Bitcoin 2022 Showcases Growing Crypto/Blockchain Ecosystem
“Diversity” meant all the different “business models” that species had for making a living in nature, and “stability” meant very small fluctuations in population levels. What does this have to do with crypto? Actually, quite a lot. Crypto/Blockchain is an Ecosystem We can think of...
Peter Thiel Reveals His Enemies List And Declares War
It ended with an enemies list. It was a moment in history. Peter Thiel’s 20-minute keynote at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference (#bitcoin2022) gave the vast audience an uncompromising no-holds barred survey of the current monetary landscape, but it ended up sounding like a declaration of...
Blockchain Will Eat Traditional Real Estate
One side meeting at last week’s Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami was titled “How Blockchain Will Eat Traditional Real Estate 2.0.” Given the size of both the real estate market and the Blockchain ecosystem, the workshop sounded a little like one of those python-eats-alligator (or...
Real Estate Is Going On-Chain
What is the most precious commodity in the world? You can make a strong argument that it is trust, but what is the biggest purchase that people make in their lives? Generally speaking, it is buying a house. Quite naturally then, criminals will find ways...
A New World Monetary System With Crypto As A Winner – Seriously
Mr. Pozsar, originally from Hungary, was an advisor to the US Treasury for a number of years, then worked for the New York Federal Reserve Bank where he was deeply involved in the response to the mess known as “2008” or the “Global Financial Crisis.”...
Bitcoin Refugees And How Geopolitics Is Going To Test Crypto
Current world events are shaping up to test crypto in a big way. What happens next is going to affect the attitudes of people towards crypto in one way or another. Two of the big tests for crypto are the possible Russian invasion of Ukraine...
IMF Wants El Salvador To Drop Bitcoin As Legal Tender, But Likes Chivo Wallet
El Salvador adopted BTC as legal tender in September of 2021. A communique issued by the Executive Board of the IMF contained the suggestion. It follows an annual report on El Salvador prepared by an IMF team that visited the country to conduct bilateral talks...