financial security

I remember Sarah. Late 50s, recently widowed, and absolutely terrified. The pandemic had just reached the US, and the stock market was in freefall. She soon began to search in a panic for a more stable repository for her life savings. Her advisor, swept up in the hype, recommended Tether...

The air crackles. Not only in the Middle East, but in the financial markets. On the Israel-Iran front, tensions are ratcheting up and that familiar canary-in-the-coalmine indicator – fear – is seeping into investor sentiment. Headlines as we reported last week shout of economic calamity on the horizon, and the...

April 13th. Remember that date. That was the day the floor unexpectedly fell out from under Mantra (OM), a so-called layer-1 real-world asset blockchain. We’re speaking a $6 billion market cap disappearing into a pathetic $500 million within hours. Hours, people! Those aren’t just digits in a spreadsheet; those are...

Gold-backed cryptocurrencies have been all the rage, with the collective total market capitalization now above $2 billion. This milestone serves to underscore the increasing demand to harness the stability of gold while enjoying the benefits and efficiencies provided by blockchain technology. Gold prices have skyrocketed to all-time highs, driven by...