Stagflation and Cryptocurrencies: Bad for the Economy, Good for Mass Adoption

    Over the past few years, up to and including 2021, the cryptocurrency market has mostly expanded thanks to massive infusions of fiat money resulting in speculative growth. But from this point forward, crypto is about to ride the wave of the latest economic crisis, the so-called “stagflation”, and show growth predicated on the mass adoption…

    Canada and Cryptocurrencies: Slow Burn

    The country of Canada is generally quite welcoming of new and unconventional enterprises, and the cryptocurrency business was no exception, enjoying significant freedoms in the Great White North. However, the “excessive financial freedom” it creates concerns the Canadian authorities no less than it does their American neighbors. You may have missed it, but Canada, over…

    Social network on the blockchain: the quintessence of Web 3.0

    Up until just now, every popular social network was centralized, with its own administration, central servers, etc. But as Web 3.0 emerges, so do decentralized blockchain-based social media. The founder of SpaceX, Tesla CEO, and Starlink creator, Elon Musk, was recently asked whether he would consider creating a new open-source social network that prioritized freedom…

    Europe Establishes Cryptocurrency Framework. Part 2: Great Britain

    We looked at two landmark documents pertaining to cryptocurrency legalization in Europe: the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA) and a similar paper from the central bank of Great Britain. These massive and extremely substantive pieces consist of hundreds of pages outlining the European vision of cryptocurrencies’ role and place in the modern world and…

    Europe Establishes Cryptocurrency Framework. Part 1: The European Union

    We looked at two landmark documents pertaining to cryptocurrency legalization in Europe: the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA) and a similar paper from the central bank of Great Britain. These massive and extremely substantive pieces consist of hundreds of pages outlining the European vision of cryptocurrencies’ role and place in the modern world and…

    Cryptocurrencies VS Economic Sanctions: Round One. Part 2

    Over the past few years, I have heard about various countries across the world planning to use cryptocurrencies to circumvent economic sanctions. In most cases, it remained just an idea or turned into a farce, like with Venezuela and its Petro token. However, now we are seeing an entire country trying to salvage its economy…