Tag: Ethereum
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![Today’s Idea: Wellfield Technologies (WFLD.V) offers tomorrow’s markets today]()
Today’s Idea: Wellfield Technologies (WFLD.V) offers tomorrow’s markets today
Tomorrow’s markets are going to be easier to navigate, or so we’re told by anyone close to decentralized finance (DeFi). The essential promise of DeFi is that it could lead to an altogether more efficient, more democratic form of finance. It promises a system that’s cheaper, faster, more transparent and less prone to manipulation by…
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![If I had a billion dollars: Crypto and Monkey Business Edition]()
If I had a billion dollars: Crypto and Monkey Business Edition
If I had a billion dollars the first thing I’d do is buy a monkey. Not a howler monkey or a languor monkey, or one of those that gets creative with how they say hello, but a regular capuchin monkey—one that hasn’t reached puberty yet so he doesn’t get aggressive. His name would be Jocko,…
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![The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)]()
The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)
USD Coin (USDC) is a digital stablecoin pegged to the United States dollar and runs on Ethereum, Stellar, Algorand, Solana, Tron and the Hedera Hashgraph system. It’s managed by a group called Centre, which was founded by the company and includes members from Coinbase (COIN.Q) and the Bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, as investors. For the…
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![Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Monero (XMR)]()
Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Monero (XMR)
Cryptocurrency has a number of different problems and one of them is that it’s not even remotely private. Transparency is baked into the system for most coins. Anyone can see what’s happening right now on Bitcoin’s blockchain by going to https://www.blockchain.com/explorer and after a search and a few clicks, you can find out what’s going…
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![Today’s Idea: DMG Blockchain Solutions (DMGI.V) is a frontrunner in the race for crypto regulations]()
Today’s Idea: DMG Blockchain Solutions (DMGI.V) is a frontrunner in the race for crypto regulations
Despite his brilliance, Satoshi Nakamoto couldn’t possibly have imagined what his simply written white paper would have opened up within the next decade. The Bitcoin Protocol has revealed an entire world of decentralization options free from government regulations, interference and intervention, where a truly democratic force out of the reach of the instruments of power…
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![The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Tether (USDT)]()
The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Tether (USDT)
Today we’re talking about Tether (or USDT, they’re used interchangeably). They’re presently the fifth largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the first among stablecoins by dint of being the oldest, but not necessarily the best. We will probably never see another stablecoin rise to take its place, and if we do it’ll be dirtier than…
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![The cryptocurrency guide for the perplexed: Shiba Inu (SHIB)]()
The cryptocurrency guide for the perplexed: Shiba Inu (SHIB)
For the conservative looking to get into crypto, Bitcoin and Ethereum are still where it’s at. They’re the coins that offer the lowest risk profile—they have enough attention, backing and third-party investment to ensure that of all the coins out there they’ll still be around in ten years. But if you’re looking to get rich,…
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![This week in crypto: The China Side-Eye Edition]()
This week in crypto: The China Side-Eye Edition
The biggest spate of news actually happened last Friday and it’s China again. Now all cryptocurrency related transactions are effectively banned in China. The effects were immediate: Coinbase Global (COIN.Q) and Robinhood took a 3.5% dive, while MicroStrategy (MSTR.Q) lost 6.7%. Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA.Q) lost %8.1. It didn’t stop there, though. The commentary from…
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![This Week in Crypto: Hand in the Cookie Jar Edition]()
This Week in Crypto: Hand in the Cookie Jar Edition
Given that the United States is once again going to the cookie jar to raise the debt ceiling and foist this generation’s financial issues onto the next generation (or the next after that… or after that) you’d think this week in crypto would be all about people bailing out of their positions, and piling their…
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![This week in crypto: slouching towards a cautiously optimistic future edition]()
This week in crypto: slouching towards a cautiously optimistic future edition
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why confidence in Bitcoin’s future has jumped, but the likely culprit is that the Chinese bitcoin miners recently exiled from their ancestral homelands have made their way to to North America (and Russia and Kazakhstan) and set up shop. The hashrate and mining difficulty both enjoyed a bump, and now…
