A blog that looks at the recent cryptocurrency developments and trends and tries to put them in context.
24 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments crypto_mouse
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Brad Garlinghouse the CEO of Ripple announced that its IPO is happening sometime in 2020. Moreover, he believes that other cryptocurrencies will also follow Ripple and initiate IPOs to become publicly tr...
23 Jan 2020 3 minute read 4 comments crypto_mouse
Why do some altcoins have “staying power” while others appear, rise in to the top 10 by market capitalization - only to slowly fade away. If you look back at the roster of top 10 coins from the previous five years you will see a small list of “forg...
22 Jan 2020 2 minute read 1 comment crypto_mouse
Currently, there are approximately 2,368 cryptocurrencies. And each year there are a small number of new coins introduced. Of these projects it is interesting to ask how many cryptocurrencies have failed? It is easy to see the successes in cryptocur...
21 Jan 2020 1 minute read 1 comment crypto_mouse
The Chinese government has had a confusing stance on cryptocurrencies previously banning cryptocurrency exchanges, and cryptocurrency projects (initial coin offerings) while still allowing bitcoin mining. In early 2018, representatives from the Peopl...
21 Jan 2020 4 minute read 8 comments crypto_mouse
As a new asset class, you know you are doing something right when the taxman shows up and wants to collect their share of your hard-earned cryptocurrency profits. Prior to 2017 taxation and cryptocurrency capital gains (and losses) do not appear to...
20 Jan 2020 2 minute read 9 comments crypto_mouse
Craig Wright the finds himself embroiled in another drama regarding his claim that he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright asserts that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. In order to believe this claim many have asked for proof in th...
19 Jan 2020 5 minute read 13 comments crypto_mouse
Atomic swaps are a peer-to-peer, trustless method of exchanging coins on different blockchains, without going through a third party service like a crypto exchange. For example, if I want to exchange BTC for LTC, and you have LTC but want BTC then cur...
17 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments crypto_mouse
Phemex, a new crypto derivatives trading platform has put up a picture puzzle with a 2.1 bitcoin price for whoever can solve it. In a tweet (see: https://twitter.com/Phemex_official) published on Thursday, January 16 2020 Phemex wrote, “Crack this...
17 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments crypto_mouse
In 2018 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided that both Bitcoin and Ethereum were not securities. Bitcoin was determined to be a store of value or currency replacement, while Ethereum’s token, Ether, that is used by the platform...
14 Jan 2020 2 minute read 1 comment crypto_mouse
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has, so far, refused to approve any Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would allow cryptocurrency to be added as a basket of securities that trade on an exchange, just like a stock. However, bitcoin...
