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GM, The podcast will be on pause tomorrow. Let’s get into today’s topic. The ETHA (iShares Ethereum Trust ETF), launched by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is now the world’s largest Ethereum ETF by market capitalization. Over the past 75 trading days, ETHA has seen
GM, ETH has risen 55% over the past 30 days, now just a step away from its all-time high of $4,800; BTC is also hovering around the $120,000 mark. At times like this, unless you’re already all in, it’s hard not to feel like, “I didn’
GM, Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order easing investment restrictions on the 401(k) retirement savings plan. This change allows employees working in the United States to invest their retirement funds in assets that were previously considered high-risk—such as real estate, private equity, and
GM, This article concerns the public interest. It is fully open and free to share. This week, Mega Financial Holding Chairman Ruey-Bin Tung made headlines after commenting on stablecoins in an interview. He said: “Taiwan already had a TWD stablecoin back in 2002 — it’s the EasyCard that everyone carries.
GM, Last week, online payments giant PayPal announced two new products: PayPal World and Pay with Crypto. As the name suggests, Pay with Crypto allows merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments. But PayPal World is even more practical — and more ambitious. It enables PayPal users to travel abroad without needing to
GM, Today’s piece is a bit of a change of pace—we’re diving into a tool that many of us use in everyday life. Recently, hardware wallet giant Ledger introduced a new backup solution for seed phrases: the Ledger Recovery Key digital backup card. Taiwan-based cold wallet company
GM, Today (July 30) marks the 10th anniversary of Ethereum's genesis. You can click to mint a limited-time commemorative NFT. Before diving in, let me share a short personal story. A Decade of Ethereum Ten years ago, I had just graduated from graduate school and officially shed my
GM, Yesterday’s discussion about SharpLink sparked some interesting comments under the article and on Facebook—points I hadn’t considered as a financial amateur. Definitely worth checking out. Also, we’re now including transcripts with the podcast so you can easily feed them into an AI for deeper discussion.
GM, Last week, the U.S. Congress passed three major cryptocurrency bills: * The GENIUS Act: Requires stablecoins to be backed by U.S. dollars or short-term Treasury bills. * The CLARITY Act: Clarifies jurisdiction over cryptocurrencies between the SEC and CFTC. * The Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act: Prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing
GM, MicroStrategy (MSTR) began purchasing BTC in 2020, sparking a wave 1 of corporate crypto acquisitions. Even Figma, the design company preparing for an IPO, disclosed in its prospectus that it holds Bitcoin ETFs worth a staggering $70 million. Public companies holding crypto is no longer news — in fact, many
GM, I’m happy to be back at work. Over the past two weeks, I participated in an interview, recorded two podcast episodes, and cleared a long backlog of to-dos. It might not seem like a break, but for me, getting long-pending tasks off my plate is the most relaxing
GM, Can you believe 2025 is already halfway over? Starting next week, Blocktrend will be taking its annual mid-year publishing break. That means four articles and two podcast episodes will be on pause—think of it like scheduled maintenance. Even though the car (my brain) still runs fine, we can’