Neal's Corner

Neal's Corner

My corner of the interwebs for all things crypto and markets related that aren't splinterlands.


Why I Don't Care About the Price of $BTC

20 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

I was in a discord server yesterday and people were talking about this trading range that we have been in for BTC. I realized I'm a crypto OG because I just don't care at all. And like I said there, I just know fiat is going to break. By "break" I m...

Splinterlands Rental Prices - A few numbers

20 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

So I was just curious about how much it would cost to rent a max level almost-complete deck. So I went through peakmonsters.com's rental page and selected one of everything at max level. This is what I got: 74 Level 10 commons 214171 Level 8 rares 2...

The $DIDI Rugpull - Legacy Market Scams

6 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

In what is the most hilarious episode of legacy finance I've seen in a long time, the West Taiwan government has scammed US investors hard. In case you haven't been following the news, $DIDI is the West Taiwan version of Uber. In fact, they bought U...

My New LeoFinance Upvotes... Only Native Posts

1 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

Like a lot of other people, I was playing the curation game to the best of my ability on hive posts. For me, that basically just meant following Gerber's vote. But now, that is all a thing of the past since the latest hard fork has moved to sort-of f...

The Thing About Reverse Repos

23 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

You might have seen some headlines about the reverse repo market lately. It sounds like financial techno-babble, and it is, but it's kind of a big deal. The Fed makes swap arrangements with its member banks. Usually, these take the form of repurchase...

Splinterlands Airdrop Math - What's the Expected Value of Your Drop?

22 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

So there were some questions in the discord today when I dropped this: Airdrop sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjZn01cgr0ziLgEw2bjDtrGonVgpzHsTVNkXDWhpw_k/edit#gid=0 Web alternative by @tehox: https://splintercards.com/tool-sps-airdro...

Monster Maverick Show Replay - Episode 52 - 2021-06-15

21 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

    Well, that escalated quickly! UNTAMED packs are sold out. Lands are sold out. We talk about the state of the game post-sell-out and what that might mean for $DEC and $SPS. Transcripts and such coming soon.

The Problem with the CUB Kingdom

21 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment nealmcspadden

It's only been a day or two since the CUB Kingdom went live. I've migrated almost all my cubdefi assets into it. And I've already discovered the glaring problem with it! I don't have anything to do! No harvests, no clicky clicky, no staking. It's all...

Crypto Moons - A story in pictures

18 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/within-five-years-us-hedge-funds-expect-to-hold-10-6-of-assets-in-crypto Source: https://www.barclayhedge.com/solutions/assets-under-management/hedge-fund-assets-under-management/ Source: https://coinmarketca...

Just How Big a Deal is El Salvador Adopting Bitcoin?

17 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment nealmcspadden

A little while ago I tweeted this https://twitter.com/mistermac15/status/1402720514934779906 So I asked on the LeoFinance Discord channel and got an answer from @edicted. The numbers from this article are old, so production from S17+s will probabl...