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The Fog of War: Three Themes Crypto Investors Should Pay Attention To Now

“War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty” —Clausewitz The unspeakable violence and aggression that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine Read more…


$20,000 in 2020: Bitcoin’s Point of No Return

Three years ago (almost to the day), I wrote about Bitcoin reaching $10,000: Bitcoin is at $10K — and that’s just the beginning of how it will revolutionize money. We know how that story ended. CNBC put together a clip Read more…


Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

As investors try to navigate the COVID-19 world, they’re taking a hard look at their portfolios and solving for the new normal. In the midst of highly volatile traditional financial markets, savvy investors are searching for new avenues for not Read more…


India: A Historic Crypto Ruling

India’s Supreme Court today announced a historic ruling: they overturned The Reserve Bank of India’s 2018 circular that effectively banned cryptocurrency trading, making it illegal for crypto exchanges to link to bank accounts. The Court has now ruled that circular Read more…


Blockchain Week Bull Run

Unlike last year’s NYC Blockchain Week, which was more form over substance (anyone recall Lambos parked in front of the Hilton?), this year’s conferences focused on the progress that had been made over the past year and the future promise Read more…


FinCEN Weighs In

Greetings from the very beginning of NYC Blockchain Week. This is where it all started just two years ago, when ETH and BTC prices began their meteoric rise in 2017, soon to be followed by the ICO boom and bust. Read more…


Crypto-market Efficiencies?

Last week in NYC I shared a panel with Valerie Szczepanik, SEC’s “crypto czar”. We had a wide-ranging discussion on self-regulation, utility tokens, the SEC’s role in protecting investors, and accredited investor definitions. While the conversation was under Chatham House Rules Read more…


Lightning Strikes the Sector

I took a hiatus from the newsletter last week, while meeting with entrepreneurs and speaking at SXSW in Austin. Similar to what I saw (at the very different gathering) at Davos in January, much of the conference chatter revolved around Read more…


ICE Heats up the Sector

The big news this morning is that Intercontinental Exchange, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, announced the formation of a new company, Bakkt, a global platform to allow consumers and institutions to buy, hold and store digital assets. Its Read more…


Becoming Un-Tethered

I just wrapped up 2 days of speaking at MoneyConf in Dublin, an annual conference dedicated to all things fintech. In contrast to previous years, at least 50% of the programming involved blockchain technology. I shared the stage with two Read more…