a barrel, and that barrel is marked 2026. 2029 — the year some seers, following in the footsteps of OpenAI’s o3 simulation, predict that quantum computers will be able to...
BTC is trading at of $107,144 on the daily chart. It demonstrates a very visible, hard horizontal cut off between $103,600 and $109,300. Bitcoin has held onto this range for almost two months now. Traders and investors are waiting on pins and needles for a solid breakthrough. Bitcoin is in...
Now picture Aling Nena of Metro Manila, fanning herself as she works at her tiny sari-sari store, margins even more slim than the Manila Bay pollution. Every peso counts. Inflation bites. The bank offers little but fees. Now, picture Aling Nena equipped with a smartphone and some Bitcoin. Could this...
Bitcoin has historically been recognized for its extreme price fluctuations — a phenomenon that’s attracted speculators to the crypto space. Kwame Nkosi, a seasoned blockchain analyst, examines a potential bullish signal emerging from Bitcoin's 4-year chart: the inverse head and shoulders pattern. This pattern, which is mostly recognized for signaling...
The air is thick with Bitcoin euphoria. We’re listening to the ominous mumblings of parabolic, looking at charts covered in inverse head and shoulders formations, and picturing lambos. Bitcoin hit $107,144, facing resistance near $109,300. The promise of a “wild moon shot” as investor and analyst Carl Runefelt recently described,...
Bitcoin showed some impressive strength this past week, holding strong consolidation around local highs after a bounce up from the mid-week leg down. The crypto is still relatively high, trading around $106,952 with a price action around these levels of $98,300 and $110,700. Analysts are hyped at a possible technical...
The number screams off the page: $21.8 billion. That’s the current projected value of cross-chain crypto crime as of May 2025. Let that sink in. This isn’t hypothetical cash — it’s real dollars that feed the real-world issues. A great deal of it is really going straight to the pockets...
Let's be frank. Every day we’re overwhelmed with the bad narrative that blockchain is the answer of the future. Decentralized finance, transformative play-to-earn gaming metaverses, yawn, yawn, yawn. In the midst of all this excitement, are we really looking beyond the hype? I'm not so sure. I'm seeing a very...
The video gaming industry has skyrocketed in the last few years, with worldwide revenue topping a jaw-dropping $347 billion in 2022. This growth isn't just about better graphics or more immersive storylines; it's fueled by groundbreaking technologies like cryptocurrency and blockchain. Kwame Nkosi is a policy analyst with an eye...
Okay, let's cut the fluff. You’re reading this because you want to learn more about crypto gaming. Or maybe you’re a believer in the massive opportunity on the rise in Southeast Asia. You're right. You absolutely are. While everyone's fixated on Silicon Valley or the next Dogecoin, a quiet revolution...
Imagine this: a single mother in the Philippines, Maria, pours her life savings into what she believes is a promising crypto investment, only to watch it vanish overnight, stolen by a sophisticated cross-chain scam orchestrated from halfway across the world. This isn’t just a worst-case scenario, this is the everyday...
The world of cryptocurrency, with its promise of decentralized finance and borderless transactions, has unfortunately attracted a darker element: cross-chain crypto crime. To Eleanor Brooks, a veteran blockchain researcher, that’s a significant increase in trafficking operations taking advantage of all blockchains’ interoperability. Recent reports indicate a staggering $21.8 billion has...
A new report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic shows that cross-chain crypto crime surged to an astounding $21.8 billion. This increase has been primarily driven by the increased use of decentralized exchanges (DEXs), cross-chain bridges, and swap services to launder illicit funds. Transnational criminals operating out of Russia, Iran, and...
Forget the West's stale narratives. The real crypto revolution isn't brewing in Silicon Valley boardrooms – it's exploding in the vibrant, bustling markets of Southeast Asia. And Ethereum? Yes, it’s the spark igniting the whole damn thing.Ethereum's Power Fuels Regional InnovationWe've all seen the headlines: Bitcoin hitting new highs, whales...