Tag: gen z

Crypto Shakeout: How Gen Z Can Build a Fairer Future

Crypto Shakeout: How Gen Z Can Build a Fairer Future

$2.18 billion vanished into thin air. This crypto crash has occurred at a tremendous human cost. It’s everyday investors who are paying the price, many of whom were lured in by the hope of getting rich quick. It’s easy to get lost in the glitz, the blinding dreams of a...

5 Reasons Why Crypto's Q3 Rebound is a Gen Z Game Changer

5 Reasons Why Crypto's Q3 Rebound is a Gen Z Game Changer

Just last week I talked with Maya, a smart 23-year-old that is suffocating under student loan debt as she works a dead-end job. She was pissed that she was stuck, that the larger traditional financial world felt like it was stacked up against her generation. Maya's story isn't unique. That’s...

Trump's Crypto Promises Broken? Gen Z Fears a New Crypto Winter

Trump's Crypto Promises Broken? Gen Z Fears a New Crypto Winter

I think back to Sarah, the wide-eyed 23-year-old I met one afternoon at a coffee shop downtown. A new graduate weighed down by student loan debt, she viewed crypto as her path to financial independence. Having basked in the glory of the pro-crypto optimism that surrounded Trump’s inauguration with plans...

XRP's $45 Dream: Gen Z Says It's More Than Just Hype

XRP's $45 Dream: Gen Z Says It's More Than Just Hype

Forget the Lambos. Engaging with XRP Analysts Gen Z recognizes the true potential of XRP. That’s seen as more than one analyst’s laughable $45 prediction. We, like you, believe in its real-world applications and possibilities. Thinking about them in terms of profits is missing the point. We're thinking bigger –...

NFTs' Fall: Proof the Free Market Fails Gen Z & Artists

NFTs' Fall: Proof the Free Market Fails Gen Z & Artists

I think of Sarah, a promising young filmmaker I had found at the local coffee shop. She envisioned a future where she would sell her digital creations as NFTs and finally break free from her dead-end retail job. She poured her heart and soul, as well as her meager savings,...

Is Bitcoin's 'Safe Haven' Status a Lie? Gen Z Demands Answers

Is Bitcoin's 'Safe Haven' Status a Lie? Gen Z Demands Answers

Is Bitcoin really a safe haven? Or is it simply a new playground for the wealthy, cloaked in decentralization and empowerment rhetoric? During my six years at DOT.FINANCE I’ve seen a crypto landscape once confined to a fringe-technical experiment, blossom into a global-encompassing mania. I’m starting to think that Gen...

Trump's Crypto Game Aims to Hook Gen Z? Here's Why It Won't Work

Trump's Crypto Game Aims to Hook Gen Z? Here's Why It Won't Work

So, Trump's getting into crypto gaming now? Really? It’s a little like watching your grandpa attempt to rap – you respect the effort, but the execution? Let’s put it this way, the plan sure isn’t perfect. This new business is run by the same team that produced his successful NFT...

Trump's Crypto Move: 5 Ways It Hurts Gen Z's Financial Future

Trump's Crypto Move: 5 Ways It Hurts Gen Z's Financial Future

Trump's recent executive order dismantling the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) might sound like a win for crypto freedom, but let's be real: it's a gut punch to Gen Z's financial future. It feels a bit like throwing a generation already getting eaten by the wolves of student debt and...

Trump & Bukele's Bitcoin Embrace: Gen Z's Economic Revolution?

Trump & Bukele's Bitcoin Embrace: Gen Z's Economic Revolution?

Never in your wildest dreams would you have guessed that a former reality TV star and a millennial president would be trading niceties over Bitcoin. It may sound like the premise of a dystopian dark comedy, but welcome to the world we actually live in. Trump and Bukele, two anti-establishment,...

Alabama's Blockchain Bills: A Gen Z Call for Responsible Innovation

Alabama's Blockchain Bills: A Gen Z Call for Responsible Innovation

Let's be real. As a Gen Z’er, I’m tired of the next big thing that’s going to save the world. …speaking of revolutionary tech, I’m always watching that space! Crypto and blockchain? They're definitely up there. But as with most crazes, though the hype may be loud, a good measure...