One man's FIRE journey by opening up passive income streams from side hustles
Who is Cathie Wood? Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, first burst onto Wall Street’s radar with her $4,000 Tesla call back in Feb 2018, when the EV maker’s stock price was around $200. When she first came out with that price target, she was laughed out of town. But, since her call, Tesla has … Read more
Throughout history, Bitcoin whales have been seen frolicking around the oceans and doing whatever they wanted, seemingly unmoved by the chaos they sometimes brought on to the markets. But, in 2020, a seismic shift happened, and in so doing, a portal opened up to a new dimension, out of which came pouring BTC hungry Kaijus. … Read more
2017, 17th December, Bitcoin reached an all time high of almost $20,000. Since then, it has been a long, arduous journey back. Exactly 3 years later, Bitcoin finally breaks through the $20,000 mark in style, with current price sitting just above $22,000. Not much point to this post, other than marking a historic date with … Read more
If you recall a few weeks back, a leaked document from DBS revealed intentions to release a couple of crypto products, namely an exchange trading platform, a tokenisation offering, as well as custody services. At the time, they quickly took the page down, citing that they have yet to receive regulatory approval. Well, yesterday, they … Read more
Not satisfied with splurging $475M USD on Bitcoin (which, by the way, is now worth north of USD$780M), Michael Saylor’s Microstrategy just announced that they plan to raise another $400M in convertible notes (essentially taking on debt), to buy more bitcoin! Wow. I can’t even… This man is beyond bull. He is becoming an irresponsibly … Read more
As I prepared for an interview for a marketing role with Enjin, I got thrown into this wonderful other world of Blockchain gaming. Enjin is a gaming platform on the Ethereum blockchain. They have their own currency, ENJ, used to purchase, mint and trade in-game NFTs. They currently have a list of games, but the … Read more
Another month, another record for Bitcoin. The second half of 2020 has just been a phenomenal time for bitcoin post halving. It seems like every month that passes, a new record is being set for the King of crypto. In October, after an impressive 27% run up from $10,795 to $13,788, clocking its 2nd highest … Read more
I’m currently watching Dan Tapiero with Pomp, discussing gold vs bitcoin on his podcast on YouTube. It’s a really interesting conversation, especially where things got a little heated up when it came to discussing about something Pomp put out recently, that Bitcoin will displace gold over time. Here’s the episode in full. Who is Dan … Read more
Recently, I’ve started to see myself less as a blogger, and more as a creator. As platforms get decentralised and we’re equipped with more and more resources, it is now super easy to become more than just a blogger. Content can be consumed in so many different ways and should be packaged differently, into soundbites, … Read more
Sometimes, you work your entire lifetime and hope you can save up enough to be a millionaire one day. Other times, a million bucks just happens to crash into your home through the roof. Yes, this happened to a very lucky man when a meteorite fragment that survived entry into our atmosphere crashed into his … Read more
This article below is contributed by Linda Richardson, providing some insights into side hustles you can try to earn from new income streams in 2021 and beyond. The Covid-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener for everyone. It has proved that a 9-5 job may not be enough to survive in this tough world. You need … Read more
It has been an interesting, if not utterly devastating year in which priorities were evaluated, people’s lives were decimated or otherwise flipped upside down, and everyone stayed rooted to the ground. There are some silver linings however. The tyrant in the White House has been ousted, and bitcoin seems ever more poised to begin its … Read more
This week, two Jacks, seemingly on a similar moon trajectory, suddenly saw one’s fortunes crash unexpectedly. Today’s article tells the tale of two Jacks. Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square, and Alibaba’s Jack Ma. Jack Dorsey Jack Dorsey is one of a few dual company CEOs. He looks after Twitter, as well as Square, of … Read more
Monthly charts are a good way to assess macro and longer term trends, and Bitcoin just printed its 2nd highest monthly close ever when it closed above $13,700 on 31 October 2020. Bitcoin only closed higher on the monthly in that crazy December 2017 bull run, when it wicked up to $19K, but then quickly … Read more
Over the last few months, there’s been a major shift in the narrative of bitcoin. Up until July, Bitcoin has always been seen as a speculative play. Outside of the previous narrative of bitcoin being used for nefarious purposes and scams, it was also something that only a few math nerds could appreciate. But, starting … Read more
October started just as September ended, with Bitcoin pacing around the USD$10,500 region. But what a crazy 3 weeks it has been, with Bitcoin moving up towards $11,000 a week later, and just yesterday, piercing through $12,000 and straight up to $13,237 on the back of the announcement from PayPal that it will soon allow … Read more
WordPress recently released a new feature with an integration with Twitter, allowing for entire blog posts to be simultaneously published on Twitter as a thread, or a tweetstorm. So naturally, this post will be both a tutorial on how to do it, as well as a test of it on my twitter account. Apparently, formatting, … Read more
The luxury retail segment is always on the lookout for the new wealthy. And the lux horology seems to have locked their sights on the crypto rich. Crypto has seen a multi-year bear market since its 2017 highs, but are now looking to ride a new bull wave in 2020. But, in the decade since … Read more
This is parts 4 and 5 of a 5 part series looking into the 5 pillars of a well-lived life. Time is money. Nowhere is this more stark and explicitly spelled out than in the personal finance and FIRE community. In fact, the entirety of FI/RE is aggressively using your younger time to save and invest … Read more
Yes, this post was literally 5 years in the making. In March of 2016, I came across IFTTT (If this, then that), and I thought it was pretty cool, and went about exploring how I could use it. One of the applets I used was saving each tweet I made onto a google sheet. I … Read more