Paul Atkins is at the nervous helm of the SEC, and the crypto world is going wild. Bitcoin’s bouncing, Ethereum’s ecstatic, and Coinbase is… well, cashing in. The promise? An absolute bonfire of regulations, the move from enforcement-first to innovation-first. And yet as Wall Street celebrates, shouldn’t we be more...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Bitcoin going to $200,000… “That’s not unreasonable.” Okay, maybe he's right. Institutional interest is certainly on the rise, and even the US appears to be starting to warm to crypto. But hold your horses on popping the champagne. While the crypto elite might be popping...
Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, salaried trillions set Bitcoin gold price at $200,000 “Not unreasonable” He attributes it all to institutional interest and far friendlier regulations. Is it cause for a celebration, or should we be preparing for the worst? I’m leaning towards the latter. Think of it like...
Waylon Wilcox, a 45-year-old from Pennsylvania, recently pled guilty to not reporting $13 million of NFT earnings on his tax returns. Okay, tax evasion is wrong. Before you grab your pitchforks, consider this: is the IRS's heavy-handed approach to crypto taxes actually killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?Let’s...
BexBack is dangling 100x leverage in front of crypto traders, and the question screams to be asked: is this the sound of financial freedom ringing, or the siren song of a shipwreck? As a libertarian, I’m a sucker for any proposal that holds the promise of freeing people from the...
Okay, let's be real. Fartcoin. Just the mention of the name is guaranteed to get you laughing, snickering and/or vomiting at the idea. The reality that anyone is even discussing it reaching $2, or a billion-dollar market cap, is quite honestly ridiculous. It's meme-coin mania gone wild. You would be...
The promise of cryptocurrency has always been tantalizing: a decentralized, democratized financial system accessible to all. Again and again, we see Token Generation Events (TGEs) that benefit insiders to an extreme degree. Venture capitalists appear to come out even further ahead than the typical American in these cases. Initia is...
OK, let’s address the elephant—or, um, fart—in the room. Fartcoin. Yes, you read that right. FARTCOIN. But it’s up, it’s volatile, and it’s got people wondering, “Is this what the future looks like? Or maybe, "Is this madness?" The answer, as always, is… it's complicated.Sentiment Analysis Through Meme CoinsNow, look,...
Crypto bros sold us the dream of an in-home ATM machine to launder cash. Liberty from the big banks, opportunity for early retirement, ability to tell the man to take a hike. And for many young people — particularly Gen Z and Millennials — that promise was tangible. Student debt...
The crypto market doesn’t care about your feelings. I know, it’s not what anyone wants to hear—it’s a hard truth that all investors, including those gambling with altcoins like XRP, need to hear. Too often, I hear the speculative retail investor blaming market manipulation, “whales,” or even Ripple itself when...