Things of note and other interesting stuff

Things of note and other interesting stuff

Here I will post things I find interesting that may or may not have a connection between them. Well other then I find the topic interesting. =)


Is this, finally, the death of the catchphrase "Not Financial Advice"?

5 Nov 2022 2 minute read 11 comments Patch

According to Australian and US digital asset lawyers, simply saying "not financial advice" might not do anything for you. Well other than probably annoy your viewers. As I assume they like me instantly think, "if it is not advice, wtf are you going o...

GALA shoots them self in the foot, in order to prevent greater harm

5 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Patch

The $GALA token took a nose dive yesterday and dropped nearly 30%. This was after reports started to circulate of a hack or possibly a rug pull. But it appears all is well, maybe. What led up to the massive drop? There was concern being raised after...

A look at the global state of CBDCs

4 Nov 2022 4 minute read 4 comments Patch

As I recently found an excellent resource, The Atlantic Council’s Geoeconomic Centre, for looking at the global progress of CBDCs I thought it was time to take a more global look and see what the trends are. CBDC progress across the globe The data a...

Crypto is the way of the future, Democrats and Republicans can even agree on this

3 Nov 2022 1 minute read 2 comments Patch

According to a survey done in the US crypto is the way of the future. Who could have guessed, praise the lord all mighty RNGesus. Or whatever deity you praise. What does the survey say? A total of 2029 adults of voting age were asked several questio...

India is trying to cause a paradigm shift in crypto, it will most likely not be for the better

2 Nov 2022 3 minute read 4 comments Patch

There are several news items coming from India in recent days. This despite India still, in my opinion, should be considered a very crypto-hostile country. Just because their courts overturned the crypto ban earlier, does not mean the politicians hav...

PayPal and Western Union join VISA in filing crypto related trademarks

1 Nov 2022 1 minute read 11 comments Patch

As I predicted more companies are joining the conga line to the trademarks office. I am still surprised that Mastercard is staying quiet. But it might very well be they are just biding their time. PayPal filing for... PayPal has slowly been rolling...

Do "Run, Run" Kwon in more legal trouble

30 Oct 2022 1 minute read 12 comments Patch

Yet another lawsuit has been filed against our favorite fugitive, Do "Run, Run" Kwon. Let us see what it is about this time. The lawsuit The lawsuit is a 57 million-dollar lawsuit. It is targeting "Run, Run" but also the Luna Foundation Guard, LFG a...

VISA files several crypto and crypto related trademarks

30 Oct 2022 1 minute read 2 comments Patch

VISA is the latest of the ever-growing list of companies looking like they are finally taking notice of the crypto market. They have recently filed a couple of new trademarks relating to this. New trademarks for VISA VISA has filed two new trademark...

Chinas GDP might actually be 60% smaller then what they are reporting

29 Oct 2022 1 minute read 17 comments Patch

As this news is only crypto-adjacent, I still think it is very interesting and worth sharing. China along with other autocratic countries looks to be inflating their GDP numbers, for the normal reasons. The research In a recently published research...

Tired of Crypto Winter? Listen to an interview with an financial expert, get his take on when it will end

26 Oct 2022 1 minute read 4 comments Patch

Cointelegraph has done an interview with Mark Yusko. In it, they talk about a few different things but the main point I thought was most interesting was his take on Bitcoin and when he foresees the winter to end and summer to start. Who is Mark Yusk...