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3 Reasons Crypto Will Fail the Unbanked by 2025

3 Reasons Crypto Will Fail the Unbanked by 2025

For years I’ve read the headlines, the promises, the fervent predictions. Crypto will democratize finance, and uplift the unbanked. We want the infrastructure bill to bring about a new age of innovation and prosperity, especially in emerging markets with tremendous potential.I’ve been around the block as they say, and so...

Atkins' SEC: Will Crypto Finally Get the Adult Supervision It Needs?

Atkins' SEC: Will Crypto Finally Get the Adult Supervision It Needs?

For years, the crypto industry has felt like a teenager left home alone – experimenting with risky ventures, making questionable decisions, and frankly, begging for someone to set some ground rules. Under Gary Gensler’s direction, the SEC took a hard line. It sure felt like that one scary parent who...

Gensler's Gone: 5 Reasons Why Atkins' SEC is a Win for Free Markets

Gensler's Gone: 5 Reasons Why Atkins' SEC is a Win for Free Markets

At last, the tyrannical fist of Gary Gensler is removed from the throat of innovation. Good riddance. Unfortunately, for too long his SEC weaponized regulation, stifling the very innovative industries his SEC should have been nurturing. Under Paul Atkins’ leadership, there’s still time to restore a regulatory environment that leads,...

Bitcoin's Rise: Is Powell's Fed Handing Crypto the Future?

Bitcoin's Rise: Is Powell's Fed Handing Crypto the Future?

Let’s just be real — did you expect to see Bitcoin breaking out? While financial talking heads are scratching their heads trying to find conventional reasons, I see something far more fundamental at play: a crisis of faith in the dollar, fueled by the very people entrusted with protecting it....

Trump vs Powell: Is This the End of Dollar Dominance?

Trump vs Powell: Is This the End of Dollar Dominance?

The dollar’s been number one for a long time. Kings can fall. The continuing melodrama of Trump vs Powell isn’t aiding its domination either. Are we seeing the start of their demise? That’s a question every investor – and frankly, every American – should be asking.Political Pressure Undermining Fed Independence?It...

Rexas Finance RXS Giveaway A Million Reasons to Bet on XRP?

Rexas Finance RXS Giveaway A Million Reasons to Bet on XRP?

Rexas Finance is providing the one million dollar money truck. Let that sink in. Twenty individuals who are one round away from receiving a life-changing $50,000 each. Is this just a marketing stunt? Maybe. But it’s a pretty damn effective one, and it points to something much larger going on...

XRP to $20? Why Institutional Adoption is the Only Way

XRP to $20? Why Institutional Adoption is the Only Way

Okay, let's address the elephant in the room: XRP at $20. A 9.4x increase? Sounds fantastic, doesn't it? Let's pump the brakes. We've seen this movie before in crypto. Hype trains always derail, and retail investors are usually the ones left holding the bag. While the thought of such a...

ECB's Crypto Fears: A Power Grab or Genuine Economic Threat?

ECB's Crypto Fears: A Power Grab or Genuine Economic Threat?

The European Central Bank (ECB)’s current panic about crypto, particularly stablecoins, has me feeling reflective. Are these knee-jerk pleas for increased regulation really just an effort to protect our wallets? Or is this merely a mighty government institution attempting to crush competition?Stifling Innovation Or Prudent Protection?MiCA, the EU’s new Markets...

Trump's Crypto Push: Is the ECB Overreacting or Sounding the Alarm?

Trump's Crypto Push: Is the ECB Overreacting or Sounding the Alarm?

The gloves are off in Europe. Asking to completely overhaul MiCA so suddenly, less than four months after entering into force, by the ECB honestly seems a little… theatrical. Is it a real fire alarm, or merely political smoke? A Trump-fueled crypto boom in the U.S. While that is certainly...

5 Reasons Crypto Hubs Threaten The Financial Order

5 Reasons Crypto Hubs Threaten The Financial Order

The creation of new crypto hubs – Dubai, Singapore, Zug, even Lagos – that’s like a cyberpunk dream come true, ain’t it? Innovation! Decentralization! Democratization! Yet beneath the gilded surface of these virtual El Dorados, a perfect storm is brewing. It does present an actual threat to the global financial...