Did You Miss The Boat?
"I missed the rally, what should I do?" We're seeing this question a lot over the past week. I don’t recall the source of this statement, but it's so true: “There is more pain felt by an investor sitting on the sideline, watching a rally go by without...
The Important Link Between Stablecoins & Security Tokens For The Future Of Finance
We all have a good laugh at the hypocrisy on display as JP Morgan Chase announced their stablecoin, JPM Coin. While there are many aspects of JPM that make it hot garbage in the eyes of the crypto community, we cannot deny it is an extremely powerful...
What Are Smart Contracts? What Exciting Possibilities Do They Enable?
In 2017, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, declared Bitcoin a “fraud” and said that any employee caught trading it would be fired for being “stupid.” Of course, the big news today is that JPMorgan became the first major United States bank to...
Why You Need To Know About Crypto-Collateralized Loans
As I’ve covered recently, cryptocurrency collateralized debt (crypto-backed loans) have some serious disruption potential and should help fuel some movement as they find a larger audience. But let’s go a little deeper. Genesis Capital recently reported...
STOs Vs. Utility Tokens: Room For Both?
So, one thing I’ve been talking a lot about lately is STOs, or Security Token Offerings. I think there’s a lot of promise, but I want to ask another question today: Is there a place for utility tokens in an STO world? Will they survive? So, for those...
Crypto Backed Loans & Collateralizing Your Crypto
One of the primary issues of the 2018 bear market for crypto investors is the dichotomy of, “I need some liquid capital, but no way do I want to touch my crypto”. So, thankfully, the financial engineering of the crypto industry can help with...
Coin Spotlight: Shrimpy Index Funds
It seems we’ll never have stop talking about ETFs. Being physically backed is the claim to fame for the VanEck / SolidX Bitcoin ETF, so it will be interesting to see how different this ETF application is and if it stands any chance of being...
Coin Spotlight: Veil Prediction Markets
So, yesterday I covered the decentralized gambling platform, Augur, and how it could be an interesting place to earn some extra coin if you’re inclined. The decentralized nature means that anything is a subject for gambling. Today I want to discuss Veil,...
One Of The Biggest Roadblocks For Tokenization & STOs — Hummingbot Coin Spotlight
As it should be pretty clear, I’m a big fan of tokenization. Tokenization not only brings the promise of increased efficiency in the conveyance of currently tradable assets, it also has the potential to unlock liquidity for previously non-tradable...
How Are You Preparing For The Decentralized Future?
Doc and I were having a pretty interesting conversation earlier. It stemmed around one central issue that often goes unaddressed in our society: Things change. More specifically, let’s look at the things that are seen as static or finite: retirement and...