CryptoSensei

CryptoSensei

chronicles of an English teacher


Are faucets a waste of time?

7 Oct 2022 2 minute read 5 comments cryotosensei

There was a time where a Bitcoin faucet gave away 5 Bitcoins for solving a captcha. Of course, such lucrative times are way behind us. Faucets seemed to have suffered a dip in their reputation since then. Most users denounce them, saying that it is a...

Moons Payout Report #6: Round 31

6 Oct 2022 2 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

For some inexplicable reason, I didn’t sleep well last night, so I wasn’t my usual energetic self today. But something happened that managed to perk me up. It was Moons Distribution Day on r/cryptocurrency. What are Moons, I hear you ask? Well, let m...

Is the grass greener on the other side? Comparing capital gains tax rates across countries

4 Oct 2022 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I know we are in the midst of a bear market and are accustomed to our glaringly red crypto portfolio mocking us. But seeing that inflation and energy prices are going up, some of us may have to make hard decisions because the country we live in just...

My Top 8 Grossing Articles in September

3 Oct 2022 4 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I wrote about my top 8 grossing articles in August and thought that I would make it a monthly routine. If I want to become the best writer, I have to be attuned into readers’ interests and find that sweet ground in which my writing passions converge...

How many mental buckets do you have?

28 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Just wondering…do you have different mental buckets for different cryptocurrencies? The first group may be the coins that you intend to invest for the long term, so you DCA in and DCA out regularly, even to the extent of eating ramen just so you can...

About Pipeflare

27 Sep 2022 1 minute read 6 comments cryotosensei

      I’m a masochist, so sometimes I check my crypto portfolio to check how much of a beating it has received. So you can imagine the endorphins that surged through my body when I saw my Zcash balance increase by over a dollar. Not enough to be cons...

A tribute to the fine people of Kraken Support

27 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

There are crypto exchanges and there is THE crypto exchange. In terms of customer service, Kraken beats the competition hands down as its personnel regularly answer the sub’s enquiries at lightning speed. The saying, “familiarity breeds contempt” doe...

Let’s Talk About Taxes

26 Sep 2022 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

Rising inflation. Energy crisis. Soaring electricity bills. Hapless governments who seem helpless to the world spiraling out of control. Times are getting tougher than ever before. That’s why we take our financial future into our own hands and invest...

What training wheels did you use when you started out with leverage?

25 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Don’t leverage until you absolutely know what you are doing. But the thing is, if we don’t take the first step, how are we supposed to grow as an investor? I don’t necessarily have to make ludicrous sums of money via trading, but it would still be ni...

What’s your deal-breaker for crypto?

24 Sep 2022 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

Crypto is like trying to soar to the moon but getting burnt by the Sun as a result. It promises thrills and spills, though it has thrown us more nasty surprises than delights this year. Blockchain blackouts, frozen assets, coins plummeting literally...