Bitcoin Market Update and Fed Policy
Why is Bitcoin’s price down? Bitcoin recently underwent a multi-month decline from $69,000 to just under $33,000. Roughly a 52% decline from it’s all time high price. Why? There are a few possibilities that we will cover but generally the gyrations in price are fairly normal for Bitcoin. Russia’s Potential Cryptocurrency Mining Ban The first […]
5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Bitcoin
For those about to begin their Bitcoin journey, there are five key points to know before proceeding. Bitcoin Is a Different Beast There are certain things one should know before embarking on a journey, whether that’s a physical hike or a mental trip down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. Those new to the cryptocurrency space […]
How Pro Sports Are Adopting Bitcoin
A look into how pro athletes have been taking advantage and playing the cryptocurrency game. With every new fad or trend taking form within mainstream culture, it takes a certain individual to spark exponential adoption. In the past, one would need advertising and television networks to promote their ideas and products. However today, professional athletes, […]
5 Bullish Signals to Follow in 2022
A rocket year ahead! Mayors and Professional Athletes Requesting to be Paid in Bitcoin There has been a recent trend gaining momentum among Mayors (and other politicians of various positions) requesting their salaries be paid in Bitcoin. Recently elected New York City mayor Eric Adams has stated on Twitter that “I’m going to take my […]
How DeFi is Being Built on Top of Bitcoin?
What is DeFi? A new form of finance is evolving within the Bitcoin and crypto space coined as DeFi. DeFi is an abbreviation of the term “decentralized finance” and is similar to the legacy financial system but without the need for a centralized party. For example, if you were to purchase stocks or shares of […]
Why Bitcoin Is a Hedge Against Inflation
With prices skyrocketing on everything from gas to groceries to vehicles, inflation has become one of the hottest topics across the globe. Even the US, which has historically shown mild inflation relative to the rest of the world, has recorded its highest CPI inflation rate in the past 25 years at 6.2{1b2f824bc6e420fc9a9187b8b3310ed445a6e3af66c80d2539d63fc0a4adee40}. Inflation is a […]
Why Taproot Is A Big Deal For Bitcoin
While each new block includes an important update to the transactions on Bitcoin’s timechain, there is typically no major significance of one block versus another. Block 709,632 (estimated for mid-November 2021), however, will signal the activation of the first new upgrade to Bitcoin since 2017: Taproot. Taproot is a soft fork upgrade, meaning that these […]
What Is the Difference between Lightning and Liquid?
At some point during your journey down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, you may have come across terms like “Lightning”, “Liquid”, “Layer 2”, or “Sidechain”. To avoid confusion between these terms, we will discuss the differences between Lightning and Liquid as well as how you may wish to utilize them in the future. Base Layer First, […]
Debunking the Most Popular Myths About Bitcoin
With the price of Bitcoin racing to all-time highs, crashing back down, and then eclipsing new all-time highs again in the past 12 months, we have seen huge amounts of questionable claims about Bitcoin arise. Let’s take a deeper dive into some of the most common negative claims regarding Bitcoin over the past year. Claim […]
What Are The Financial Impacts Of Blockchain Technology?
Blockchain is one of the most exciting new technologies to emerge out of the crypto revolution. Originally used for transactions for Bitcoin, it’s now become a general data transport system for all kinds of data. The financial impacts of Blockchain are potentially huge. Here’s what it can do across different disciplines around the world. Positive […]
