Is Binance Guilty of Fraud?
Then it became clear that crypto heroes like Bankman-Fried were committing fraud as they played fast and loose with customer assets. Now we see that Binance is in trouble with the SEC. Is Binance guilty of fraud too?
Why Is the Stablecoin Market Shrinking?
Why is the stablecoin market shrinking? What does this mean for the universe of crypto? A recent report by JPMorgan notes the important role that stablecoins play in crypto. They indicate that crypto itself has just begun to recover from crypto winter and that that recovery will not be complete until the total market cap of all stablecoins reverses course and corrects to its prior value or goes higher.
Effects of AI on NFTs
There can be several effects of AI on NFTs. AI may make some NFTs more useful, attractive, or more valuable. There may end up being virtually infinite variations within the NFT world due to the ability of AI mass produce while also creating variety. On the other hand, AI may simply end up clogging up the NFT marketplace with millions of variations on any given NFT theme and crowding out any individual creativity.
Best AI Investments
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm and gotten investors looking for the best AI investments. While OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, is a private company, Microsoft is its largest investor and will profit from OpenAI success going forward. Meanwhile, Nvidia stock has soared
Reducing Crypto Trading Counterparty Risk
Binance is looking into letting clients keep at least part of their margin account (trading collateral) in a bank instead of with Binance. In this case, the move toward moving customer assets to banks has to do with reducing crypto trading counterparty risk.
Why Bitcoin Uses So Much Energy
One of the complaints about Bitcoin is that it sucks up so much energy from the electric grid. A recent estimate of how much electricity it takes for mining one Bitcoin is 1,449 kWh (kilowatt hours). This is the average electricity consumption for an American household for fifty days. Here is why Bitcoin uses so much energy.
Are Bitcoin Chart Patterns Accurate?
Are Bitcoin chart patterns accurate or does the issue of Bitcoin wash trading totally gum up the predictive value of technical indicators for trading Bitcoin?
Memecoin Risks for Bitcoin
One unique use of the Ethereum blockchain that has recently crept into the Bitcoin world is a Memecoin named Pepe. Beside being a popular little guy, Pepe poses some Memecoin risks for Bitcoin.
Australian Mining Stocks as Long Term Investments
Successful long term investors look beyond current market fluctuations. They invest in stocks that have long term intrinsic value based on strong fundamentals. In this regard, we are looking at Australian mining stocks as long term investments.
Volatility as a Crypto Investment Guide
Implied volatility of Bitcoin and Ether are measured by the BitVol and EthVol indexes respectively. Both of these measures of implied volatility work in a fashion similar to the VIX, which provides the same information in the stock market. What does this have to do with volatility as a crypto investment guide?