Read & Create Content - Another Incentivized Opportunity About To Launch **Constant Expansion** It is very clear that the incentivized economy is on the rise and pushing for dominance in how creativity is shared, created, and monetized. The shift is real, as the lifeblood of creative platforms is the community. With this realization firmly in place, rewarding the community for participation is becoming the new norm. This is not only pertinent to creators but even aspects…
Investing & Spending – How I Marry The Two **Is That Even Possible** One of the most basic principles in finance is that you can’t become wealthy by spending. It seems pretty basic and yet we are surrounded by many poor, rich individuals. Rich because they earn a sizable income and poor because not only do they spend it all, they spend beyond it. In my country, the average citizen spends 75% of his salary servicing debt. This is literally insane. There are occasions that I…
How Buying A Coin Can Equate To Buying A Business **Perspective & Mindset** When you really start to examine Crypto success stories that were calculated, in other words, the individuals involved actually set out to succeed. You begin to see how much the mindset and perspective of a person can either enhance or limit their progress. Another way to think of a mindset is a view. For instance, a person who is of the view that Crypto is risky, or a scam is ultimately hindered…
Are You Utilizing Emotional Intelligence As An Investment Indicator? **Data & Metrics** Investing and trading require thorough research and dedicated time in order to produce consistent results. Sure, pretty much everyone is a genius in a bull market but the majority of gains can just as easily be erased when the market reverses. This has always been the reason why altcoin holders have always looked to offload at cycle peaks. This may however be changing due to a possible…
My Current Insights On The Market **Never A Dull Moment** Be careful of saying that things are getting boring in the Crypto space. Prolonged periods of inactivity in regard to price action often lead to significant volatility. Thin order books seem to be the main culprit lately. The effects of news events of late have been a little exaggerated due to thin order books that basically get eaten through with any snippet of news that is interpreted as a negative for BTC and the…
What Constitutes Quality Content? **Web 2.0 Mechanics Will Soon Fail** In the traditional world of social media and content creation, validity is endorsed by numbers. The number of likes, followers, shares, and subscribers. When people are seeking out an authoritative voice, they tend to look for the largest presence or the top-ranking Google search. I mean, it makes sense right? If something has value and is well visited, it will ultimately rank high on Google and other…
Looking Back On My 2020 & 2021 Altcoin Picks **Curiosity Got This Cat** This morning I was adjusting my portfolio, in regard to new acquisitions and changes I have made. I also decided to add some of my smaller holdings, which I typically don’t concern myself about much. However, it is actually a good idea because if anything changes significantly, I will see it immediately. When a holding is initially 1% and then suddenly becomes 5%, you know something is up! I have loads…
Hedging Your Portfolio Through Daily Habits **Multiple Ways To Get The Job Done** Discerning market trends and short-term cycles can be extremely hard at times. Just look at today, an announcement by the FED can send the market tumbling in an instant. It doesn’t matter if the technicals and fundamentals were looking good. In this particular case, they were not looking the greatest. However, the point to take home here is that news trumps all when it comes to markets. This is…
Building A Small Business In The Hive Ecosystem **For Content Creators** Although this is an approach for content creators, it can also work for those offering and providing great curation on the Hive ecosystem. I remember joining Steemit back in 2016 or 2017, I can’t quite remember now but I do remember that I loved the initial concept and idea. Years later and Hive has forked from Steemit, offering even more amazing opportunities, through the wealth of tribes, tokens, and…
An Objective View Of Hi Dollar – Benefits & Potential Pitfalls **The Team & Stability** I began collecting my daily Hi back in September of 2021. It was still a very new project back then, which seemed to be receiving a fair amount of recognition based on the team that was heading it up! Former heavyweights from Crypto.com and Bitcoin.com seemed to be drawing in the masses. To my knowledge, Hi Dollar already has approximately 200 million users. The goal, according to the…
A Week In Review - Selected Posts From Sapphire Crypto **My Favorite Community on Hive** Due to my writing being predominantly focused on Crypto and finances, Leofinance is by far my favorite community on Hive. Another very attractive aspect of Leofinance is the current price of LEO. At the time of writing, LEO is trading at $0.22 and has been as high as $1.21! This is a great time to be accumulating LEO for the future. Powering up LEO at these prices will prove to be rather…
