The Great Crypto Crisis of ’22

Yesterday, while all eyes were (and are) on election results, a battle between two centralized cryptocurrency exchange owners suckerpunched the world of decentralized finance, destroying billions of dollars of market cap in the process. Continue Reading →

SEC vs. CFTC vs. Crypto

On July 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced "insider trading charges against a former Coinbase product manager, his brother, and his friend for perpetrating a scheme to trade ahead of multiple announcements regarding certain crypto assets that would be made available for trading on the Coinbase platform." Continue Reading →

The Longest Day of the Year

Greetings from NYC and happy Summer Solstice (to those who celebrate). NFT.NYC is in town this week, and to say that a "hard dose of reality" has hit the faithful would be to mischaracterize the vibe. People in the business know that the current market conditions are universal. They know that the underlying technology and associated business models are evolving, and they also know that – most importantly – the shakeout, while painful, is a required growing pain. Continue Reading →

No Sound Bite Answers Today

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Are you looking for a sound bite that properly explains gas prices, inflation, potential stagflation, the crashing stock, and crypto markets? What's happening to the global supply chain? How the Fed's actions are likely to affect the economy in the near term? Forget it. Continue Reading →

Metacademy is Live!

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The crypto market has been tumultuous over the past few weeks. It's been a scary time for "hodlers," but it's also a confusing time for speculative investors. Not sure what Coinbase does? Not sure what a stablecoin is? Shelly Palmer talks with Raegan Medgie and Robert Moses about Metacademy: a free-to-use, risk-free, hands-on website that will teach you about blockchain, cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, Web3, and other associated technologies. Continue Reading →

Ouch!

With the stock market reacting to our tumultuous economic times, you may not have noticed that the crypto market has crashed. Not just Bitcoin and Ether, but the entire crypto market. Even for the most devout crypto hodlers, this past week (especially the last 24 hours) has tested their faith. Continue Reading →

Bitcoin In Your Fidelity 401(k)

Fidelity Investments, the largest retirement plan provider in the United States, plans to allow investors to allocate up to 20% of their 401(k) accounts to bitcoin. It's the first major retirement-plan provider to do so. Continue Reading →

Is crypto frying the planet? Asking for a friend.

The White House would like to get to the bottom of this whole "is cryptocurrency going to destroy the climate or not" thing. The Office of Science and Technology Policy announced it's putting together a report that assesses whether digital assets “impede or advance efforts to tackle climate change” and makes moves toward a “clean and reliable electricity grid.” Continue Reading →