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A few months ago in August, I wrote about discovering a new NFT platform called Veve. Veve then had a partnership with Disney, and started putting out Disney IP as NFTs, and I duly snagged a rare Spiderman “Jumping into Action” NFT. I funded my Veve account with an initial USD800, which translated to 800Gems … Read more

October wasn’t called Uptober for nothing in Bitcoin world. To kick of Q4, traditionally Bitcoin’s strongest quarter in the year, it rallied an astounding 40% from $43,800 to close the month at $61,359. Okay, so it wasn’t exactly the $63,000 that PlanB called for, but it was pretty damn close. At 97% accuracy rate, I … Read more

Bitcoin proponents and hodlers are popping champagne after a trying few months, as Bitcoin recovered from China bans to notch a new all time high of $67,016 on 20 October 2021, smashing through the previous all time high etched on 14 April 2021 of $64,895. As of writing this post, bitcoin has cooled a little … Read more

The SEC may not have formally approved the Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF for launch, but that also means they have NOT disaproved it. This means come 18 October 2021, Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF will quietly launch under the ticker BITO. This is a long awaited US debut for Bitcoin ETFs, and although this is a … Read more

We all know Bitcoin to be highly volatile, with 10X gains and 80% drops a fairly normal year for Bitcoin. But for those new to this burgeoning asset, it can be nauseating. When investing, everybody likes to buy low and sell high, but with such volatility, when is low and when is high? I bought … Read more

September has historically been a ‘meh’ month for Bitcoin, and this past September has proven no different. Bitcoin fell 7% from August, to end the month at $43,834. What is amazing though, is the tweet that PlanB made all the way back in June, where he predicted where the Bitcoin price was going to end … Read more

Quite a number of things have happened in August that is setting a wider baseline in terms of adoption and usage of crypto and blockchain technology. These haven’t seemed to translate to price action, so I think we will definitely be seeing some intense action in the last quarter of the year. Bitcoin price action … Read more

I will assume by now you folks know what an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) is. It is basically a representation of ownership of various objects. It can be an image, a sound, a video, that can be demonstrably linked back to you, as a rightful owner of the object. Cryptokitties Cryptokitties was one of the first … Read more

NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, have been taking the crypto world by storm this year, in the process helping Ethereum achieve gains that surpass Bitcoin from a percentage perspective. It is also not showing any signs of pausing, with NFTs minted in 2017 coming back with a vengeance this year, with the likes of CryptoPunks and … Read more

A major bullish lagging indicator is forming, and is gearing up to appear in the next few days, potentially over the weekend of 14 / 15 August, 2021. The Golden Cross. Why am I so excited for this golden cross formation? Well, the last time we had a golden cross in October of 2020, we … Read more

Over the weekend, 7 August, Marvel launched their very first NFT, featuring friendly neighborhood Spiderman in a variety of poses. It was the first NFT drop I participated in, and because it was from Marvel, I expected the rare, ultra rare and secret rare ones to be snapped up within minutes of launch. Altogether, there … Read more

August 5th 2021 marked a rather special day for Ethereum. It was the day the London Hard Fork (or EIP 1559) was enacted. With EIP 1559, Ethereum became a little less inflationary. With every block, some ETH gets burned, and the total new supply of ETH gets a little lesser. ETH developers claim this makes … Read more

After what seemed like forever in cryptoland, but in reality was only 3 months of excruciating downward spiral, we finally see a green month for Bitcoin, marking July with an 18.4% close higher, starting the month at $35,059 and closing at a price of $41,490. What made this reversal so much more impressive was that … Read more

The first thing you see when you land on the hodlnaut site, is the proclamation that hodlnaut is the easiest way to earn interest on your crypto. It’s a big statement to plaster front and centre, so I wanted to see if that was truly the case. In a low interest rate environment such as … Read more

Nope, definitely not Bonds. Nor is it Berkshire Hathaway. It’s Bitcoin! The ₿ Word is a Bitcoin focused initiative that aims to demystify and destigmatize mainstream narratives about Bitcoin, explain how institutions can and should embrace it, and raise awareness around areas of the network that need support. Featured speakers at the ₿ word event … Read more

Despite a volatile and overall downward price action on Bitcoin, there remains a bunch of positive announcements across the month of June. The decline in price was also much less pronounced than in May. Hopefully this signals the start of a rebound for Bitcoin and the broader crypto market. In terms of price action, Bitcoin … Read more