Uncryptic Crypto

Uncryptic Crypto

Making crypto a bit clearer, one guide at a time.


Free SEO video course... featuring yours truly!

7 Oct 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Uncryptic

This is somewhat self-promotional, so give me a thumbs down if you like - but I'm sharing it in the hope it will be genuinely useful to any of my fellow P0xers who run a website. So bear with me... In my day job, when I'm not thinking about crypto, I...

Beware scam crypto articles on Medium

16 Apr 2024 1 minute read 7 comments Uncryptic

Beware a new wave of scam crypto articles being published on Medium! These articles are all focused on staking options for different coins and tokens -  here's a BTC one: No matter what the coin or token, they then link through to a fake DappRadar s...

PipeFlare/CMC Loot Box - worth it?

12 Apr 2024 1 minute read 4 comments Uncryptic

As a a PipeFlare and CoinMarketCap user, I'm pleased these two platforms have joined together in a "strategic partnership". The first tangible result of this is a mystery loot box that you can pick up on CoinMarketCap then open on PipeFlare: That's...

Baby Doge prize draw now open on CoinGecko

26 Mar 2024 1 minute read 5 comments Uncryptic

If you're like me, you've been collecting free 'Candies' on CoinGecko for ages without having anything to spend them on. Happily a couple of new rewards have appeared on CoinGecko recently, one of which is the "Baby Doge x CoinGecko March Madness Giv...

Brave Creators can now get tips on-chain

18 Mar 2024 1 minute read 8 comments Uncryptic

I have a soft spot for the browser Brave because it's what got me into crypto in the first place. I was working in publishing and heard about this new model where users could earn from advertisers and use it to reward publishers directly. I downloade...

The Storm is passing: my farewell to StormGain

11 Mar 2024 1 minute read 8 comments Uncryptic

I've had an email from crypto trading platform StormGain informing me that they are closing my account soon because I'm a UK resident: They are also urging me to "close any outstanding positions and withdraw your balance from your StormGain account"...

How badly I got burned by Celsius

6 Mar 2024 1 minute read 9 comments Uncryptic

With Celsius finally paying out to its creditors (including me), I thought I'd share how much I lost as a result of the platform going bankrupt. After all, other P0Xers such as BitcoinBaby and WinterYeti have been very open about their own losses. Ho...

Audio ads with COIN sound good to me

17 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Uncryptic

The COIN geomining app is one of my most reliable ways to earn crypto. Over the past few years I've earned 27,000 XYO - worth around $165 at current prices. OK, that's not going to change my life (yet) but it makes COIN a better option than any fauce...

Pelion Banano faucet: just a small slip-up?

21 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Uncryptic

I've been using the Pelion Banano faucet for nearly a year now to claim some free BAN. It's a daily claim, which is my favourite type of faucet, and you can redeem (that is, withdraw) your claimed crypto as soon as you've accumulated one Banano or mo...

How to access BetFury when 'you have been blocked'

6 Jan 2024 1 minute read 6 comments Uncryptic

This is an article to help anyone struggling to access the gaming and crypto website BetFury at the moment. Perhaps you're getting a 'Sorry, you have been blocked' warning when you try to access the domain betfury.io: Problems started just before Ch...