Bitcoin Transaction Fees Plunge While Institutions Add Crypto to their Portfolios June 16, 2020 This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved up to test the $10,000 mark before the market started once again dropping, entering a downward trend that saw the price drop below $9,000. At press time, BTC has climbed above the $9,000 mark once again to trade at $9,100. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market [...]
CryptoAM: Shines its spotlight on Cygnetise June 16, 2020 The release of a commercially live product in 2018 saw Cygnetise gain its first paying customers. Since then, the product and technology has continually improved, driven by market demand whilst over-zealous ambitions have been prudently reined in by modest levels of investment and resource. Unlike many, Cygnetise have chosen to focus their blockchain based business [...]
From Punk Rock to the Genesis Block June 16, 2020 Some of my earliest memories are of the social unrest of the 1970’s. Richard Nixon had cut the dollar’s final ties to gold a few months after I was born in 1971 and by the time I was toddling around in front of the TV screen, it was filled with pictures of angry young men [...]
Why Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is Revolutionary June 16, 2020 Decentralized finance (DeFi) is one of the areas in crypto that has received notable traction. At a high level, DeFi aims to re-create the financial system that we use today but in a way that removes the need for intermediaries like banks. Bitcoin, which most readers will probably be familiar with, laid the foundation for [...]
Crypto Seen From Space: Creating The Right Mindset For Growth June 11, 2020 The other night, while on my terrace, sheltered under a flimsy tarp, I had one of those ‘moments of insight’ (it seemed meaningful at the time). Rain poured from the sky in volumes exchanges can only dream of with the local weather observatory classifying the storm as ‘black rain’. Waiting it out, I stumbled upon [...]