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Fifteen years ago, crypto wasn’t on the mainstream media’s radar; but today, it frequently captures the spotlight on drive-time, lunch-time and evening news channels, drawing both seasoned investors a...
The transaction that first gave Bitcoin any sort of monetary value happened in October 2009 when a Finnish computer science student Martti Malmi (‘Sirius’) sold 5,050 coins for $5.02, meaning each Bit...
As we head towards mid April, the investment world is abuzz with speculation and hype around the upcoming ‘Bitcoin halving’. But what is a Bitcoin halving, and why is it so significant in terms of pri...
Crypto has become the darling of alternative investments, captivating the financial world with heart-stopping falls (hello 2021 and 2022) and meteoric rises (hello 2024 and the potential effects of ha...
As the very first crypto, Bitcoin was designed to encourage financial equality - it was a way to make online payments from one party to another without needing a ‘third party’; and it gave anyone with...
Finance has come a long way from the days when people joked about hiding money under their mattresses or in their couch cushions. The crypto industry is responsible for a large portion of this innovat...
In 2023, global crypto ownership rose by 34% to 580 million, widely believed to have been driven by the expected approval of a Bitcoin spot exchange traded fund (ETF). Fast forward to day one of tradi...
Listening to the news, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s approval of a Bitcoin spot exchange traded fund (ETF) has widely been lauded as ‘the legitimisation’ of Bitcoin and other cry...
As the holiday season approaches, so do the inevitable gatherings around the Christmas table to enjoy festive feasts and family discussion. For crypto enthusiasts, these gatherings can sometimes feel ...
The crypto industry loves to ‘point the finger’ at banks with a laundry list of challenges digital currency fixes, including high transaction fees, centralised control, slow cross-border transfers and...
In March 2021, crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi made headlines globally when he spent $2.9m on a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first tweet from the former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey. Fast forward to 20...
The catch cry of innovation is: rise when the market falls. Smart crypto companies are using what some have called Bitcoin’s “longest bear market” in history to implement a two-speed approach to produ...