Bitcoin teeters, doesn't it? It’s been teetering just above that $84,000 level, a high wire act of the digital age, balancing profit and peril. Ali Martinez, and millions of other analysts are claiming it’s preparing to breakout in a HUGE way. The real question is not when it moves, but...
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...
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...
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...
CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink dropping the Bitcoin bomb? Unexpected, right? Let’s not confuse praise with a hearty yle svenske svenskar. It's more like a doctor diagnosing a terminal illness: acknowledging the problem doesn't mean celebrating it. It means facing a harsh reality. Our global financial system is groaning under...
The US bond market is shaking. Bitcoin is surging. Arthur Hayes is proclaiming "up only." Before we uncork the champagne in Africa, let's ask a critical question: is this a genuine opportunity for economic empowerment, or a gilded cage built on someone else's financial woes? Are we as likely to...
It’s one of the few bright spots in a crypto market that has sunk almost 4% in the last 24 hours, undoing early weekend gains. Specifically, rekindled fears over U.S. trade policies — namely, tariffs — caused the market plunge. This drop happened even with the release of positively surprising...
To be frank, if you’ve been following the stock market recently, it’s hard not to liken the experience to a rusty, old rollercoaster. One minute you’re at the peak of the world, the next, you’ve dropped right off. The story you hear over and over again? Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs! Is...
Bitcoin has had a wild week of major highs and lows in price, driven both by recent changes in domestic economic policy and by wider market movements. The cryptocurrency, which hit a high of $104,669 on January 30, has been under downward pressure since that time. Yet, despite the fundamentals—particularly...