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Crypto Insider: The Wild World of Celebrity Crypto Endorsements
By Early Investing on October 27, 2022
Do you keep up with the Kardashians? Well, we don’t, either. But there has been an interesting development in the crypto world that’s related to the famous family. Earlier this month, the SEC charged Kim Kardashian for endorsing a crypto token (EthereumMax) on social media without disclosing how much she was paid for the promotion ($250,000). She agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties and not advertise anything crypto-related…
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…
Regulators Try to Tighten Their Grip on Crypto
By Yasmin Sharbaf on September 23, 2022
Crypto Market Musings On Wednesday, the Fed raised interest rates for the third time this year by 75 basis points. Both the stock and crypto markets responded quickly to the aggressive rate hike. As of this writing, bitcoin is down 2.6% and trading below $19,000. Ethereum fell by…
Ethereum Merge Signals a Bright Future for Crypto
By Allison Brickell on September 21, 2022
Ethereum bulls are still rejoicing after last week’s successful Ethereum Merge. The Ethereum network shifted from proof of work to proof of stake — a massive undertaking likened to changing a spaceship engine mid-flight. It was a long time coming. The Merge was beset by delays…
News Fix: Crypto Bear Market Edition
By Allison Brickell on August 3, 2022
We’ve made it to the dog days of summer. The crypto markets haven’t exactly been hot — in fact, they’ve been pretty cold for the last few months. But that doesn’t mean it’s all bad news. Market Update The crypto market is still in bear market…
There Is No Crypto “Contagion”
By Vin Narayanan on July 8, 2022
Crypto Market Musings Crypto’s recent correlation with the stock market is finally paying dividends. The stock market is rallying — and so is crypto. As of this writing, bitcoin is up almost 11% over the last five days and is trading…
Uniswap Plagued by SEC Investigation and Shadowy Banking Moves
By Vin Narayanan on February 25, 2022
I’m worried about Uniswap (UNI). Uniswap is one of crypto’s most well-known decentralized exchanges. UNI is the governance token for Uniswap. And since September, the price of UNI has been plummeting. In fact, not even bitcoin hitting its all-time high of more than…
Crypto Insider: SEC Stealth Regulations Threaten the Crypto Industry
By Early Investing on February 14, 2022
The SEC decided to increase its regulatory oversight of alternative trading systems — specifically those dealing with government securities (treasurys, debt, etc.). Notably, this expanded oversight opens the door for regulators to poke their noses into crypto. It will allow them to regulate DeFi (decentralized finance),…
The Crypto Market Seems to Have Hit Bottom… for Now
By Vin Narayanan on January 28, 2022
2022 has already been an interesting year for crypto. How interesting depends on your perspective. Let’s take bitcoin, for example. Here what bitcoin’s chart looks like: 1 Day: +0.33% 5 Day: +5.4%…
Crypto News Roundup: Bank of America Can’t Ignore Bitcoin
By Vin Narayanan on October 7, 2021
Much has happened in the crypto world since we spoke to you just last week! As I write this, bitcoin is trading for more than $51,000. Big banks are pushing hard to release crypto products. And the SEC is doing SEC things. Let’s take a look at the…
Bitcoin ETFs Are Almost Here
By Adam Sharp on October 1, 2021
This week Coinbase sponsored an article in the prestigious Institutional Investor publication titled “Expect Growth in Crypto Funds and SEC-Approved ETF Soon.” Here’s an interesting excerpt from the article. …Confidence remains high among…
Crypto Insider: Regulators Push for Crypto Rules
By Early Investing on September 30, 2021
Legislators have caught crypto fever once again. In August, we covered Congress’ $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes overly broad language that forces most anyone who touches a crypto transaction to report it to the IRS. That requirement isn’t feasible for…
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…
The Real Problem with SPACs
By Andy Gordon on May 26, 2021
I’ve never hidden my disdain of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). As a refresher, SPACs are shell companies that attract investors and then go public in order to merge with a specific startup, thereby taking the startup public. I laid into them back in January in…
New $5 Million Limit Enables Attractive Crowdfunding Deals
By Adam Sharp on March 23, 2021
Last week, the SEC’s new rules around equity crowdfunding went into effect. Now companies can raise up to $5 million per year from the crowd. On the first day, we got a good idea of the potential of this new medium. Gumroad — an online platform…
Venture Capital Is Facing Real Competition at Last
By Adam Sharp on March 19, 2021
On Monday, the SEC’s new startup investing rules went into effect. Startups can now raise $5 million annually through equity crowdfunding. That’s a 5x increase from the previous limit. I really can’t overstate how important this change is. It’s a monumental moment for startups — and…