We've all heard it: Bitcoin is the ultimate safe haven. Geopolitical turmoil? Economic uncertainty? Simply acquire Bitcoin and you can sit back and let your portable, provably scarce future wealth ride out the storm. What if that narrative is crumbling right beneath our feet? Donald J. Trump’s whim is the...
Recent market forces - from global capital flight to monetary policy - have upended the cryptocurrency market. The new administration under former U.S. president Donald Trump’s hardline approach to Iran sparked high volatility and a bearish tendency in market participants. Here’s how these tensions are affecting Bitcoin’s price both directly...
Siti held her phone tightly, the screen’s light illuminating her worried face. Just last month, Bitcoin seemed like her escape hatch. Inflation was biting into her family’s savings back in Jakarta. It felt like the Rupiah was going down a peg each and every day. Bitcoin, she believed, was the...
Did Israel win today’s battle, but blow their chance at winning the crypto war? The recent hack of Iran’s Nobitex exchange, attributed by the pro-Israel group Predatory Sparrow to the hacktivist collective, is currently front-page news. Instead $90 million disappeared into the digital ether, money purportedly associated with the IRGC,...
The air crackles with geopolitical tension. Israel and Iran. The news is unavoidable, and frankly, unsettling. What does all this entail for your crypto portfolio? Are you prepared for the potential fallout? While I'm not a fortune teller, and definitely not your financial advisor, I've been around the crypto block...
The air crackles with uncertainty. The Israel-Iran conflict is a dangerously sizzling pot. That’s a problem, because if it does boil over, it risks choking off critical global trade routes and potentially affecting your next visit to the pump. And smack dab in the center of this tinderbox, Michael Saylor...
That might baffle some, but Michael Saylor, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin evangelist, just telegraphed his next big buy. Good for him. Strategy is cruising on more than 582k BTC and those unrealized gains are mind-boggling. But his bullish pronouncements, especially given the bubbling cauldron that is the Israel-Iran conflict, seem half-baked....
The United States Senate recently convened a hearing on the growing universe of cryptocurrency. In doing so, they highlighted the desperate need for regulation in this emerging frontier. Here are some of the most important highlights that emerged through the conversations. They each noted the challenges, opportunities, and possible future...
The market of cryptocurrency day trading is a whirlwind, chaotic and always on the move. Quick reflexes, and even quicker algorithms. Thanks to new, advanced AI tools such as ChatGPT and Grok, traders are experiencing the most powerful insight and automation they’ve ever seen. Kwame Nkosi, a blockchain commentator, balances...
Let’s face it, the crypto community can’t resist an exciting hype train. Right now, the AI-powered trading locomotive is barreling down the tracks, with Grok and ChatGPT as its star conductors. Well before you decide to mortgage your home and give Uber all your assets, let’s slow down a moment...
You know, sometimes I feel like I'm watching a rerun of an old movie, only this time, it's playing out in the halls of Congress. The Senate Banking Committee’s recent hearing on the need for comprehensive crypto regulation. It was a bit like a Broadway show. Rather than earnestly seeking...
The recent Senate Banking Committee hearing on regulating the crypto space? If I’m being truthful, it was more like seeing a train wreck go down in slow motion. While senators debated the nuances of defining a digital asset – is it a security, a commodity, or something else entirely? –...
Forget about Wall Street, the exciting disruptor in crypto day trading is cooking up in the crowded streets of Southeast Asia. I'm not talking about hedge fund managers with Bloomberg terminals; I'm talking about the everyday person – the small business owner in Jakarta, the student in Kuala Lumpur, the...
You think you know stablecoins. Tether, USDC – the usual suspects. Big market caps, widespread adoption. Comforting, right? Wrong. As all eyes are on these titans, a more quiet revolution is in the making. Looking forward to seeing you there! This lack of attention is robbing you of big future...
The original and inarguable promise of crypto was decentralization and freedom. We lost sight of that dream and exchanged it for something else. A façade that appears solid even if it’s a digital optical illusion shimmering on top of a fintech swamp crater. I'm talking about stablecoins.Are Your "Safe" Coins...