That’s why I’m so excited about a groundbreaking team I just met with in Ho Chi Minh City. As part of that mission, they’re creating an AI-powered micro-lending platform that leverages cryptocurrency. This new platform will further enable rice farmers in the Mekong Delta to access critical financing. Imagine that:...
Cryptocurrency is no stranger to volatility, but even by those standards the recent increase in SingularityNET’s AGIX token is turning heads. Such an extraordinary increase is making waves even in the extremely volatile world of crypto. Most of the reporting you’ve seen— from major outlets to mainstream newsletters like Milk...
Ethereum (ETH) has been in the spotlight recently due to the signs of a new bullish trend, attracting more interest from the retail and institutional investors. After many months of continued decline, ETH was able to close out the week at $1,629.36, a 2.03% move up. This uptick, combined with...
Lucy Powell’s X account hack — both personally and professionally — but revealing the appalling state of security. It works against those in Southeast Asia who are trying desperately to follow the rules and create legitimate blockchain businesses. Promoting a "House of Commons" coin? The irony is thicker than London...
Lucy Powell's hacked Twitter account, shilling a dodgy "$HCC" coin – it's more than just a tech mishap. It's a stark reminder that even those in power aren't immune to the crypto wild west. You may be rolling your eyes right now saying, “Duh, we need more regulation!” Hold on....
With the crypto world hyping up once more, the siren song of “100x returns” is once more tuning up. You’ve heard the hype, you’ve read the hit jobs, the tweets, the breathless YouTube videos. They're promising the moon – again. This go round, Qubetics, Chainlink, Cardano and Render are the...
The crypto market is not an easy game and it is risky and so full of high reward opportunities. Finding those one in a hundred projects that can return 100x is what every investor dreams of. Though no investment is ever a sure thing, many of these altcoins are showing...
For Apple, this marks a strong stance, having pulled at least 14 crypto exchange apps from its local App Store within South Korea. This action has rattled the entire cryptocurrency world. On April 11, the Financial Services Commission (FSC)—an independent consumer protection agency that oversees this industry—moved. Now, they are...
Apple's recent removal of 14 crypto apps, following Google's earlier action, at the behest of South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC), raises a critical question: are these bans a necessary evil to protect citizens, or a case of regulatory overreach that stifles innovation and ultimately harms the very people they...
Is Korea halting the spread of dangerous guillotines, or putting a ball and chain on the global future of finance? Apple followed suit, kicking off 14 crypto apps from its South Korean App Store in one day. This action was pushed by the Financial Services Commission (FSC), and is deserving...
Is XRP actually ready to pump 417% up. That's the question buzzing around crypto circles, fueled by recent price jumps and analysts' bullish forecasts. I’m already reading price predictions of $7, $10, even $20 from some quarters. Before you tokenize your mortgage and YOLO into XRP, let’s add a healthy...
Fine, but some crypto expert told me Dogecoin was going to pump 80%, up to $0.40. Big whoop. We've seen this movie before. Remember the last "to the moon" hype? For the end result was a host of burned fingers and a whole lot of empty wallets. While technical analysis...
Forget Elon's tweets. Forget technical charts and double bottoms. I promise you the real energy propelling Dogecoin’s next rally isn’t in Wall Street corporate offices. You can feel it sparking in the colorful warungs and mobile banking apps that dot the landscape of Southeast Asia. An 80% jump to $0.40?...
The world of cryptocurrency is a fast-moving place. It often seems like an impossible task to identify the future wave of rocks! Yet, technical analysis provides great techniques to unravel possible future price action. At present, XRP has all eyes on it, and analysts are eyeing a huge breakout to...
Dogecoin started as a good-natured prank, drawn from the wellspring of memes. Today, it’s become a sexy buzzword that’s drawn the interest of investors and enthusiasts alike. Lending credence to this interest are some recent forecasts from crypto analysts predicting a major price explosion. One of those gurus predicts an...
Three hundred and forty-three million dollars. Let that number sink in. No, that’s not the number of transactions per second on BlockDAG, it’s the reported presale amount raised so far in 29 separate “batches.” Have we finally reached the dawn of a new era in Layer-1 scaling? Or are we...
The crypto market never sleeps and new projects are always emerging, scrambling to become the next big thing. Of all these contenders, BlockDAG is the one making the most noise, mostly thanks to a remarkable $343 million presale. Kwame Nkosi, writing for BlockchainShock, dives into the reasons for BlockDAG’s record-breaking...
Ethereum, the one-time uncontested ruler of smart contracts, is having a come to Jesus right now. The battlefield is not Silicon Valley; it’s the crowded, frenetic markets and young, tech-savvy populations of Southeast Asia. The West is laser-focused on institutional adoption. In the meantime, Southeast Asia is picking up the...