The world is used to a centralized system that requires us to present identification cards in order to open bank accounts, get on planes or even stay at hotels. But now, we have Bitcoin, a completely decentralized online protocol that allows anyone, anywhere to send sound money around the world without needing permission from … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) is a tool for freedom and economic empowerment. For one young Zimbabwean, Ovidy, it turned his life around when he returned to his home country at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. An entrepreneur who first learned of Bitcoin while living in the United States, Ovidy has since built a business with … Read more
Part 4, Chapter 4 of the JBP series. The series continues. If you’ve not yet read chapters one through three, you can find them here, and of course make sure you’ve read Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this chapter. Quotes with no source underneath are attributed to Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. … Read more
Bitcoin bank Custodia is suing the Federal Reserve for delays in the approval process to acquire a “Master Account.” Having a master account allows the bank access to greater capacity for products and services while significantly reducing costs. The process has been delayed 19 months and the Federal Reserve states that applicants are typically … Read more
Crusoe, a bitcoin mining company, is deploying equipment in Muscat, Oman to capture flared gas. The Oman Investment Authority in the Middle East was part of an April funding round that saw Crusoe raise $350 million. The MENA region accounts for 38% of the world’s flared gasses. Crusoe Energy, a U.S. firm that specializes … Read more
One of the largest landowners in Texas has partnered with a digital infrastructure provider and bitcoin miner for a mining facility in West Texas. The mining venture will see up to 60 MW of bitcoin mining capacity. JAI Energy is the largest bitcoin mining farm in the state of Wyoming. Texas Pacific Land Corporation … Read more
News emerged overnight of the potential theft of more than US$326 million (A$457.7 million) of Ethereum tokens from a blockchain bridge (which connects two blockchains so cryptocurrency can be exchanged between them). It’s no surprise. Crypto crime has been on the rise – especially since the pandemic began. How are these crimes committed? And … Read more
Chapter 4 of the JBP series. Unless noted otherwise quotes are from Jordan B. Peterson. The series continues. If you’ve not yet read parts one through three, you can find them here. The fourth chapter of Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life” is titled, “Compare Yourself To Who You Were Yesterday, Not To Who … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) is facing calls for a significant price dip this week, and while some favor $30,000, there may be a safer bottom to long BTC. In a tweet on April 28, on-chain analysis platform Whalemap used whale support to determine where “many” investors should enter the market. Should hodlers hope for “max pain”? … Read more
This is an encouraging sign, the city of Fort Worth, Texas has launched a pilot bitcoin mining project in their local City Hall. The pilot project may be small, with only three S9s that collectively produce $3.39 worth of USD denominated profit per day — assuming a cost of electricity of $0.05 kWh and … Read more