by Ian King | Mar 21, 2023 | banking system, Banyan Edge, Bitcoin, CBDCs, central bank digital currencies, Cryptocurrency, Federal Reserve, U.S. Economy
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and money system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” This quote by Henry Ford might seem crazy — after all, don’t we all have a simple...
by Ian King | Mar 7, 2023 | Banyan Edge, coinbase, Crypto, crypto investing, Cryptocurrency, Diversified Investments, ETHDenver, ethereum, Web3
Last week, I ventured out to Denver, Colorado, for the annual ETHDenver conference. This is the largest gathering of Ethereum developers, entrepreneurs, investors and enthusiasts in North America, if not the world. Crypto is in the middle of a multiyear bear market,...
by Ian King | Feb 22, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Banyan Edge, Bitcoin, Blockchain, crypto's turning point, Cryptocurrency, Microsoft, Technology, web 3.0
On a warm August morning in 2013, I took a meeting that changed my life. The topic of discussion? How bitcoin would change the world. As I ate breakfast alongside venture capitalists and hedge fund traders, our featured guest Barry Silbert took the floor. I learned...
by Ian King | Feb 14, 2023 | Banyan Edge, Bear Market, Bull Market, crypto's turning point, Cryptocurrency, Economy, FTX collapse, LUNA, Stock Market, Three Arrows Capital
There’s a specific emotion at market bottoms. To me, it feels like existential dread. It’s a feeling of total uncertainty. With no idea what tomorrow may hold, it feels like the world is ending. This is exactly how I felt when Lehman Brothers went under in 2008. A few...
by Ian King | Dec 20, 2022 | Banyan Edge, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, ftx, Investing
“Welcome to Survivor: Crypto Winter!”That’s how I opened my speech at the “Fintech on the Block” crypto conference in San Francisco in 2019.The crowd laughed, but it was true. Those who hadn’t been shaken out of the crypto market were “survivors.”It was fitting at the...
by Ian King | Nov 21, 2022 | Chip Shortage, Crisis Investment Summit, Cryptocurrency, Economy, ftx, monday market insights, semiconductor, Technology, Trending, Winning Investor Daily
If you don’t know why semiconductor chips are a big deal, you’re going to find out today. It’s a huge market that has been beaten down for a while now, but as Bloomberg says: “There’s nowhere to go but up.” In This Post: Monday Market Insights: Today’s video...
