A foray into crypto, A technophobes journey

A foray into crypto, A technophobes journey

A personal blog about how we got into crypto and the rollercoaster ride it was.


AI is not just used for good.

25 Jan 2026 4 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom

  Good morning/evening   For years, crypto repeated the same mantra like a spell, not your keys, not your coins. It was simple self custody was sold as freedom. In reality, it became a high stakes puzzle where one typo, one blind signature, or one mo...

Bulgaria and the Euro

17 Jan 2026 4 minute read 15 comments crypto newbie mom

  Good morning/evening   Today I am writing about Bulgaria and its transition to the Euro Currency on January 1st, 2026. It may seem sudden, but it has been planned for a long time. There have been delays due to corruption among other things. Now don...

Doing nothing in Crypto feels wrong

5 Jan 2026 4 minute read 10 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   Crypto is strange for me at the moment, for the first time in over 5 years I am not waiting, not waiting for a bull run to take some profits, not waiting for the new narrative and not waiting for news on any of my DePin pro...

BItcoin and almost a year of the ETFs

29 Dec 2025 3 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   It has been almost a year now of Bitcoin having an ETF so it is time to reflect but I first want to say that I have often called the ETFs a double edged sword, yes they legitimized Bitcoin which in the eyes of TradFi turned...

Guess the Bitcoin price Christmas 2025

25 Dec 2025 2 minute read 2 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   Merry Christmas/ Happy holidays everyone.   Back in 2023 we started a new tradition in our house called guess the Bitcoin price on Christmas day, the winner would recieve $100 to buy the crypto of their choice. (I guess wit...

Metamask is it an upgrade or not

15 Dec 2025 5 minute read 9 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   Well I don't know about you but for me MetaMask was the first wallet that I had other than the Helium one from the days when they had their own blockchain. Admittedly now I do not use it much as most of my daily use is on S...

Regulations everywhere, not just crypto

8 Dec 2025 6 minute read 7 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   For those of you that don't know, I rent out the UK house, receive a regular income from this and have for years. At one point I was considering selling it so I could have a lump sum to invest in Bitcoin, amongst other thin...

Crypto, learning from my mistakes

1 Dec 2025 4 minute read 4 comments crypto newbie mom

  Good morning/evening       If you’ve been in crypto for more than five minutes, you’ve already been emotionally, financially, and spiritually rugged at least once. Congrats this makes you qualified to learn from the mistakes of the past… or at leas...

Taking profits is not bad

24 Nov 2025 4 minute read 11 comments crypto newbie mom

  Good morning/evening   So yes the price of Bitcoin has been below the psychological 100K for a while now and all you hear on X or even You Tube is lettuce hands, sellers are weak or sellers don't understand the fundamentals blah blah blah.  So let’...

Lets talk manipulation

18 Nov 2025 4 minute read 4 comments crypto newbie mom

  Good morning/evening   Ok, let's start with the fact that manipulation of markets has been around forever and always will be, but what sort of manipulation do we find in the crypto market?   Wash trading   Exchanges or bots trade with themselves ov...