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Institutional Investor Fidelity stated investors should consider 5% allocation

13 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Institutional Investor Fidelity stated investors should consider 5% allocation for their overall portfolio.   As you know Fidelity started into Crypto's this year.  If you don't know Fidelity Digital Assets (FDAS) is part of Fidelity Investments, one...

Central Bank Digital Currency which Western Nation will lead?

11 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Central Bank Digital Currency which Western Nation will lead?   This was a busy week for the USA and the Western Economies in the realm of Central Bank for Digital Currency (AKA CBDC.)  The Department of Justice (AKA DOJ) released the Crypto enforcem...

Bank of Thailand & IBM issued first Gov. Savings Bond

5 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

Bank of Thailand & IBM issued first Gov. Savings Bond The central bank of Thailand issued $1.6B of Government Savings Bonds on the IBM Blockchain starting two weeks ago. Besides being the Worlds First DLT based it has already proven to reduce time to...

Goal Setting for Success

30 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Goal Setting for Success   So you want to improve, do so by setting and following goals. Simple rules to aid in your success! 1) Set a goal to stretch you out of your comfort zone. Take responsibility and stop making excuses and get down to it! 1a) B...

Crypto IRA? Yes there is such a tool

29 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Crypto IRA? Yes, there is such a tool to help US investors shield their Crypto hauls from the US Tax code.  Neither the Traditional IRA nor the Roth allow for Crypto to be part of your retirement portfolio.   Enter in yet another Tool in the retirem...

IRS gets serious about Crypto's on Tax Forms

28 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

IRS gets serious about Crypto's on Tax Forms   I recommend if you don't like in the USA that you skip this read as it addresses US Tax code and filing status. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is actually part of the US Treasury system. The tax code...

USAA Bank integrates with Coinbase

25 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk

USAA Bank integrates with Coinbase   Not familiar with USAA it was created for USA service members. Now just about anyone can get an account.  USAA has always been very customer service oriented. Just learned that USAA has integrated w/ Coinbase. You...

Yubikey for Crypto Exchange Security

24 Sep 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Keith Thuerk

Yubikey for Crypto Exchange Security Ever have doubts or concerns that your transactions on the Crypto exchanges are safe? I know I have, I stumbled across this offering last night and thought it best to share out to the community.   Yubikey has a wa...

Mile Markers on the Crypto Adoption Journey

15 Sep 2020 4 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

Mile Markers on the Crypto Adoption Journey and some corresponding economic conditions from that era too.   Year Zer0x  It is common knowledge that Satoshi Nakamoto developed Bitcoin (BTC) in '08 and that BTC started trading in January of '09.  Econo...

Crypto Forks (Forking) - What is this all about?

12 Sep 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

Crypto Forks (Forking) - What is this all about? Forking is known as a split in the blockchain, more specifically changes in the underlying software design, which may impact the fundamental protocol and design constructs that have been in place since...