When I finished writing my book BLOCKCHAIN FOR EVERYONE last fall, I started a little experiment. The experiment was to see if the book would come true. In the book, I suggested that if everyday investors held a small percentage of bitcoin and altcoins in their portfolio (between 2 and […]
My uncle, now in his 80’s, has been a lifelong value investor. In the style of Warren Buffet (whom he greatly admires), he invests for the long term, in good-quality companies whose stock is trading at a fair price. Once we were talking about how to build personal wealth, and […]
“I bought some bitcoin, then I fell down the rabbit hole.” Has that been your experience too? In this article, you will learn how to navigate the bitcoin rabbit hole so that you can make sense of the opportunities that blockchain technology has to offer. Navigating the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole […]
One of the things that attracted me to the blockchain revolution was its principles. I’m writing this article so we don’t forget them. It’s important for us to return to these principles, because they represent independence. On January 3rd, 2009, Satoshi Nakomoto hardcoded this message into the Genesis Block of […]
A few months ago, we introduced our Blockchain Believers Portfolio, an easy-to-use investment strategy that combines the security of the stock market with the bullishness of blockchain. I’m happy to announce that in just eight months, our blockchain portfolio is outperforming the stock market. Big returns are easy if you […]
What are the human motivators to get companies to invest in blockchain? This question lies at the beating heart of blockchain. How do we get centralized institutions excited about a decentralized technology? In other words, why blockchain? There are five good reasons for your company to adopt blockchain technology (with […]
In my book BLOCKCHAIN FOR EVERYONE, I talk about an “aha moment” that came to me as I was listening to a lecture by Chris Burniske. If you don’t know that name, you will. Burniske is one of the leading thinkers in the field of “Crypto Asset Valuation,” which simply […]
Even in a blockchain bear market, you can make money. In the traditional economy, there are “recession-proof businesses” that still make money regardless of how the stock market is doing. Service businesses do well, as people still need accountants to do their taxes and barbers to cut their hair. The […]
The great irony of the blockchain space is that we’re the decentralized community, yet the industry has been paralyzed by a centralized authority. I’m talking, of course, about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which has been quiet on how it will regulate blockchain assets. This uncertainty has frozen innovation […]
A few months ago, the board members of the Boston Blockchain Association were talking about how to make blockchain more user-friendly. “What we need,” I said, “is a mascot!” As a joke, I ran up to the whiteboard and sketched out a block, with a chain for a tail. “We’ll […]
