• Opinion

    Teaching People About Crypto

    There needs to be an emphasis on the technology

    Helping others Investing in crypto really is like gambling. Crypto technology allows uncensored and fast payments to be sent across the world, something previously unheard of. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. Despite all the cool capabilities of this technology, people spend their time arguing like children on Twitter about why Bitcoin’s price changed three percent, or blindly following some influencer and trusting their life savings into whatever garbage project they promote. The best way to teach people about crypto is to make it fun, fast, and yet still informative. Coinbase does a great job of this. They have a series of videos you can watch on different tokens,…

  • Cryptocurrencies,  Ethereum,  Technology

    Is Solana The Ethereum Killer?

    A Comparison of Two Crucial Coins in The Crypto Market

    Next to only Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH) is the second most popular cryptocurrency in terms of market cap. It holds one of $470 billion, as of 10/27/2021, which is significantly larger than that of many Fortune 500 companies, including Netflix or Walt Disney Co. Vitalik Buterin created ETH in July of 2015, and since then the coin has seen significant growth, with an active community and team of developers who continue to find and fix problems within the ETH blockchain. Solana (SOL) is a coin that has gained massive traction in 2021, founded by  Anatoly Yakovenko in 2017, and many say that it will trump ETH in time because of how…

  • Bitcoin bull run fuels Chinese crypto
    Cryptocurrencies,  Technology

    Bitcoin bull run fuels crypto investments across China: Report

    China’s investors are so eager to pour capital into projects that a local VC investor said ‘every good-quality funding is oversubscribed within a week’

    Chinese cryptocurrency mining hardware producer Ebang conducted two fundraising rounds in February alone, raking in $170 million, even after a previous offering in November, which followed its Nasdaq listing in June. “Ebang’s growth story is very attractive to institutional investors,” said Guo Yi, COO of Univest Securities. "Fundraising by all industry players is getting busier thanks to the Bitcoin bull.”

  • Kraken $10 bilion coinbase S-1
    Cryptocurrencies,  People,  Regulation

    Kraken looks for $10B valuation as Coinbase prepares to go public

    The U.S. based exchange’s funding round set to value it at as much as $20 billion, while larger rival Coinbase’s S-1 filing could see it worth $100 billion

    Kraken is in talks with firms including Fidelity, Tribe Capital and General Atlantic to raise the funds. However, if demand is as high as some suspect it will be, Kraken’s value could exceed $20 billion. That follows yesterday’s news that its larger competitor, Coinbase, filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, confirming reports that it will go public with a direct stock listing, probably on Nasdaq.