The Rise Of The New 1% **Crypto Billionaires On The Rise** Recently it was reported that CZ, the CEO of Binance is now one of the wealthiest individuals in the world. With a reported net worth of $96 billion, it is literally amazing to think that the entire Crypto market was valued at that not so long ago. Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX is another billionaire climbing the ranks of the world’s wealthiest, with a net worth of $22.5 billion. They are not alone! There are many Crypto…
A Daily Habit You Just Can't Kick! **A Daily Habit** Many people still make use of one of the first Bitcoin faucets' that is still around and flourishing today. Freebitco.in launched back in 2013 and has over 48 million registered users. The site generates revenue by offering gambling and betting services. An hourly free roll offers users the chance to win up to $200 in free bitcoin. Another prize which is given with every free roll is “Reward Points”. Every user earns RP…
The Future Of Mass Adoption & Why Hive Is Central **Time To Utilize Another Angle** When you look at what draws the masses into Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, it is always the same thing, price appreciation! This seems to be the only “selling point” that manages to onboard new users and investors. However, when prices deflate, we generally see the opposite behavior. Sentiment and interest drop, often followed by mockery. Many who bought into the hype of 2017 went on to…
Here’s Why Spam Is Dominant On Some Platforms & Not Others **Different Models & Their Incentives** As users flock to Crypto-based platforms to enjoy some free Crypto, there are a few flaws that become abundantly clear in certain models. These rewards or incentives often begin on a very high note, only to be watered down over time. The initial incentive is often quite attractive for most and manages to attract significant attention. It is quite clear that platforms utilize…
Why The Current Price Of Bitcoin Is Truly Inconsequential To Most **Everyone Loves A Good Price Spike** Whenever the price of Bitcoin and the broader Crypto market experiences a significant pump, it is always met by excitement and gratitude. However, the only group that should really be getting excited here are the traders. They are the only group that will realize any gain from such a pump. What is also rather interesting to note is that many Crypto traders only trade with…
Is The Crypto Community In Denial? **Not Quite As Expected** Ok, it’s safe to say that 2021 didn’t close as many of us expected. It was a textbook example of an anti-climax, which as expected, left many disinterested. During the course of 2021, I had quite a number of people approach me in search of help in regards to Crypto. I am sure you guessed it, they are now very quiet. Let’s be honest, in order for you to be committed to this market you need to have a very strong…
It Is No Longer About Price **Don’t Get Stuck** If you are new to Crypto, you may find yourself checking CoinGecko or LunarCrush every 10 minutes, desperate for some bullish action. It makes sense, it’s exciting, right? The only thing is unless you are planning on selling, it is pretty much a wasted endeavor. Getting caught up in this habit ultimately begins to eat away at both your productive and free time. Before you know it, you are numb and slow in terms of true…
Bitcoin Breaks the Rules, Including Its Own **A Unique Path** Looking back in history, one is able to see how many times Bitcoin has been declared dead and how many times it also defied predictions. Choosing rather to travel its own path, Bitcoin established itself as a truly unique asset, unlike anything we have ever seen. Looking to past performance is generally an accepted form of price prediction, yet it should be accompanied by other metrics sharing a similar potential…
Is It Finally Happening To Bitcoin? **The Idea Is Not New** Ever since Microstrategy and hedge fund managers moved into the Bitcoin space in early 2020, the rumors and “conspiracy theories” began to circulate that the days of an independent and relatively free market were over. Price action did however manage to continue in a relatively predictable manner when considering Bitcoin’s general behavior. However, mid-2021 was full of surprises. After dropping from the new…
Why This Monster Is A Hero Doubling Up Time for a little bit of light-hearted content after analyzing and observing markets and their current crazy behaviors. Satoshi Monster is an old faucet dating back to 2018 and what many don't know is that it has a mirror site, Satoshi Hero. The login details of one can be used for the other and vice versa. What this in essence means is that the two platforms share the same balance. So rolling opportunities are actually doubled. In…
