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Sorry this came a little late, was too busy crying into my pillow at the end of 2021 (where’s my $100K Bitcoin?!) and into the early days of 2022 to write about this. Anyway, we have finally come to the end of yet another crazy, crazy year. At the end of the year, it seems … Read more
Ben Mezrich, the author that needs no introduction, the man behind several bestselling books and best known for “The Accidental Billionaires” that went on to become the Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winner for Best film, The Social Network, is now officially involved in the NFT space. I’ve been a fan of his work and … Read more
I’m sure this year has been a rough one for many, myself included. I felt like towards the end of 2020, we were all hopeful of a better 2021, that the pandemic will be controlled once the rollout of vaccines were done. Who knew Covid had more patterns than badminton. As we head into the … Read more
November 2021 proved to be a real disappointment in terms of price action for Bitcoin. What was promised as an epic Q4 2021 whimpered to a 7.15% drop in price from $61,356 to $56,974. After an exciting 40% upside move in Uptober, many were expecting Bitcoin to continue the trend, dubbing the month Moonvember, Upvember … Read more
It has been almost a year since we kickstarted the en bloc process by setting up a group chat for residents, and canvassing for a requisition to begin exploring an official en bloc attempt. We finally held the 2nd EOGM on November 6, 2021, and passed all resolutions to officially commence the en bloc signing. … Read more
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
It has been a while since my en bloc development updates! So here’s a quick one. The Collective Sale Committee (CSC) team has been quietly working hard on the ground, and together with marketing agent representatives, worked out a very favourable Reserve Price (the floor price at which the entire estate will be put up … 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
What are you willing to sacrifice in the name of getting to financial independence (FI)? The sweet release of knowing you’re free of debt, and not only that, but thriving in a way that you’ll never have to work another day in your life. Your time is truly yours to spend. Because ultimately, time is … 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
If you have been following my updates on the en bloc process, thank you for doing so. I hope this series sheds some light on the ups and downs, and sometimes long drawn process that is the collective sale attempt of a condo estate in Singapore. The timeline so far So this particular adventure started … Read more