A pattern first discovered by a twelfth-century Italian mathematician may help predict the future of Bitcoin (or at least its price). Read More
Tag: Fintech
‘Crypto kryptonite’: A digital euro would be dual threat to banks and fintechs, a critical new report warns
The European Central Bank could decide as early as April whether to push ahead with its planning for a digital euro, a move closely watched by the banking and tech sectors. Read More
Are your NFTs on the wrong blockchain?
Buying digital art on the wrong blockchain could leave you with a worthless collectible. Read More
The work of art in the age of blockchain reproduction
Digital artworks backed by so-called NFTs are selling for millions, even though you can copy them for free. Why? Read More
Here comes the GameStop rally, round 2
The rise of the retail investor blasts apart conventional wisdom when it comes to stock market valuation, as Tesla, GameStop, and other meme-friendlies show. Read More
This isn’t the $50,000 Bitcoin we predicted
The crucial price threshold is the fulfillment of many bullish projections. But were we right for the wrong reasons? Read More
One day we’ll all yawn about blockchain
In all the excitement of the latest cryptocurrency bull run—Tesla buying Bitcoin, Ethereum hitting all-time highs, Snoop Doge—it’s easy to overlook what makes the technology underpinning all this newfound loot so exciting. Mostly people just want to talk about the big price movements. And space shuttle cartoons. (Not that I’m against price talk.Wheee!) But real […]
Why the GameStop YOLO trade has me bullish
For all the angst and bickering brought about by the market moves of the past week—longs vs. shorts! hedge funds vs. retail investors! Robinhood vs….Congress!?—I am left with one overwhelming feeling: bullish. After all, consider what made the GameStop short squeeze possible in the first place. Namely, so many individuals had so much money in […]
Tesla, GameStop, and the power of ‘meme stocks’
“Who controls the memes, controls the Universe” — Elon Musk (June 26, 2020) Eons ago, when I was interviewing for a job at another financial publication, I could tell the precise moment everything went off the rails. All was going well—until my last interview when a wizened editor showed up and asked me a question […]
Tech and crypto funder Andreessen Horowitz wants to replace the media. That might be bad news for investors.
If you have even a passing familiarity with Silicon Valley or cryptocurrency, you’ve likely heard of Andreessen Horowitz, one of tech’s highest-profile venture capital firms. The firm, which tech insiders call a16z, is famous in part because of its investments—Facebook, Coinbase and other familiar names—but also because of its mastery at charming (and manipulating) the […]