The pipes of global finance are 50 years old. SWIFT was revolutionary in 1973 — but 5-day transfers belong to another era. Stablecoin payments are rewriting the rules, and Circle’s USDC is leading the charge in a market that has exploded from $28 billion to $300 billion and could hit $1.9 trillion by 2030.
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Piracy has taken on a new form in the 21st century. Instead of ships raiding trade routes, crypto piracy is gaining popularity, i.e., seizing digital wealth through covert operations on the blockchain. Some of these crypto pirates are individuals or small groups, while others are “state-sponsored”.
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At one time, a negative “power factor” was causing grid problems, then it shifted to a positive “power factor” problem, and now the problem is millisecond AI glitches and surplus power. And Crypto is providing an unusual solution.Â
Overcoming Power Grid Demand Problems- Then and Now Read More »
The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)Â has issued a directive that could make home financing easier. Fannie?Mae and Freddie?Mac are being asked to integrate cryptocurrency holdings into mortgage qualification metrics.
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The big news on the Crypto front is Ethereum’s “Pectra” upgrade, which was activated on May 7, 2025. The upgrade bundles eleven Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), making it the most feature?packed release since the “Dencun” fork in March 2024. But it appears that the “Pectra” upgrade is having the opposite effect on the ETH price vs “Dencun”.Â
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Unusual things move the market. Lately, FED announcements have been responsible for moving the market, but at its January 28-29 meeting, the FED didn’t have much to say, i.e., they kept rates steady, so the market was relatively stable. The one telling comment from FED Chairman Jerome Powell at this meeting was his shift in how he spoke about Crypto. He seemed to be opening the door for banks to custody Bitcoin.
February Market Update- NYSE, NASDAQ and Crypto Read More »
The ETH Roc generated a buy signal in mid-December 2024.
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Our Bitcoin ROC has generated a “BUY Signal” in early November. BTC has since rocketed to the psychological resistance level of $100,000 where it is consolidating in preparation for another leg up.
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Everyone knows that the Crypto market is volatile. And we got another dose of that on the 4th of July. But rather than fireworks, Crypto markets crashed. The year 2024, started out very bullish for Crypto, with Bitcoin (BTC) up sharply… partly due to BTC getting approval for ETFs and partly due to the expected halving which would cut supply. But so far this year, the truism “Buy the rumor, Sell the news” has held for the Bitcoin halving.
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This past week a few slightly “under-the-radar” events caused a major shift in the crypto arena that most people are totally unaware of. Just a couple of weeks ago, Joe Biden was threatening to Veto pro-Crypto legislation, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was railing about the evils of crypto and how it is only good for hiding assets and mafia transactions. And the Democrat-controlled Security Exchange Commission (SEC) is actively targeting several major crypto sponsors despite having approved Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in January.
Then along comes Trump, who holds a Crypto “Love Fest” at Mar-a-Lago, which catapults crypto into the political spectrum… Ethereum ETFs are approved… the House approves the FIT21 Act, and the tide against Crypto has turned.
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