Idle Musings
Idle Musings

Idle Musings

Shower thoughts about subjects both great and small! Crypto, Society, Governance... What does it mean for Ponies to have Cutie Marks?


My favourite (and less favourite) Crypto Exchanges That I Use (mostly!).

8 Nov 2021 13 minute read 2 comments bengy

    Unsplash   I have been meaning to write about the different exchanges that I currently use and my thoughts nad experiences with them. Of course, using an exchange is always going to be coloured by the "Not your keys..." mantra, these are goo...

PORTO Binance Launchpad (analysis and thoughts)

6 Nov 2021 5 minute read 2 comments bengy

  Another week, another good reason to hold at least some portion of BNB on the Binanceplatform. If course, I would much rather that the BNB sits staked in my own private (non custodial) wallet, but the 7 day unlock time means that it takes too long...

Immutable X (IMX) Claims are now open!

5 Nov 2021 3 minute read 6 comments bengy

  Well, the day is finally here! Immutable X is starting their distribution of their Layer-2 tokens, IMX. Now, Immutable is the company behind the Gods Unchained game which was a pretty big hit in the gaming community not so long ago as a blockchain...

Tricks for Surviving the few minutes of a CEX listing (DAR example)

4 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 comments bengy

  So, I've been through a number of Binance, Kucoin and CoinList IDOs and listing events over the past few years, and it can be a nice way to get a decent profit if you are prepared and willing to put aside about 15 minutes of your time at the listi...

Staying Disciplined in a Bull Market

3 Nov 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

    Unsplash   In a rampaging bull market, it can be quite difficult to stick to discipline and stick to your sale targets. The temptation is there, just hold on just a little bit longer... the price will always keep going up, and you can't lose...

The Poop-Spray Investment Strategy

30 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

    Unsplash   Over my time in crypto, I've found myself to be a much better long-term investor than a day trader or anything like that. Actually, there is a certain sense of peace from just planting a long term bet into a particular crypto proj...

Guild of Guardians (GOG): Coinlist Crowdsale

28 Oct 2021 7 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Not so long after the last gaming token CoinList crowdsale (Gods Unchained), we have another gaming token up for sale. Guild of Guardians is also built upon the Immutable X (IMX) Layer 2 for Ethereum. It appears that Immutable X is really gunning...

Taking a dip into Thor pools

25 Oct 2021 4 minute read 2 comments bengy

  I've been hearing quite a bit about the cross-chain DEX of Thorchain (RUNE) for a little bit now. Being the hesitant person that I am, I had held off on the idea of putting liquidity into the pools, but had purchased RUNE after reading and underst...

Why do people FOMO into crypto?

24 Oct 2021 4 minute read 8 comments bengy

    Unsplash   Well... I already know the answer to that! I'm guessing that in many ways, people want to jump into something, thinking that they have the advance lead or alpha on a project, not realising that the others are going to dump all ove...

Easy Money (Lazio Binance Launchpad)

21 Oct 2021 4 minute read 3 comments bengy

    Unsplasg   This morning (Western Europe) time, the Lazio (LAZIO) fan token subscription for Binance Launchpad went live after a week of snapshotting user balances of BNB holdings. As usual, the subscription stage was pretty smooth sailing......