Category: Finance

  • Why Bitcoin is Important

    Why Bitcoin is Important

    Bitcoin is still the best cryptocurrency. Let’s look at what makes Bitcoin different. This is written in simple language so that anyone can read, understand, and explain it to their friends. Let’s dive in! Bitcoin as Sound Money Regular money, like dollars or euros, can lose value over time due to something called inflation. Inflation…

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  • Crypto 2025 Predictions

    Crypto 2025 Predictions

    Cryptocurrencies are ending the year 2024 on a very high note. Here are my top 2025 predictions for adoption, institutions and technology

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  • Are NFTs securities?

    Are NFTs securities?

    New perspective that I haven’t heard before, better explains why quite a few respectable people argue that (many) NFTs are securities. Great newsletter as usual by Matt Levine. I like to explain crypto initial coin offerings by saying that “they’re like if the Wright Brothers sold air miles to finance inventing the airplane,” so here’s…

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  • Custody & Post-Trade-Infrastructure

    Custody & Post-Trade-Infrastructure

    Die HSLU bietet ab Oktober 2023 mit dem CAS Crypto Finance & Cryptocurrencies wieder die Gelegenheit, sich in diesem wichtigen Bereich mit Expertenwissen weiterzubilden. Ich werde das Themen Custody und Post-Trade-Infraktruktur vertiefen, und freue mich jetzt schon wieder auf die anregenden Diskussionen, wenn wir ausgehend von der SWIFT-Architektur herführen, wie das heute und morgen auf…

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  • Doxx through Bankruptcy

    Doxx through Bankruptcy

    This is bad! They worked out more than 15,000 personal crypto wallets from last year’s Celsius filing — all tied to real names.Celsius filing revealed 15,000 personal crypto wallets holding $3 billion at their peak

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  • Untitled post 5697

    Multichain Bridges Experience Unannounced Outflows of Over $130M in Crypto, looks to be hacked again. There is just not a lot of safe and secure infrastructure in crypto yet, be mindful out there!

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  • Local Control

    Local Control

    The SEC is done playing:– all US assets must be managed in the US– new wallets that only Binance US employees have access to– US customers can still withdraw funds This is similar to what FINMA would require from Swiss Banks. Except control would not have to be exclusively in Switzerland, under normal circumstances. Binance,…

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  • BlackRock Bitcoin ETF

    BlackRock Bitcoin ETF

    Sounds fantastic. In the middle of the SEC lawsuit, that’s either very strong by BlackRock – or an oversight by their middle management 🤷 BlackRock Filed Bitcoin ETF Application, Leveraging Coinbase Custody

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  • Limits of DeFi

    Limits of DeFi

    Fully automated DeFi is fine as long as it’s within defined boundary conditions. Outside those, you rely on manual interventions – same as in TradFi. Good for these folks to have a DAO process that enables this, even though it’s crude and likely wasn’t intended for this use case 🤷 BNB Chain team prepares to…

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  • Bitcoin Insurance

    Bitcoin Insurance

    Sounds great at first sight, but then I wonder: what’s different in this setting from any other cold storage provider? And what do they need the funding for? Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

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