This is an opinion editorial by Mickey Koss, a West Point graduate with a degree in economics. He spent four years in the infantry before transferring to the Finance Corps. “First they ignore you, then they laugh, then they fight…
The peaks of the crypto business in 2022 fall into a longer crypto season and affect many of the top companies in the sector. The shutdown of several major cryptocurrency exchanges has made concerns about liquidity and solvency a topic…
Decentraland (MANA), the cryptocurrency launched in 2020 by Ariel Meilich and Esteban Ordano, failed to take advantage of some positive developments that occurred in the ecosystem this year while closing 2022 in a “beaten” country. Over the last 12 months,…
Mr. Park Mo, the vice president of Vidente, the largest shareholder of the South Korean Cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, was reported dead in front of his home at 4 a.m. on the morning of December 30. Before his death, Mr. Mo…
This is an editorial opinion by Francois Moreau, fintech writer and financial risk analyst based in Paris. The Fed’s rate hikes have rattled markets, and speculative assets like bitcoin are among the hardest hit. Although it was once touted as…
Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto will need until at least 2024 to “recover from the abuse of unscrupulous players,” says one of the industry’s most prominent names. In a blog post released on December 30, David Marcus, CEO and founder of…
On the evening of December 19, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced that it had increased the cap on the 10-year bond yield from 0.25% to 0.5%, while keeping short-term and long-term interest rates unchanged. The link to the tweet…
El Salvador, the first country to legalize Bitcoin (BTC), has been pushed down elsewhere in total crypto ATM installations as Australia recorded 216 ATMs entering 2023. As part of El Salvador’s drive to establish Bitcoin as legal tender, President Nayib…
This is an editorial opinion by Kal Kassa, an Ethiopian Bitcoiner. 2022 is an exciting year for the global Bitcoin community, and especially African Bitcoiners. With a much younger population than many other continents, Africa’s 54 countries are growing for…
2022 is supposed to be the year crypto goes mainstream, with many traditional venture capital firms betting heavily on the ecosystem in 2021. However, with one disaster after another, 2022 is a disaster year for the new crypto ecosystem. Some…