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BTC set a new all-time high, but not in the way you think

30 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

The only all-time high that matters, let's face it, is the USD one. But the value of the world's most popular and best known cryptocurrency is also assessed in other currencies, and it occasionally sets new records in other currencies. Today, Bitco...

Crypto: What is Relend network?

29 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Relend Network was created because one of the things the crypto world doesn't have that the banking world does are fractional reserves. Banks use fractional reserves and relend money all the time, and Relend wants to do that in crypto. They've even...

Coinbase CEO says next SEC chair will have to apologise

29 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, said the next chair of the SEC will "owe Americans an apology" for the damage Gary Gensler's policies has done. Gensler has spent the last few years fighting crypto in every possible way it could. But to no avail....

The truth is, crypto is our way out of a building built by others

28 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

This metaphor, the one I used in the headline, sounds a bit silly. I recognize that. But I’ll stand by it. I’m in my mid 30s. My grandma had a home and three kids (she had her first, my aunt, at the age of 22) at my age. Then when my mom was my age,...

Sui's and Solana's strategy is paying off

26 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Back in April, I went to Sui Basecamp in Paris and it was a blast. I went to a few parties, and then the conference was great, too. At the conference, the Sui team teased an upcoming (it's out now) handheld gaming device. Then we've got Solana, wh...

Michael Saylor wants to be the new Satoshi Nakamoto

26 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, has famously been accumulating, both privately and with his company, for about years. However, it came to light that Michael Saylor apparently doesn't have kids to give his BTC to. "Just like Satoshi left a mil...

Crypto is unbannable, and it's untaxable

26 Oct 2024 1 minute read 6 comments LeftFooted

It all boils down to one question: can you shut down the internet for everyone, everywhere, indefinitely? If the answer's no, and it obviously is, then crypto is unbannable, and it's also untaxable. It's been all over news, with The Netherlands ask...

Leo Wallet is a mess

25 Oct 2024 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

My original headline would've been, 'Leo Wallet is a joke', but I felt it would've been too strong, and I feel it would've been insensitive, considering the reason I downloaded the wallet in the first place was to get some free monies from Coinbase....

15 years later, people in power still don't understand crypto

22 Oct 2024 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

Italy wants to raise capital gain tax on crypto from 26 percent to 42 percent. When I learnt about it, I rolled my eyes and moved on with my day. When people in Italy found out about it, they threw tantrums. I understand the tantrums, but it seems...

History was quietly made and we barely noticed

21 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

We barely noticed, but history was just made. Stripe, an Irish-American payment company, just acquired a crypto startup for $1.1 billion. The crypto startup in question is called 'Bridge' by the way, and it offers software to enable businesses to a...