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CryptoPunk's $10M Loss? Why This Proves NFTs Are Still the Future

CryptoPunk's $10M Loss? Why This Proves NFTs Are Still the Future

Alright, now let’s deal with the unpopular opinion question. A CryptoPunk, #3100, sold on Friday for the equivalent of 4,000 ETH. Sounds good, right? Except it wasn’t, since it had been bought at a net cost of about $10 million higher than this sale price. Headlines scream "NFT crash!" and...

CryptoPunk's Crash: A Warning Sign for NFT 'Freedom'?

CryptoPunk's Crash: A Warning Sign for NFT 'Freedom'?

Imagine losing millions overnight. And, of course, you didn’t just lose money in an abstract market crash. Rather, you figured out that the NFT you purchased as a store of value was actually a really costly JPEG. That’s the reality one just experienced with the sale of CryptoPunk #3100. Granted,...

Waller's Tariff Warning: Bitcoin's $85K Test Reveals Global Economic Fault Lines

Waller's Tariff Warning: Bitcoin's $85K Test Reveals Global Economic Fault Lines

Ms. Waller’s latest tariff warning isn’t just about interest rates and Wall Street. It’s the flashing red light for the whole non-US global economy, particularly for the most vulnerable, least able to ride out the anticipated tsunami. And Bitcoin's dance around $85,000? That’s the canary in the coal mine, singing...

Eclipse: The Ethereum Layer 2 Revolution You Can't Afford to Miss

Eclipse: The Ethereum Layer 2 Revolution You Can't Afford to Miss

So picture this – everybody boarding the DeFi revolution by full access! Imagine that, literally anyone, from anywhere in the world, able to participate without being sucked dry by exorbitant costs. A world where your grandmother in rural India can access the same financial opportunities as a Wall Street hedge...

Eclipse's Promise: Freedom or Just Another Ethereum Layer 2?

Eclipse's Promise: Freedom or Just Another Ethereum Layer 2?

The hype surrounding Eclipse is deafening. We’re promised it’s the next evolution of Ethereum Layer 2s, with speed that rivals Solana but the security of Ethereum itself. Let’s face it, what good is writing that song in a new key—hasn’t that song already been sung? Are we truly as close...

Beyond the Hype: Which Crypto Actually Delivers Freedom by 2025?

Beyond the Hype: Which Crypto Actually Delivers Freedom by 2025?

Let's be real. The crypto space is drowning in hype. You can’t go a day without hearing about the next “revolutionary” coin that’s going to moon and make you rich while you sleep. But how many actually deliver on the real promise of crypto: freedom? Freedom from outdated, extractive financial...

3 Cryptos Set to Explode by April 2025 (You'll Kick Yourself If You Miss This)

3 Cryptos Set to Explode by April 2025 (You'll Kick Yourself If You Miss This)

Put all your previous assumptions about finance aside. The old guard has hardly been dismantled and a new reign of democratized wealth has hardly emerged. I'm not talking about some far-off utopian dream. I'm talking about April 2025. These three cryptocurrencies are in position to lead the way to reimagining...

Slovenia's Crypto Tax: Freedom for Some, Burden for Others?

Slovenia's Crypto Tax: Freedom for Some, Burden for Others?

Slovenia's aiming to tax crypto at 25% – a move framed as aligning with international standards and simplifying things for investors. Sounds reasonable, right? Let's dig a little deeper. Who benefits from this simplification, and more importantly, whose standards are we aligning with? Or could this be yet another case...

White House Tariff Chaos: Is Bitcoin the Answer for Africa?

White House Tariff Chaos: Is Bitcoin the Answer for Africa?

Global trade wars feel distant, abstract. For those of us who are fortunate to live and work in Africa, they most certainly are not. For someone like me, based in Accra, the White House’s mixed messages on technology tariffs are more than just clickbait. In particular, they would threaten our...

Slovenia's Crypto Tax: A Responsible Step or Innovation Killer?

Slovenia's Crypto Tax: A Responsible Step or Innovation Killer?

Keeping up with the changing capital markets is on all levels of government’s to-do list and that extends right to crypto. It’s about smart fiscal stewardship and to be frank, keeping the wild west from galloping into our local economies. Are Slovenia’s proposed crypto tax laws a considered reaction to...