Eleanor Brooks is a experienced blockchain researcher at BlockchainShock. She continues to critically analyze the multitude of factors fueling the recent boom in the cryptocurrency space. Her analysis gets past all that hype. What it does is provide the reader with an insider’s perspective on market forces—with special attention on...
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...
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...
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...
The cryptocurrency market is a bigger, hotter and noisier world right now. As per CoinMarketCap data, its aggregate market value has skyrocketed to around $3.67 trillion. Much of this increase is driven by optimism on policy shifts and significant spot ETF inflows. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, has jumped close to...
Yes, short liquidations played a role. A big one. But to ascribe the whole $113,000 increase to that? That’s equivalent to claiming the only reason the Titanic sank was due to one iceberg. Oversimplification at its finest!Is $113K Just a Mirage?Look, we all saw the headlines. Bitcoin smashed through $110,000,...