The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece this week that was huge. We’re about to make it yuge. Entitled We Sent a Man to the Moon. We Can Send the Dollar to Cyberspace, the piece was written by two leaders of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Christopher Giancarlo and […]
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Is Bitcoin a Safe Haven from the Coronavirus?
For the first time in a long time fear can be felt in the global markets. Over the weekend we’ve received some distressing news regarding the spread of the Coronavirus to more Western countries including Iran, Israel, and Italy. If traders aren’t fearful of pandemic an even bigger nightmare of […]
Digital Asset Markets Consolidate to Close Out the Week
Eating Each Other Never really got the chance to review the Democratic debates the other day. Probably for the best though. Watching these people ‘debate’ each other is kind of like watch a tank full of hungry cannibalistic sharks eating each other. Or like a Roman gladiator tournament. You get […]
Bitcoin Drops 6% After Binance Goes Down for “Unscheduled Maintainance”
Just when the markets started getting complacent about their recent gains the crypto market took a rather sudden and unexpected dive. We can’t say that this was necessarily unexpected by all though. Here’s an article that was written shortly before the plunge… Whenever a large platform goes down we have the potential […]
Digital Assets Continue to Rally, Bitcoin Back Above $10,000
If you’re reading this update, then you’re probably at least somewhat aware of how central banks have been manipulating financial markets since 2009. What you might not have known is that lately some well known and respected economists are making the case that their most recent actions have not been […]
Top Bitcoin and Crypto Meetups for Vancouver, Rated and Reviewed
The most complete list of every blockchain and cryptocurrency meetup in Vancouver, with ratings! Our custom Bitcoin Market Journal Score is calculated by the number of members, user rating, and activity level. Use it as a guide for which meetups to attend in 2020. If you’re looking for global events, […]
“Golden Cross” Formation Suggests Big Bitcoin Rally May Be Imminent
Fed Rebranding The big news for the markets came in last night that Coronavirus has taken their first known major corporate victim… Apple. It was all fun and games when Nintendo said there won’t be enough Switches to go around, but iPhones? That’s a bit closer to home for many […]
Threat of Crypto-Unfriendly Regulation Pushed Bitcoin Back Below $10,000
First off, I wanted to start out with our first ever BMJ retraction. On Friday we wrote about FC Barcelona’s new digital tokens. It seems the CEO of Chiliz, who is producing the tokens, is a reader of ours and we had a great chat over the weekend. Our mistake […]
Stablecoins: What They Are and Why They Are Inevitable
“PROCEED AS IF SUCCESS IS INEVITABLE.” This quote is attributed to Anonymous, who penned a great many famous sayings. That dude was a genius. I often use this quote when talking about blockchain industry. “Inevitable” is one of my favorite words, because it really does seem to me that in […]
Top Bitcoin and Crypto Meetups for Seoul, Rated and Reviewed
The most complete list of every blockchain and cryptocurrency meetup in Seoul, with ratings! Our custom Bitcoin Market Journal Score is calculated by the number of members, user rating, and activity level. Use it as a guide for which meetups to attend in 2020. If you’re looking for global events, […]