and of course crypto

and of course crypto

Just can’t help myself


Crypto Alchemy - turning that dust into gold

6 hours ago 4 minute read 0 comments LiaRio

Every one should have heard of Gavin Andresen’s bitcoin faucet (2010). When 5 bitcoin was still considered dust. Maybe not in the modern sense but dust all the same. That dust is now worth more than gold. Alchemy and the Philosophers Stone Medieval...

Test driving the Crypto Dust vacuum cleaners - WEEX vs LBank

31 Aug 2026 2 minute read 2 comments LiaRio

After MexC went all mandatory KYC, we lost the services of MexC’s Dust Convertor feature. The hunt was on to fill the void. As previously posted the candidates were narrowed down to WEEX and LBank. So far so good.  Note: one reader reported not being...

Base Protocol has no native token!!!

20 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments LiaRio

Coinbase developed Base Network as a L2 on the Ethereum network. It uses ETH to pay transaction fees instead of having it own native Base token. Note: Native tokens are normally used for transaction fees, network security (staking/mining), and govern...

Who reckons $1 million Bitcoin by 2030?

16 Aug 2026 4 minute read 17 comments LiaRio

There has been a long list of $1 million Bitcoin price predictions. It is great way to garner media attention for yourself or your organisation. Bitcoin Willy Wonka Stacey Herbert of the Max and Stacey Show fame, first mentioned Bitcoin in 2010 when...

Can COINON be withdrawn to self cutody?

5 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments LiaRio

COINON is the Ondo Finance tokenised Coinbase stock. In the previous post we were looking at the 3 ways of getting exposure to Coinbase. As Coinbase literally owns the AI Agent payment rails. The Crypto Bro owns the AI Agent payment rails The 3 ways...

The Crypto Bro owns the AI Agent payment rails

1 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments LiaRio

Not quite the Milk Road headline but it does allow a more interesting header image. It was the 3 metrics that were in the Q2 report, that got my attention and got me thinking about possibly getting some exposure. While not exactly hidden, more buried...

“Crypto’s next altseason may have fewer winners: Wintermute”

31 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments LiaRio

Who can resist a good click-bait? Not me!!! Found the contradictions irresistible. And WTF is Wintermute anyway? My Crypto News fix consists of Pb0x (of course) and a damn crypto faucet. You never know what gems you may find. Alas not today. Crypto’...

Buy High Sell Low

27 Jul 2026 2 minute read 8 comments LiaRio

CoinGecko randomly selects a Price Alerts from one of your portfolios. There are 3 Coingecko portfolios: Moonshots (9) Top 10 Altcoins (8) My Portfolio (27) Zephyr Protocol (ZEPH) is in the “My Portfolio”. ZEPH is the only token or coin we did not...

“Should I buy Ripple?” - the most asked question by no-coiners and newbies

25 Jul 2026 4 minute read 8 comments LiaRio

“Should I buy Ripple?” There was a short period where it was the only question I fielded from no-coiners and newbies.  Just the fact that they had to ask, told you that they were no-coiners wanting to hop the crypto hype train or newbies whose only r...

private emails - how to for dummies

23 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments LiaRio

Warning: This post is not intended for you if you are comfortable sharing all your info and data with Gmail and associates. If you are going to go to all the trouble of using a crypto platform where KYC is not mandatory, use self-custody, or just a p...