Exciting updates from the blockchain ecosystem.
3 Aug 2020 2 minute read 14 comments CryptoWordsmith
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. — Benjamin Franklin, 1789 There is no shortage of how much time many people spend...
24 Jun 2020 1 minute read 2 comments CryptoWordsmith
Much of Fundstrat's services have been offered exclusively to banks and to hedge funds since the company was founded in 2014. So it was a pleasant surprise that Tom Lee announced on June 22 that this research, through FS Insight, will now available t...
2 Jun 2020 6 minute read 5 comments CryptoWordsmith
Goldman Sachs made a lot of unintended negative headlines in the cryptocurrency community when it delivered a presentation to some of its clients on May 27. It included five reasons why cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are not an asset class. In...
23 Jan 2020 1 minute read 13 comments CryptoWordsmith
BlockFi have announced another change in their interest tier rates for BIA accounts, despite updating them not even two months ago. This will mark the fourth change since last October. I have summarized three of the tier changes in the tables below....
11 Dec 2019 1 minute read 2 comments CryptoWordsmith
I found a message from BlockFi in my Inbox, announcing that they have been approved for a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in Washington State. That's interesting I thought...but what is a money transmitter? From my research, I learned that money tran...
29 Nov 2019 1 minute read 8 comments CryptoWordsmith
Monero (XMR) is one of the first cryptocurrencies that fell in love with. Its privacy-centric solutions lend to better use cases than many other coins on the market. As with almost every other coin that can be mined, ASICs started to enter the Mone...
28 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoWordsmith
I wrote previously about my experience with BlockFi, and have successfully received compound interest on the Bitcoin that I deposited. The BTC that I received from their earlier promotion was also a nice bonus! To show the crypto community they are...
3 Oct 2019 2 minute read 1 comment CryptoWordsmith
BlockFi is crypto lending start-up that offers compound interest on Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar (GUSD) deposits. To be honest, I had some doubts about the whether BlockFi is a legitimate business, but I decided to take the plunge, and make a d...
21 May 2019 2 minute read 0 comments CryptoWordsmith
A study that was published in the Annals of Operations Research looked at whether Bitcoin prices can be linked to economic fundamentals. A few crypto reporting websites have written about this study, and are echoing its findings that Bitcoin pricing...
9 May 2019 2 minute read 1 comment CryptoWordsmith
I previously posted that John McAfee has launched an app, John McAfee's Bitcoin Play, from which you can earn Bitcoin. It is styled as a trivia game, similar to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", with four multiple choice answers to select from. I ha...
