Archive: crypto industry
Crypto Monitor: Exploring the Crypto Adoption Curve
By Early Investing on April 14, 2023
It’s a mixed bag for crypto adoption news this week. On Monday, Pew Research Center reported that of the 88% of Americans who are aware of crypto, 75% of them are not confident that current ways to invest in, trade, or use crypto are reliable and safe. In general, 17% of U.S. adults say they have invested in, traded, or used a cryptocurrency. So what does this mean for the crypto industry? In this…
Where Silvergate, SVB and Signature Went Wrong
By Vin Narayanan on March 17, 2023
For people my age, Han Solo telling Luke Skywalker “Great, kid! Don’t get cocky!” after Luke shot down a ship for the first time is a seminal movie moment. As a kid, I didn’t even know what “cocky” meant! But I…
Behind the Pick: This Crypto Has an Optimistic Future
By Early Investing on March 3, 2023
Long-term crypto investors need to be somewhat optimistic. We know that crypto investing is risky, and no investment is guaranteed. That’s why we need to believe that the crypto industry will continue to grow and that the projects we invest in have a shot at success.
Crypto Monitor: Banking Regulators Rattle Off Their Crypto Fears
By Allison Brickell on January 13, 2023
Banking regulators are worried about crypto. Again. On January 3, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint statement warning about “significant” risks crypto assets may pose to the broader banking system. “It…
The Early Investing Podcast: The Perfect Crypto Regulations
By Early Investing on October 12, 2022
Crypto is in a weird regulatory position. It doesn’t fit neatly into any one legal category — not securities, commodities, protocols or anything else. The SEC doesn’t quite know how to handle it. Meanwhile, the crypto community is worried that the government will enact stifling regulations…
Inflation Pushes Bitcoin Higher
By Adam Sharp on August 13, 2021
It was a very nice week for crypto. Bitcoin is up 9% over the last week, while ethereum is up 12.9%, according to CoinMarketCap data. Ethereum jumped on its implementation of EIP-1559, a network upgrade that burns a portion…
Crypto Insider: How the Infrastructure Bill Will Impact the Crypto Industry
By Early Investing on August 9, 2021
Congress is looking to crypto to help fund part of its $1 trillion infrastructure plan. But the language used in the infrastructure bill is so broad, it could spell bad news for the crypto universe. Essentially, the bill requires anyone who…
Crypto Faces More Government Scrutiny
By Adam Sharp on August 6, 2021
There’s a proposal in the infrastructure bill making its way through Congress that could be bad for crypto. CNBC recently covered the issue in an article titled “White House backs senators pushing for stricter crypto reporting rules.” (Vin Narayanan covered this…
Crypto Needs Its Own Bill Clinton
By Vin Narayanan on August 5, 2021
I don’t praise politicians often. And I rarely praise former President Bill Clinton. But in 1998, Clinton fought for and signed into law a 10-year moratorium on taxing internet access. The new law also prevented most e-commerce purchases from being taxed. Clinton argued at the time…