Let’s get real for a moment. You’ve probably heard the rumor, read the tweets, and perhaps even been encouraged to toss real cash at the next Dogecoin, Pepe or dogwifhat. Meme coins. They’re the digital equivalent of lottery tickets, offering astronomical returns amid a glitz of internet absurdity. Before you...
If we’re being completely upfront. When most people imagine meme coins, they’re probably envisioning the likes of Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and maybe some cartoon frogs. Photo credit Marco Abis, Flickr Imagine a crowded market place in Jakarta. Imagine a K-Pop concert in Bangkok, with a late-night video game tournament in...
Shiba Inu, the second-largest joke cryptocurrency by market value, is going through a Peter pan paradox right now. As its burn rate has increased exponentially, its price has found itself under immense continuing downside selling pressure. Early this week, the burn rate suddenly surged to more than 112,000%. In the...
SHIB's burn rate is up 112,000%. That's insane. Now we’re reading headlines touting tens of millions of these tokens going up in smoke and the instinctual response is, “To the moon! As someone who’s been closely tracking this space for many years, I want to share one key insight. Keep...
Now that 112,000% SHIB burn rate? It has crypto enthusiasts buzzing, and to be honest, got me wondering. Was this a clever long-term play by the Shiba Inu developers? Or are we just seeing a forlorn digital pyre? Let’s face it, in the fast-paced universe of crypto, the best ideas...
The air is thick with greed. You see it, I see it. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, still refusing to budge from “greed” despite the incoming missiles between Israel and Iran. Bitcoin, seemingly unfazed, dances near all-time highs. Don’t be fooled. This is not the definition of resilience. It’s...
The crypto market’s exploding, Bitcoin’s doubling again, and somehow everybody’s a genius for the second time this year. Let’s face it, that’s only the warm-up act. The main course? Meme coins. And not just benign, forgettable meme coins – the ones that are basically middle-fingers to the impending regulatory firestorm....
Southeast Asia is about to explode, and I'm not talking about durian season (though that's pretty intense too!). I'm talking about Bitcoin. Forget Wall Street and Silicon Valley. The true crypto revolution these days is taking place in the rice paddies and crowded high-rises of the ASEAN countries.You can't just...
As the blockchain landscape evolves, one thing remains constant: the allure of meme coins. What began as a meme has become a real-world, if dangerous, investment prospect. Meme coins no longer have to just be the punch line. Today, they’re luring in the whales as some projects explode upward by...
Wall Street’s obsession with short-lived fads is legendary. One other thing I hope to avoid is crypto enthusiasts becoming too fixated on the latest trend. This obsession can further blind them to the core tenets that will define the future of finance. They’re just too busy chasing their next meme...
The global financial landscape is changing and Southeast Asia stands to gain the most. We're not just talking about incremental growth. We're talking about an economic transformation, fueled by a technology that Washington, frankly, isn't paying enough attention to: stablecoins.Cross-Border Payments: Frictionless & FastConsider the plight of our hypothetical small...
You took the crypto plunge, enticed by the siren song of DeFi and freedom from the grasp of legacy banking. Maybe you even dabbled in stablecoins, thinking they were a safe haven – a digital dollar, pegged 1:1, offering stability in the volatile crypto seas. Let me tell you something:...
Stablecoins are such an eye-popping financial innovation right now. They trigger conversations on upending established systems and breaking the US dollar’s monopoly. Kwame Nkosi uses his deep knowledge of blockchain technology and finance to help demystify digital assets. He’s taking an active role in exploring their implications and impacts for...
Senators Budd and Lee have been strong champions of their “Keep Your Coins Act.” They view it as an essential bulwark of fiscal liberty and a robust wall against federal intrusion. Self-custody, they say, is the core principal in this brave new world of digital assets. Industry leaders enthusiastically agree,...
It’s a fast moving world right now in the world of crypto, as new regulations and legislation seem to come out moment by moment. One such piece of legislation is the “Keep Your Coins Act,” introduced by U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson. This Act has caused a massive uproar in the...
From the viewpoint of many of its residents, Southeast Asia is indeed an extraordinary halcyon of opportunity. More importantly, it’s a region that is about to explode onto the global crypto stage. Yet the regulatory uncertainty has loomed larger, stifling adoption, innovation, and the potential. The “Keep Your Coins Act”...
Fast forward to today, cryptocurrency has been rapidly breaking into the mainstream of our digital world. As a result, now—we’ve proven—we need top notch security like never before. As platforms’ data-hoarding demands increase, so do the privacy risks for crypto market participants. Eleanor Brooks, a veteran blockchain researcher and communicator,...
We all got into crypto for something. The siren call of decentralized finance completely dominated the scene. It was an exhilarating prospect to escape the confines of legacy banking and soar into the pure technological renaissance. Truth be told, though, a huge motivator was financial privacy. Yet that promise is...