Seeking regulation direction from the 89-year-old US Security Exchange Act for DEX’s DAO’s DLT’s and highly fungible global digital currencies may leave the US well behind. Since the first SEC action in July 2013, the SEC has brought a total of 127 cryptocurrency-related enforcement actions as of December 31, 2022. In 2023 the SEC appear to be trying to set legal precedents to enact variations to the law using these outdated regulations. Where to from here for the USA and what opportunities will arise in other more progressive jurisdictions like Switzerland and Singapore?

The cryptocurrency industry has seen some positive developments in recent times, despite the ongoing debate on the SEC versus crypto issue. One of the bright spots is the industry’s resiliency, with Bitcoin leading the growth in the market. The Bitcoin protocol, which allows users to inscribe references to digital…

With our special guest, Lou Kerner President Biden’s Executive Order on March 9 2022 appears to be the beginning of a new phase in the USA. In short, it states a) We must protect consumers, investors, and businesses in the United States. (b) We must protect United States and global…

Apollo Crypto talk about the year ahead. They expect this year to be positive for the crypto market but are not expecting new all-time highs. With our guests, Henrik Andersson, CFA and Tim Johnston. Regulatory changes, liquidity coming alive, market subsectors getting their time in the sun and inflation…

Top 10 Crypto & Tech Predictions for 2023. From AI, DEX’s and Regulations we share our views on the year ahead. 2022 — What a year it was. If there was a party in 2021, 2022 was the hangover. We all know what happen with the large Cefi frauds and contagions and the damage to the industry’s reputation but in January the CCI 30 rose 35% and correlation to NASDAQ dropped to just 0.29 its lowest since 12/21. The year ahead is starting to look exciting.

Many people have lost faith in cryptocurrencies due to high profile theft, fraud, and bankruptcies within the industry, which has caused pricing to implode. We remind ourselves that the industry is still in its infancy and will continue to experience tremendous innovation, evolution, and exponential growth. Individual investors who…

On a show called Beyond Bitcoin we discuss Bitcoin as the bell weather to the sector and consider the technicals driving it. Right now many of these are pointing to BTC being oversold and comparing it to the same signals in early 2019 when it was just US$5,000. However, BTC’s correlation to NASDAQ and macroeconomic conditions still plays a major role in its price direction. Join us today to discuss the somewhat more positive views for BTC investment and consider the advanced movements of institutional investment in an asset class still in its embryonic years

The need for regulation of centralised finance exchanges and funds is now obvious. The irony is they do not need to exist in a truely decentralised world. We discuss what might be needed to support this “transitional technology” and start protecting the assets of investors in centralised exchanges and funds. Join Nitin Gaur and me discussion the need for a purge and what might come next. Listen here: Google Podcast — https://buff.ly/2ZBYayj Spotify — https://buff.ly/3xyYTg6 Apple — https://buff.ly/3rjWJzT

With The Economist headlining — “Is this the death of Crypto?” and the New York Times opinion piece citing Tulip Fever — again — we wonder if these commentators of traditional finance may well be telling us that we are now at the bottom of the market. The reasons for the SBF / FTX failure are due to fraud, misappropriation of customer assets, over leverage, poor accounting, lack of transparency, etc none of which are cryptocurrency or decentralisation failures.