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Is 2021 the year of Crypto Consolidation?

6 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Is 2021 the year of Crypto Consolidation?   I offer you my over simplified take on how markets work.  As with any industry there are first to markets then those that tag along and steal market share.   As more and more competition pile into the marke...

Cybercriminals Targeting Crypto Users via new ElectroRAT malware!

6 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Cybercriminals Targeting Crypto Users via new ElectroRAT malware!   Although construed as common knowledge today... that with success comes unwanted fame and potentially attacks. Thus as Crypto's 2021 Bull run garners more attention from the media, t...

Gov of Ukraine Picks Stellar to Help Build National Digital Currency

4 Jan 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk

Gov of Ukraine Picks Stellar to Help Build National Digital Currency - CBDC   Well here we are 4th of January 2021 and the CBDC race is heating up!  Recall a CBDC is a Central bank digital currency What has been done thus far in regard to CBDC in Uk...

Is ISO 20022 a replacement for SWIFT?

4 Jan 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk

Is ISO 20022 a replacement for SWIFT?   What is ISO 20022?  Executive Summary: ISO 20022 is an emerging global and open standard for payments messaging. or according to Wikipedia "is an ISO standard for electronic data interchange between financial i...

Recall all the ICO hype?

3 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Recall all the ICO hype? Did you FOMO in?   The ICO craze peaked in 2017-2018 (concurrently with the Crypto Bull then crash timeframe), how much was raised? CoinDesk’s ICO tracker shows that 2017, January to early September saw more than $1.7 billio...

SEC obtains Emergency Asset Freeze against Virgil Capital LLC

28 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

SEC obtains Emergency Asset Freeze against Virgil Capital LLC The United States Security Exchange Commission (SEC) is on a tear the past week, this just in the SEC has obtained an Emergency Asset Freeze against Virgil Capital LLC.   What is the order...

GreenPro Capital Corp created a $100 Million Bitcoin Investment

28 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

GreenPro Capital Corp created a $100 Million Bitcoin Investment   Who is GreenPro Capital Corp? They are based in KUALA LUMPUR which is the capital city of Malaysia.  They are known in the industry as GRNQ from their NASDAQ listing back in '18. There...

A privacy Non-profit signaled concern about US Gov. new rules on hosted wallets - DEFI

24 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

A privacy Non-profit signaled concern about US Gov. new rules on hosted wallets - DEFI Electronic Frontier Foundation (AKA EFF) stated US Government Will Expand Financial Surveillance Through FinCEN's Proposed Crypto Wallet Rules. EFF also stated "Fi...

Crypto Snippets from Week of Dec 21 '20

22 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Crypto Snippets from Week of Dec 21 '20   Lots of little stories this week   Jeffereis LLC - Moving 5% from Gold allocation into BTC (another Financial behemoth) - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jefferies-wood-cuts-gold-exposure-140919878.html  Micro...

Puerto Rican digital bank has received permission To Be A Crypto Custodian

21 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Puerto Rican digital bank has received permission To Be A Crypto Custodian   The Puerto Rican digital bank FV received permission from the local regulator to provide Bitcoin and Ethereum custody to retail and institutional investors.   Puerto Rico is...