This week we cover: Bitcoin halving DeFi adoption Central Bank Digital Currencies Bitcoin’s privacy Ethereum 2.0 Facebook’s Libra project Safe haven and recession-proof status COBINHOOD SHUTS DOWN OR SHUTS FOR AUDIT NBA PLAYERS CONTRACT TOKENIZATION SUIT ON TETHER AND BITFINEX MANIPULATION EVERSTAKE AND CHAINLINK FEAR, GREED AND MENTALITY ARE YOU READY TO RUN WITH THE...Continue Reading

This week we cover: UK’S FIRST CRYPTO BANK VIRGIL GRIFFITH RELEASED ON $1M BAIL YOUTUBE GOES TO WAR ON CRYPTO CONTENT CHINESE PRESSURE CRYPTO BUSINESSES CHINESE FIRST BLOCKCHAIN ETF CHINESE POLICE SEIZE THOUSANDS OF MINERS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY DONATIONS DLIVE, TRON, BITTORRENT MIGRATION & PARTNERSHIP BTC TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FEAR, GREED AND MENTALITY UK’S FIRST CRYPTO...Continue Reading

BINANCE LAUNCHES RUBLE TRADING Just over a week ago, massive crypto exchange, Binance announced via Twitter that they would be offering trading of the Russian Ruble and cryptocurrency pairings on its platforms whilst attending a Government led event “Open Innovations Forum” in Moscow. Honestly, I find this pretty surprising news given the cryptocurrency industry in...Continue Reading

BLOCKFI CHASING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BlockFi is a cryptocurrency lending start-up that raised $18.3 million USD in series A funding back in August of this year. Among the funding parties, contributions were made by Winklevoss capital, Galaxy Digital and Morgan Creek. BTCMANAGER reported this week,  BlockFi is intending to launch Institutional Services, a new platform specifically...Continue Reading

VITALIK STRIVING FOR MOST SECURE CHAIN This week, Vitalik Buterin,Ethereum co-founder, made a bold statement at Devcon 5 that after Ethereum transitions to Proof of Stake (PoS) “…the cost of a potential attack would make Ethereum the safer network of the two”, with bitcoin being the other. The switch from the Ethereum proof of work...Continue Reading

BITCOIN OUTPERFORMS … EVERYTHING The proof is in the numbers. Bitcoin is currently 2019’s best performing asset, even after the recent pullback to $8.2K USD from the high just shy of $13K USD achieved in June. Goldman Sachs deems Bitcoin “the best performing asset class of the year-to-date …(where)… prices have more than doubled in...Continue Reading

RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA (RBA) CUTS INTEREST RATES TO HISTORIC LOW  The official interest rate has been cut yet again by the RBA to a new record low of 0.75%. The cut of 0.25% follows similar an earlier cut in July. RBA Governor Philip Lowe highlighted the following points in his post-meeting statement: The decision...Continue Reading

HASHING IT OUT On 18th September, Blockchain.com reported Bitcoin’s network hashrate hit a record-breaking high of 102 quintillion hashes for the first time ever. Canadian crypto researcher and well-known analyst Kevin Rooke commented that, “Difficulty is projected to grow 60% this quarter, and it was already at an all-time high when Q2 ended”. This increase...Continue Reading

18th SEPTEMBER 2019 DOLLAR COST AVERAGE-The Allure I’ve talked about dollar cost average approaches to investment plans before – which refers to assigning a fixed investment at a fixed interval over a long period. For example, $100 a week, every week for two years. This approach can work particularly well for those who either don’t...Continue Reading

IS FACEBOOK BACKING OUT OF LIBRA? Libra & Facebook has had a less than ideal first few weeks in the spotlight. US Congress has made it abundantly clear that anything other than regulatory perfection from Calibra and Facebook would end with fines and legal proceedings. CNBC reported this week that Facebook admit the launch of...Continue Reading