Archive: smart contracts
New Pick: A Resilient Ethereum Competitor With a Stunningly Fast Network
By Vin Narayanan on January 30, 2023
I’ve been tracking this month’s crypto recommendation for almost two years. I watched its roller-coaster ride to a more than $12 billion market capitalization and its sharp decline to a $2 billion market cap today. And I kept wondering when it would be the right time to invest. I typically don’t focus on timing. My basic philosophy is that a good project is a good project. And as long as you’re invested in good projects, it…
Behind the Pick: A New Way of Diversifying
By Early Investing on June 24, 2022
The crypto markets are in rough shape right now. So it’s more important than ever for crypto investors to diversify their portfolios. In crypto, diversifying usually means investing in a wide variety of spaces like decentralized finance (DeFi), interoperability, smart contracts, utility coins and more. But…
New Pick: An Interoperability Coin With Staying Power
By Vin Narayanan on June 23, 2022
Well, that happened quickly. On June 12, bitcoin was trading for more than $28,000. By the end of June 13, it had fallen as low as $21,000. By June 18, bitcoin had dipped below $18,000. Bitcoin has rallied a bit since then and is currently trading around $20,350.
New Pick: A Popular DeFi Coin With Promising Traction
By Vin Narayanan on May 20, 2022
The public markets are a mess. The private markets are a mess. The precious metals markets are a mess. And the crypto markets are a mess. Those are the facts. I fully expect the crypto markets to be highly volatile and continue to bottom out over…
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…
New Crypto Recommendations and Other Changes to Crypto Asset Strategies
By Vin Narayanan on April 8, 2022
Last month Adam Sharp mentioned I would be taking over as your Crypto Asset Strategies guide. Adam has only been gone a few weeks. And he is sorely missed. But in the life of a crypto investor, the only…
Mailbag: Crypto Hacks, Using Bitcoin to Buy Coffee
By Early Investing on February 24, 2019
In this week’s Mailbag, Andy talks crypto hacks and Adam discusses why he probably won’t be buying coffee with bitcoin anytime soon.
Venezuela’s Crazy Crypto Experiment
By Adam Sharp on February 23, 2018
Venezuela has begun issuing its new petro cryptocurrency. The experiment may fail, but it hints at the full potential of blockchain tech.