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Everything about Personal Finance, Investing, Wealth Building, and, ultimately, Financial Freedom


Understanding Bitcoin | The future of Money, Banking and Finance?

7 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments BudgetHolics

Here are my thoughts on Bitcoin, a short explanation of why it works and how it could be useful in the future. BTC and cryptocurrency is a form of digital money invented recently, available through the internet. In many countries, people have limite...

5 Huge Mistakes Investors Make

24 Dec 2020 3 minute read 2 comments BudgetHolics

Welcome to BudgetHolics! Here are the 5 most common mistakes Beginner Investors make. Cockyness The first huge mistake investors make, especially beginners, is that they are too cocky when they start investing. They put a lot of research into their...

BTC-Backed Loans | Is Bitcoin becoming Mainstream? Is Ray Dalio the newest Bitcoin Bull?

23 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments BudgetHolics

Welcome to Budgetholics! In today’s video we’re gonna talk about BlockFi and Fidelity working together to provide BTC-backed loans, and an apparent change in Ray Dalio’s attitude towards BTC. Fidelity has approved Bitcoin as Collateral when borrowin...

Encryption in the United States | The battle between Apple Inc. and the Federal Bureau of Investigations

22 Dec 2020 23 minute read 0 comments BudgetHolics

DISCLOSURE: This is a paper I wrote back in 2016. It looks at the Privacy vs. National Security Debate through a Human Geography Lense, hence the Harvard-style References  Introduction The history of the United States (US) has been traditionally...

Coinbase IPO | Is it the Best Growth Stock of 2021?

22 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments BudgetHolics

Last Thursday Coinbase announced that it’s going public. If you’re unfamiliar with Coinbase, along with Kraken and Binance, it’s one of the largest crypto exchanges! Many people speculate that it’s going to be the largest IPO of 2021. After Fidelity...