Blockchain technology and Islamic Finance are presently two of the most exciting financial trends to read-up on. Though it might not get as much press as crypto, Islamic Finance has similarly enjoyed a recent period of enormous growth.

This article was originally published by Kyle Samani at Multicoin Capital. Multicoin Capital’s mission is to accelerate the transition from the centralized institutions of the Industrial Age to the decentralized institutions of the Internet Age.   I have yet to see an actual illustration of the Web3 stack. So this is an attempt. Given how […]

Recently Coinbase announced it is “exploring” the addition of several new coins to its platform: Cardano (ADA) Zcash (ZEC) Basic Attention (BAT) 0x (ZRX) Stellar Lumens (XLM) The keyword in the announcement is “exploring”. None of these tokens are guaranteed to be added to the platform. The announcement states explicitly: In March we took a […]

Is Ripple (XRP) a security? That’s a big question right now in the crypto community. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently provided guidance on how the SEC will approach cryptocurrency regulation. The Ethereum Community was relieved to hear that Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency on the Ethereum network, would NOT be considered a security. A […]

Introduction The debate on the future of XRP is the third rail of crypto politics. Other than Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash, no other topic elicits such polarizing perspectives. From an ideological standpoint true to Bitcoin’s genesis, this is understandable. The community that created Bitcoin values a decentralized, anonymous currency. Between forks and new entrants, there […]

Since the emerging crypto asset class is much like venture capital with liquidity, performing a quick market size analysis can provide insights into potential fundamental asset value. What is Ripple (XRP)? A quick distinction: Ripple is a company while XRP is a digital asset used on the Ripple network. Ripple (the company) is attempting to bring […]

It’s every crypto asset investors nightmare. We wake up one morning to read that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators are seeking to immediately shutdown crypto exchanges and projects for operating outside of existing legal frameworks. Given zero time to adjust the entire market dumps, taking a generation of tech innovation and […]

One month ago CoinSavage posted, Money Flowing Into Bitcoin and Other Cryptos. At that time the total market capitalization of the crypto asset market was $231 billion. Exactly one month later that figure has nearly tripled, and now stands at over $610 billion. The new money pouring into cryptocurrencies / assets is NOT all going […]

Hedging Bitcoin with Ripple (XRP) Bitcoin (BTC) has been on a monster run. Hopefully you caught the ride up when Bitcoin broke out of the ascending channel in early November (see Bitcoin Breakout). In life great success has both its benefits and its draw backs, the same is true for Bitcoin. The Bitcoin run is […]