Opinion Elon-gated FOMO Tesla owns $1.5 billion bitcoin. Let the corporate FOMO begin Look, I don’t need to tell you what happened: it was covered in pretty much every single news
Opinion DeFi Revisited It was a brutal spring for crypto’s darling, but now it looks like DeFi might be ready for primetime.When I wrote about the DeFi phenomenon last August, it
New to CoinJar? Here’s how to get trading ASAP. The bull market is heating up. If you’re new to CoinJar, here are 7 ways to ensure you can start trading ASAP. Ain’t nothing more exciting than a
Opinion The Trillion Dollar Club Did you see that coming? Because I did not see that coming.Last time we talked I was in absolute disbelief that bitcoin had smashed through its 2017 all-time high,
Opinion We Be Moonin’ Bitcoin blasted through US$20k like it was tissue paper. When moon? Now. Now moon. So, where were you on the night of December 17, 2020? Were you out celebrating
Opinion Making the Trade Crypto has brought trading to the masses. But is that actually a good thing?The language of trading has become so commonplace in the cryptosphere that it’s easy to
Opinion Can We Get Much Higher? Bitcoin’s market cap is at an all-time high. Think the ride is over? Nah, we’re just getting started.I mean, what is there to even say at this
Opinion The Second Coming Ethereum 2.0 is launching in December. Is bitcoin’s little sibling about to take charge?One of the things that first attracted me to Ethereum – back in the almost
Opinion Bitcoin Dominant PayPal has announced that it’s going to start selling crypto. Let’s not mince words here: this is freaking huge.Over the nine years that I’ve been watching,
Opinion On the Margins The founders of BitMEX have been charged with money laundering. Here’s what that says about the state of the crypto market.If crypto during the 2017 bull run was
Opinion Buying the Bitcoin Bubble We’ve always been told to stay away from bubbles. But in crypto a good bubble is just part of the process.When I first got into crypto, the one
Opinion All Bundled Up Variety is the spice of life. In crypto, it’s also a handy way of ensuring that you don’t get rekt.As a field, crypto can be remarkably tribal.
Opinion Beyond DeFi The DeFi frenzy shows no sign of slowing. But when the hype finally dies down, what will take its place?I last wrote about the DeFi supernova a month ago,
Opinion Bull in a Crypto Shop Markets are soaring, coins are putting in 50% days and the Lambo memes are back. Is this 2017 all over again?I don’t normally do this, but let’s
Opinion Into the Ether The crypto markets are soaring – but this time it’s Ethereum driving the market. What’s behind the new ascendancy of crypto’s second-in-command?Last week the crypto community got
Opinion DeFi-ing Gravity It’s the summer of DeFi! (AKA decentralised finance). But is something revolutionary happening or is it just another crypto bubble?People have been proclaiming alt season from the rooftops
Opinion Taxing Times The ATO are sending out letters to 350,000 people demanding they pay their crypto taxes. Here’s how to keep on the straight and narrow.Take a look at
Opinion It’s… Stock Season? Penny stocks going 5x, bankrupt companies pumping 700% – why is the share market acting like crypto in 2017?For the better part of two months now, bitcoin has been stalled.
Bitcoin for the People Remember when your friends used to ask you about bitcoin? Those days might be back sooner than you think.If you were around during the 2017 crypto bubble, you probably
Opinion Ready for Adoption One of the world’s leading investors just went long on bitcoin. The drumbeat of adoption keeps getting louder. Unless you’re deep in the investment banking scene, it’s
Opinion The Sacrificial Half The bitcoin halvening is HERE. We take you through the ins and outs of bitcoin’s biggest event.At 5.23 am (AEST) this morning a seismic shift occurred: the
Opinion Oils Ain’t Oils Oil prices are literally through the floor and it’s making crypto look like an oasis of stability.On April 20 you could, for a brief moment, get paid US$
Opinion May the Half Be With You On May 12 the bitcoin mining reward rate will halve. The only guarantee is that turbulence is on its way.In the crypto universe, no event comes saddled with more
Opinion The Decoupling The coronavirus is pushing the global financial system to the absolute brink. Will this be Bitcoin’s moment?I think it’s fair to say that we’ll always remember
Opinion Coronal Mass Ejection In the space of 24 shocking hours, bitcoin’s price plunged by 50% – and then rebounded by 50%. The black swan has well and truly arrived.When I finished the