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Is crypto a wise investment compared to FIAT?

11 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Bala

Recently when I was talking to someone, we discussed building our corpus fund. My friend mentioned that he wanted to have a huge amount of money as a corpus or retirement fund and retire early. The discussion went in the direction where we both share...

Bitcoin redefined possession

29 Nov 2023 5 minute read 3 comments Kovichni

I just read this back to check for spelling/grammar and honestly it sounds a bit like ranting about nothing, but still worth a publish IMO because if only one person learned something then it was not for nothing. So on that note: Childhood-me often d...

Can Cryptocurrencies Provide Absolute Freedom?

18 Nov 2023 2 minute read 6 comments Debesh Choudhury

Cryptocurrencies appear as fintech tools for financial freedom. The appearance of Bitcoin in the real world made a noticeable impact in the financial domain. The monopoly of banks and fiat currencies faces some challenges. Cryptocurrencies are bl...

Italians should do it better

7 Nov 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Cryptodd

As a famous singer stated in 80’s, “Italians do it better”. We are worldwide known as the country of many things. Our politician, instead, are known for their lack of “Crypto Awareness”. Just take a look worldwide. Central African Republic and El Sal...

Fiat Money and Taxes

28 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments OfTheFreeMarket

“The power to tax involves the power to destroy . . . “ -Former Chief Justice John Marshall, in McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 4 Wheat. 316 316 (1819)  “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, . . . “ -Oliver Wendell Holmes, former Justice of th...

Fiat Money (2)

17 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments OfTheFreeMarket

This post is a follow up to my first article posted on this blog, “Fiat Money.” That post was a discussion of the fact that American currency is “fiat money,” that is to say, nothing backs up the paper bills or coinage of US Government—unless you con...

The Sustainability of Money Transfers: Pt. 1: Fiat.

16 Oct 2023 4 minute read 0 comments OfTheFreeMarket

“Sustainability makes good business sense, and we’re all on the same team at the end of the day. That’s the truth about the human condition.”-Paul Polman Recently in the news, and especially amongst the social buzz of the crypto craze, we’ve heard so...

There is a lot to be done in cryptocurrencies

14 Oct 2023 2 minute read 4 comments Debesh Choudhury

Cryptocurrency is a real-world use case of Blockchain technology. The mining of the first block, the so-called Genesis Block, Block 0 or Block 1, of Bitcoin in 2009 is a landmark in the domain of cryptocurrencies. The inventor of Bitcoin pseudonymize...

Fiat Money

13 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments OfTheFreeMarket

The US began debasing its coinage in 1965 via something called the Coinage Act of 1965. By 1970 dimes, quarters and half-dollars had exactly no silver left in them. This was hardly a new ploy; the Roman megalomaniac and emperor Nero started debasing...

Inflation VS Crypto

11 Oct 2023 2 minute read 1 comment OfTheFreeMarket

“Cryptocurrency is absolutely here to stay. If you can’t see that at this point, it’s time to learn more about it.” -Joel McLeod In years past, in any effort to go against the draining economic power of inflation, your normal investor would have p...