Avoiding Calamity In A Bear Market **The Bear Market Appears To Be On The Way** Some may actually say that the bear market is already in full swing and I would tend to agree, now that the $38K level has been breached. This has been the level that I have been discussing in my recent writings in regard to Bitcoin and levels to watch. I had hoped that perhaps if it broke, we would experience a scam wick that would later bounce back to the $38K level. However, the dump appears…
Tokenization – Creating The Solution To Liquidation **Leverage Can Hurt** If you have spent any time trading with leverage in the Crypto markets, you will be able to confirm a very real reality and that is that leverage is great but sometimes it really hurts! Being on the right side of the market in a leveraged position feels great and the gains begin to appear almost magically. Seeing that dollar or satoshi amount climbing sends many into a state of euphoria. However, on…
A Bullish Bear Market? **It Happens Fast!** It was just the other day that Bitcoin was patiently bobbing around in the low $40K region. Now, we are suddenly in a situation where a full-blown bear market is a reality. Just because there is a 10% bounce today does not necessarily imply that we are out of the woods yet. There are no straight lines up, or straight lines down. Even when the market is in a full-blown bull zone, there will be retracements. This can also be said in…
CUB Finance – Compounding Against The Curve **Launch Day Nostalgia** I am not sure how many of you were actively engaged when CUB launched back in early 2021. It was quite a tremendous blast-off, I can remember that much! CUB managed to breach $12 within the first 48 hours, completely outperforming my own and many others’ predictions. The APY was absolutely insane on the CAKE vault for the first few hours and then slowly began to drop. After a number of days, the APY was…
Great Opportunities Opening Up For POS Projects **DeFi Is Great But POS Still Has Benefits** With the shift to DeFi over the past year or two, POS coins have taken a bit of a back seat. POS (proof of stake) projects do however have benefits in that they are generally a lot more stable, provided you select the blue chips. Recently Hive Backed Dollars (HBD) saw the APR on savings increase to 12%, which is pretty phenomenal for a stablecoin. During a bearish or uncertain time…
Hive & Leofinance – Organic or Investment? **A Bit Of A Purist** Perhaps it is because of my life experience, especially within the “working world”, that I have developed a view I perceive as quite sacred. A view that the path you forge for yourself is the path that leads to further reward and accomplishment. I have witnessed many receive a “position” in life that they never earned, or worked their way towards. I am strongly opposed to the idea of “wealth transfer” without…
Maximizing The Dip With Passive Creativity Via A Self-Creating Portfolio **A Perfect Example** What has transpired in the last week or so is evidence of exactly why it is important to build Passive Income Mechanisms. Much of the time this income is being earned on a live basis, which means that immediate transactions can take place, avoiding “dump damage”. Let me explain. If you earned Crypto last week, which was credited to your account, the recent dump would have wiped a…
What I am Buying Now & Why **The Recent Disappointment** I must say that I was personally hoping that the bullish action at $70K would have gone on for another month or so. It would have been the perfect exit point for my medium-term holds that I have been waiting to cash out. Unfortunately, it was not to be and I missed out on what would have probably been a great trade. Anyway, as I have mentioned multiple times, downtrends are simply perfect for building and accumulation.…
The True Extent Of The Bitcoin Mining Ban In China **An Abrupt End** Looking back over the past couple of years, it’s clear that Bitcoin and the entire Crypto market have had a good run. Since early 2020 the Crypto market cap has been growing, while simultaneously gaining recognition due to its increasing size. Once a market moves into the trillions, it becomes rather difficult to simply ignore. With all the attention and constantly creating new highs, Bitcoin seemed to be…
My Crypto Menu – What’s Been Removed? **I Have Limited My Activity** Whether the bottom is in at $33K or not is still not that important, as prices could very easily revisit that level. In all honesty, they could even go a lot lower. Sometimes a “good opportunity” has to be avoided for the sake of capital or portfolio protection. You have to remember that the next level of meaningful support if BTC loses 29K is all the way down at $20K! I think that alone is cause for…
In Search Of The Crypto Golden Ticket **Crypto Is Changing Lives** Being actively engaged on Crypto-based social media platforms has tons of benefits, including exposure to even more opportunities and platforms. One thing that I have taken note of through my engagement in this space, is how many people have literally turned to Crypto as a full-time career. Most are engaged in multiple areas of Crypto like myself. An accumulation of income from multiple sources creates a…
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