In this blog I cover major public blockchain developments, cryptocurrency shifting from speculation to utility, and personal opinions as to how the space will develop going forward.
18 Jun 2020 1 minute read 1 comment CPix
While Dave Portnoy is day trading BORING stocks, DeFi users are leveraging blockchain protocols to lend, borrow, collateralize, farm yield, arbitrage, stake, stream, and vote using programmable assets. Value/money is meant to be programmable, not kep...
16 Jun 2020 5 minute read 0 comments CPix
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) received a lot of attention last week as total value locked in DeFi smart contracts hit $1 billion for the second time in history. Coinbase played their part adding support for MakerDAO’s ERC-20 governance token (MKR). Fo...
8 Jun 2020 4 minute read 3 comments CPix
The most recent version of the US Dollar is a 50 year old experiment, few understand this. There is no guarantee our current fiat currency will survive another 50 years. The US Dollar, from one form to another, has more than 240 years of history sinc...
31 May 2020 2 minute read 2 comments CPix
Last week Goldman Sachs hosted an investor call with a focus on the US Economic Outlook including opinions on inflation, Bitcoin, and gold. According to Goldman, Bitcoin is not scarce (Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV), used in money laundering (1MDB scan...
28 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CPix
Hey All! Recently I created a substack with a goal to help more people learn about what is going on in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space and more specifically within DeFi. I release a report every Monday and encourage anyone interested in crypto or...
25 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CPix
Transaction Fees Over the past few weeks transaction/gas fees on both Bitcoin and Ethereum have been a lot higher than average. A transaction/gas fee is an added payment to the miner/validator of a given network to compliment the block reward subsidy...
20 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments CPix
Jerome Powell interview on 60 Minutes, “There’s really no limit to what we can do with these lending programs we have.” With most of The Fed’s focus on medical data to give way for economic data to follow suit, it seems imperative better testing and...
12 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments CPix
1.) Bitcoin is (digitally) scarce 2.) Ether has (digital) utility Bitcoin is digitally scarce. In a time when it’s tough to come across factual information, it is reassuring to be able to reference the Bitcoin block explorer for truth. How many other...
4 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments CPix
Market Update The Bitcoin Halving is about a week away, set for May 12, 2020 at block height 630,000. This will cut the mining reward for solving the next block in half, paid in Bitcoin every ~10 minutes, from 12.5 to 6.25 Bitcoin. Gold recently made...
26 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments CPix
Market Update Oil futures expired last week triggering a huge selloff for all who didn’t have the capability to take delivery. The price action was historic, traders were actually paying people to take the contract instead of selling it. Equities hav...
