Crypto Contributors

The Basics of Cryptocurrency and How to Leave it in Your Will the Right Way Author: Patrick Hicks, Head of Legal with Trust & Will Cryptocurrency is a relatively new phenomenon and as such, leaving cryptocurrency in a will is somewhat uncharted territory. If you’re one of many who...

After the r/SatoshiStreetBets and Elon Musk Tweet-fuelled rise of Dogecoin in early 2021, many online cryptocurrency communities began hungrily pushing their own tokens. From ‘groundbreaking tokenomics’ to charity coins, every MemeCoin imaginable began capturing fledgling investors with...

Introduction Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is the largest cryptocurrency in the world being valued at around $32,000 with a market capitalization of roughly 621 Billion Dollars. It was founded back in 2009 and is the first cryptocurrency to have ever utilized blockchain technology. Fast forward four years...

Jack Dorsey's Square scores with Bitcoin trading revenue, but its latest acquisition profits from the poor.  Silicon Valley Monetizes Precarity  Eight years ago, journalist Steve Sailer made an astute observation about Silicon Valley, that the "sharing" economy...

Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, an increasing probability and rate of natural disaster, and the pervasive feeling of doom; sometimes the concept of climate change can feel too large and overwhelming to even begin to think of possible solutions. This overwhelm makes sense too, considering the...

If you pay attention to cryptocurrency markets, you'll notice that prices have gone up—way up. Since 2009, the value of Bitcoin has gone from fewer than ten cents to over $56,000 (as of this writing). The value quadrupled in 2020 and surged more than 63 percent in 2021.  Though...

By Charles Silver, CEO of Permission.io  If browsing the internet doesn’t seem as fun as it did in the past, that’s because it isn’t. It’s work.  In our data-based economy, interacting on social networks, filling out surveys, reading news stories online and...

Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”) platforms have greatly grown in popularity in 2020 and 2021 year to date, having a significant impact on the financial technology sector. These platforms were created by combining blockchain technology with financial technology, providing financial...

Stonetoss's classic comic on Bitcoin volatility. Bitcoin Attempts Another Breakout As I type this early Saturday, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) looks like it's attempting to break out of the range it has been stuck in since mid-May.  Chart via Coin Market Cap.  Here I'll...

By Nikolay Bocharov, Head of Anti-Fraud Department at the global payment network Mercuryo All participants of the crypto-powered payment industry have their roles. Based on these roles, they establish specific relationships among each other and with regulators, including Card Schemes and...

Iconic Italian football club, AS Roma just struck a $42 million product partnership deal with support from the DigitalBits Foundation. In an excitingly new development in the world of sports, AS Roma (ASR) has reportedly become the world’s first major professional football organization to...

Pseudonymous cartoonist "Stonetoss" on Bitcoin volatility. More Sunday-Monday Excitement For Bitcoin Haven't we been here before? Bitcoin rallies on a Sunday after some rumor about wider adoption or some other catalyst, and then bounces off the top of its range on Monday. This time,...

By Anastasia Semianova Ask any team behind a successful business if marketing is an important part of its development, and the answer will undoubtedly be a Yes. At the same time, when we think of a blockchain and crypto industry, where developments happen at the speed of light, the standard...

By Rebecca Barnatt-Smith A recent survey conducted by Intertrust has indicated that hedge funds will increase their cryptocurrency holding to 7% in the next five years. Moreover, by 2026, hedge funds plan to increase their crypto exposure significantly, producing new digital assets and...

Given the average age of crypto investors is under 30, the majority of the crypto community will have heard of MySpace and AOL but I bet a fair few have no idea what Netscape or Alta Vista were. Two of the biggest players in the early days of cyberspace have been all but removed from the living...