The entire crypto market has just gone through a huge bull-run, marked by Bitcoin crossing the $103,000 mark. That increase is powered by three main factors. Expectations of rate cuts, smart money widely predicting $30 billion in inflows to Bitcoin ETFs, and swelling institutional interest in digital assets largely driving...
The global crypto landscape is shifting. We see it in the headlines: more mergers, more acquisitions, more big players gobbling up smaller ones. This M&A frenzy, fueled by everything from venture capital to debt financing, is tracked on dashboards, analyzed by experts, and debated in boardrooms. What does it truly...
We’re all in crypto for different reasons. Some seek short-term gains, and others fall in love with the underlying technology. I, like so many others, still believe in the original promise of decentralization— a new financial system under the control of no single entity. What do we do when that...
The first quarter of 2025 proved to be a dynamic period for the cryptocurrency market, marked by significant global economic shifts that presented both opportunities and challenges. One of the most powerful influences in this period was the return of Donald Trump to the presidency. This is all to say...
Our entire crypto market really, really crashed and burned. I agree that bitcoin’s dominance spike was massive, but I’m not sure it was a true flight to safety. In truth, I believe it’s a deeply misleading and rather dangerous oversimplification to draw it like that. The CoinGecko report highlights Bitcoin's...
The numbers don't lie. CoinGecko's Q1 2025 report paints a stark picture: an 18.6% drop in total crypto market cap, Ethereum getting hammered, and NFTs looking like yesterday's news. These figures just jump off the page at me. When I think about Africa’s rapidly expanding crypto ecosystem, I’m just optimistic!...
Perhaps nothing is more defining of the crypto market than its volatility, Q2 2025 is proving to be an exceptionally exciting time. Three main factors are coming together at this moment in time. These are possible, including recent changes in interest rates, the implementation of the EU’s new Markets in...
The first three months of 2025 have certainly been a blur for the fledgling cryptocurrency industry. Though investors have experienced the heights of this new extreme volatility, with Bitcoin achieving multiple new all-time highs only to succumb to a harsh retracement. Ethereum, the second largest by market capitalization, wiped out...
When we fast-forward to the first quarter of 2025, the entire crypto market suffered a violent crash. Its value plummeted 18.6% in a single weekend, going from a year-to-date record high of $3.8 trillion to only $2.8 trillion. Their plunge included some of the largest ever in well-established cryptocurrencies such...
In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, two asset classes have dominated the spotlight in 2024 and the early months of 2025: meme coins and AI tokens. Collectively they have all captured the imagination of a certain subset of investors, but they are fundamentally different approaches to value and utility. This...