This blog chronicles my experiences trying to make money on line with different websites, products and methods. Eventually some off topic musings may find their way to this blog but I promise to keep that to a minimum.
7 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
The price of Binance Coin (BNB) just shot up to an all-time high of over USD 1 300. But what is behind this move? Can it be sustained? At the time of this writing the coin had given back some of that gain and is trading at USD 1 285, according to Coi...
6 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
In my previous article I looked into the advantages and disadvantages of providing liquidity to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms. You may say that article was written after the fact, as I have been a Liquidity Provider in various platforms in t...
4 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
The greatest promise of the cryptocurrency revolution is probably the concept of personal independence from financial institutions; “be your own bank”. That has proven to be a great draw for people living in countries with underdeveloped banking syst...
12 Feb 2025 1 minute read 2 comments ManuelAR
Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States on January 20, 2025. Since his inauguration, the price of Bitcoin has seen some significant movements. Initially, there was a surge in Bitcoin's price, reaching an all...
11 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
The last couple of months gas fees on the Ethereum network went sky-high. This motivated many people to explore other blockchain options. Even though gas fees have subsided lately, considerable growth has been observed in alternative chains. The Bina...
5 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
The last few weeks gas fees on the Ethereum network sky-high. This has motivated many people to explore other blockchain options. And even though gas fees have subsided lately, considerable growth has been observed in alternative chains. The Binance...
28 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment ManuelAR
Gas fees on the Ethereum network have continued to rise. Even though Ethereum’s Beacon Chain is increasingly attracting support, the fact remains that Eth2.0 is still too far into the future to be a solution to today’s problem. This has led Defi deve...
14 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment ManuelAR
In previous posts we had become quite used to seeing Uniswap reigning supreme as the top DEX project in the Defi sphere as per DefiPulse. Even after “vampire” attacks Uniswap always seemed to manage to get back to the top spot in terms of Total Value...
10 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
It has become something of a cliché to say that Defi, the hottest new sector in finance runs on Ethereum. Nevertheless it is true, as most of the top DApps in the sectors are based on the Ethereum Network. As we have seen on previous articles the add...
4 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ManuelAR
In one of my previous articles I looked into Nexo, a platform that serves as an online bank. You can earn interest on different crypto currencies, stablecoins, even fiat that you deposit into the platform. You can also borrow against the collateral y...
