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Utah's HB230: Blockchain Innovation or Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Utah's HB230: Blockchain Innovation or Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen?

HB230 is here. So the question becomes, are we really celebrating innovation, or just Connecting Communities to an ecological catastrophe in our own backyard. That’s a question that warrants a tough scrutiny, stripped of all the glossy brochures, lame New Urbanism buzzwords, and prospects of unicorn-fueled economic prosperity. Let’s cut...

HB230: Utah's Crypto Gamble Risks Public Resources For Dubious Gains

HB230: Utah's Crypto Gamble Risks Public Resources For Dubious Gains

Utah’s HB230, the Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments, isn’t innovation, it’s an innovation killer. This is no way forward. It’s a siren song that promises future economic prosperity while surreptitiously picking your pocket and polluting your air. Let's call it what it is: a reckless gamble with your resources for...

Cruz's Crypto Win: A Step Forward, But 3 Risks We Can't Ignore

Cruz's Crypto Win: A Step Forward, But 3 Risks We Can't Ignore

Ted Cruz’s recent victory in getting that controversial IRS crypto rule overturned is a huge win for the space, and there’s no doubt about that. To be clear, we are thrilled that he has brought us the first crypto bill signed into law. I’m not always in agreement with his...

Trump's Crypto Deregulation: A Southeast Asian Tech Dream or Nightmare?

Trump's Crypto Deregulation: A Southeast Asian Tech Dream or Nightmare?

Is Trump’s cronyism costing Southeast Asia’s tech future so his family can cash out from crypto? I know how much this sounds like a conspiracy theory, trust me. If you ask us, the timing could not possibly be more convenient. He's pumping crypto in the West, and we're left wondering...

Bitcoin's Greed Surge: 3 Regulatory Risks You're Ignoring

The Bitcoin market's recent rebound is intoxicating. Our Fear & Greed Index is currently signaling extreme greed. Meanwhile, whale wallets are getting FAT, and ETFs of the likes we’ve never imagined before are chomping up BTC like a thirsty desert traveler. Fidelity and ARK Invest are throwing around multi-million dollar...

Tariff Tsunami: 3 Ways Crypto Will Explode (Or Implode!) in 2025

Forget your Lambo dreams for a second. We're staring down the barrel of a tariff tsunami, and Southeast Asia's crypto destiny hangs in the balance. Will we be the ones to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of global trade wars or will we be up to our necks...

Bitcoin Whales Are Eating All the BTC! Southeast Asia's Chance?

Okay, let's talk Bitcoin. And let's be real. I'm seeing headlines screaming about a 25% rebound, ETF inflows, and ARK Invest's insane $2.4 million price target by 2030. Sounds amazing, right? Let’s unpack this further, because all is most definitely not as it should be.Are Whales Rigging The Game?On-chain data...

MIND of Pepe's AI: Savior or Siren Song for Crypto Investors?

The crypto world: a digital Wild West where fortunes are made and lost faster than you can say "blockchain." Recently, the whole world hyped mind of Pepe. This groundbreaking project looks to marry the best of AI wizardry with the stormy emotional sea that is meme coins. Before you jump...

Solana's $500M Staking Deal: Is This Southeast Asia's Crypto Rocket?

Southeast Asia. I mean, we’re explaining crazy-lively daily life-changing underground dynamic markets, transitions of cultures, and maybe now the next cryptocurrency dominant frontier. Forget Silicon Valley for a minute. It might be Solana’s massive $500 million staking agreement that provides the match that ignites the powderkeg. Or is it all...

MIND of Pepe: The Meme Coin Revolution Southeast Asia Needs Now!

Southeast Asia is buzzing. Gojek drivers now accept crypto, representing the region’s embrace of digital innovation. NFT art is surging in popularity all throughout Indonesia. If we’re being real, much of what gets branded “innovation” just seems far removed. Complicated. Expensive. It’s like being served a three-course dinner when all...

Solana's $500M Staking Deal: Genius Move or Risky Bet?

Solana’s price is twirling around $154 on the ostensible strength of a “bullish” forecast. Let’s face it, in the crypto space, what’s a rocket ship today can be a dumpster fire next week. We've all seen it. This recent $500 million timestaking agreement with ATW Partners is a phenomenal win....