Uniswap Has Made Me A Believer in Santa Claus Again

Uniswap is a decentralized Ethereum token exchange. It is also the hottest thing going in crypto. I have written stories about Uniswap here, here, and here. To research on those stories, last month I dumped two Ether into an Ethereum wallet conducted two trades. One trade is break-even. I’m down on the other trade. However, this is the… Read More »

The Invasion of America (Or: How-To Bypass US Securities Regulations)

Running a cryptocurrency derivative exchange can be profitable. Running an offshore cryptocurrency derivative exchange, not subject to any type of government regulation, can be insanely profitable. But there is one problem. The US government takes a very dim view of their citizens patronizing these offshore crypto-derivative exchanges.Bitmex (offers bitcoin futures, Deribit (bitcoin options) and Biffinex (known for Tether) all… Read More »

Why DeFi Took Off (And Who is Profiting)

Yesterday, the yearn.finance (YFI) token was worth a little less than THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND US DOLLARS. Here is a screen snapshot from coingecko.com if you don’t believe me: It’s beyond the scope of this article to explain exactly what the yearn.finance token is…. Or what it represents. The developers of the token don’t even have their own website but they were nice enough… Read More »

Welcome to the Devil’s Playground: Trading Tokens on Uniswap

The Ethereum token Serum went up 1000% yesterday in its first day of trading: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/serumToday it’s up to $1.79, or 38%. That’s not the only token that’s popping. The tendies token is up more than 400% since being listed July 30th. https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/tendiesBut you can’t buy these magical tokens at your friendly neighbourhood discount brokerage. Behold the new favourite… Read More »