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XRP’s back in the news, having just surpassed a $130 billion market cap. That's a lot of zeros. However, before we all go planning our yacht parties, let’s pump the brakes here for a moment. Are we witnessing the type of transformative, genuine and sustainable growth we’ve long hoped for,...

Imagine this: You're a small business owner, finally taking the leap into accepting crypto payments. Instead, you cruelly and callously scan and snag every last dime. And then, wham, an IRS audit notice appears in your mailbox. The culprit? A mistaken 1099-DA that’s automatically created by your cryptocurrency exchange. Now,...

While Bitcoin’s sustained bullishness over $90,000 is commendable, it’s a curious divergence that’s forming in the crypto landscape. Historically, the new digital asset has traded in relative comfort between $91,800-$94,304 over the course of its short lifespan. Nonetheless, the broader market euphoria, typically associated with “Greed” at these elevations, is...

Let’s get real, we know in many ways the crypto world seems like a scam artist’s paradise. Whales manipulate the market, sophisticated algorithms front-run your trades, and you're left holding the bag, wondering where you went wrong. It’s as if you’re just screaming into the void. What if I told...

The buzz around IOTA's Swirl is deafening. Liquid staking, making asset lock-in a thing of the past, integrating with DeFi – it all sounds incredible. Let’s pump the brakes for a second. Please note History is littered with crypto projects that claimed to provide the moon and ended up showing...

The crypto world dodged a bullet recently. This nasty little bug, in actuality a backdoor, made its way into the popular xrpl.js library. This utility is relied upon by developers around the world to programmatically manage operations with the XRP Ledger. Consider it a digital pickpocket, looking to steal your...

Now that the dollar has slumped to a three-year low, this shift is changing the way crypto investors are strategizing. Increased dollar weakness and continued domestic economic uncertainty are pushing investors to seek greater portfolio diversification. Trade policies and other international efforts to reduce the world’s reliance on the dollar...

The federal crypto regulatory world is more confusing than ever, with innovators and investors both searching for guidance. Additionally, under Gary Gensler’s leadership, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursued a “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy. This abrupt change angered many and hindered innovation within the crypto ecosystem. A new day...

Now the entire DeFi world is buzzing about Ethena’s USDe. Another stablecoin, you might yawn. But what makes it attractive is a delta-neutral strategy that shorts perpetual futures against staked ETH. This new way of doing business has amazed both DeFi dreamers and TradFi onlookers just the same. Guy Young,...

The recent news of Bybit getting whacked for $1.5 billion in Ethereum would seem like a surreal fiction headline. Despite its reputation as a crypto wild west, this scenario is somewhere between a stagecoach robbery in daylight and embarrassing highway robbery. While the internet remains a revolutionary, enormous, democratizing force—akin...