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Crypto Monitor: A Victory for Crypto in China and Hong Kong
By Early Investing on June 2, 2023
China has a complicated relationship with crypto. The Chinese government continues to promote the use and development of blockchain, but crypto trading is still banned in mainland China. Recently, the crypto community had some hope that China may change its tune on crypto. The Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission published a 100-plus-page paper last week about the next generation of the internet — Beijing internet 3.0, or Web3. The paper covers everything from blockchain to…
Why CBDCs Aren’t a Threat to Crypto
By Yasmin Sharbaf on February 24, 2023
Crypto Market Musings One of the catalysts for our current crypto bear market was the collapse of Terra in early 2021. As a refresher, the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD failed to maintain its $1 peg. That caused its companion coin Luna to collapse. The twin collapses rocked the crypto…
Startup Insider: Banning TikTok Is Not the Answer
By Early Investing on February 15, 2023
In the last episode of Startup Insider, the Early Investing team discussed TikTok’s major popularity, the app’s potential use for surveillance, and the dangers of disinformation and propaganda. This week, the team delves further into propaganda and a possible TikTok ban…
Startup Insider: TikTok Under Fire for Privacy Concerns
By Early Investing on February 8, 2023
It seems like everyone is on TikTok these days. More than 3 billion people have downloaded the short-form video sharing app as of 2023. And TikTok boasts 1 billion monthly active users — more than Twitter, Telegram, Reddit, Pinterest, and Snapchat. TikTok users watch more than 1 billion…
Crypto Needs to Solve the Stablecoin Problem
By Vin Narayanan on May 20, 2022
Demo Day Alert Before we get to the crypto markets, we wanted to alert you to a really cool demo day opportunity. One of the things I love the most about being a startup investor is meeting founders and having them demonstrate their products to me. It’s a…
What to Expect in Economic Warfare
By Adam Sharp on March 11, 2022
This will be my last article for Early Investing. I have absolutely loved my time here. It’s simply time to move on. You all are in amazing hands. I’m working on a new project called Convivium…
China May Lose Its Battle Against Crypto
By Vin Narayanan on November 17, 2021
I’m done with China. I’m done with it banning crypto transactions. I’m done with it pretending to protect the environment by banning bitcoin mining. I’m done with these silly little temper tantrums and fits impacting the crypto markets.
China Bans Crypto Again
By Adam Sharp on September 24, 2021
China is banning crypto — again. And markets are selling off hard in response. It’s deja vu all over again. It reminds me of a great quote from venture capitalist…
How to Help the Crypto Community
By Adam Sharp on July 9, 2021
Crypto is bouncing a bit today, but bitcoin’s price is stuck in a pretty tight range between $32,000 and $35,000. Just as an exercise, let’s take a quick look at one of crypto’s potential short-term headwinds. The primary risk is regulatory. We’ve seen what…
Crypto Crash Isn’t Elon Musk’s Fault
By Vin Narayanan on May 20, 2021
One of these days, we’ll dig into my complicated feelings about Elon Musk. They were complicated before Tesla bought bitcoin, started accepting bitcoin as a payment method, stopped accepting bitcoin as a payment method and Musk hopped aboard the crazy dogecoin train. (Say it…
Government Interference With Bitcoin Is Growing
By Adam Sharp on April 16, 2021
In Washington’s latest round of sanctions against Russia, the U.S. government targeted specific bitcoin addresses. Here’s an excerpt from Bitcoin Magazine’s reporting. “…the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), recently…
Keep An Eye On the U.S.-China Tech War
By Andy Gordon on September 23, 2020
The U.S. government doesn’t trust big Chinese tech companies. Their close ties to the Chinese government mean that they can be used as instruments of the Chinese state. Hence, Trump’s ultimatum to TikTok to transfer ownership to willing U.S. buyers. The Chinese internet colossus…
The Real Hong Kong Is Worth a Visit
By Vin Narayanan on December 19, 2019
There are different versions of Hong Kong depending on the day of the week and the media’s portrayal of the city. But the real Hong Kong is a beautiful place to visit.
News Fix: CBD Products Could Still Make You Fail a Drug Test
By Vin Narayanan on November 9, 2019
In the news this week: New York hemp farmers get a break, Saudi Arabia backs Travis Kalanick again and David Marcus says bitcoin isn’t a currency.
News Fix: Who Watches the Watchers?
By Vin Narayanan on November 2, 2019
In the news this week: Colleges become legal battlegrounds for cannabis, China praises blockchain and the Fix ponders who watches the watchers.
Crypto Monitor: SEC Offers Constructive Feedback, Crypto Adoption Builds Momentum
By Early Investing on October 25, 2019
Summary The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected yet another Bitwise bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal. This is exactly what we expected to happen. But this time, the SEC did something we didn’t expect: It actually gave constructive feedback in the form of a detailed 112-page response. Adam…