by Ian King | Feb 19, 2021 | Cryptocurrency, Smart Profits Daily
Bitcoin has had an incredible run since it first started trading in 2010. The cryptocurrency initially cost less than a penny. But earlier this week, it passed the $50,000 mark for the first time. There are three big pieces of news behind its latest uptrend: Tesla...
by Ian King | Feb 8, 2021 | Cryptocurrency, Smart Profits Daily
The world’s 12th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap started as a complete joke. Dogecoin was created in 2013 by a couple of bitcoin developers with a sense of humor. It’s based on a popular internet meme of a shiba inu dog with a judgmental look. The cryptocurrency...
by Ian King | Jan 25, 2021 | Cryptocurrency, Smart Profits Daily
Since the financial crisis, JPMorgan Chase has been America’s leading bank. With $3.2 trillion in assets under management, the banking behemoth is the seventh- largest bank in the world. For the past 15 years, the house of Morgan has been steered by Wall Street...
by Ian King | Jan 11, 2021 | Cryptocurrency, Smart Profits Daily
He did it again. As bitcoin dropped by 20% from its all-time high on Monday morning, my phone buzzed. It was my friend wondering if he should sell all his bitcoin — again. It’s the big mistake he keeps making … and he hasn’t learned from it yet. Readers of this column...
by Ian King | Dec 28, 2020 | Cryptocurrency, Smart Profits Daily
Ten years ago, a software startup founder named Mike Walsh had a 15-minute meeting that changed his life forever. The man he met with, Ryan Graves, was a friend of one of Walsh’s employees. Graves was looking for advice on whether or not he should join a new startup...
by Ian King | Dec 17, 2020 | Cryptocurrency, Smart Profits Daily
Did you hear the one about the software developer who bought pizza with bitcoin in 2010? Laszlo Hanyecz bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins a little over a decade ago. At the time, bitcoin was valued at a fraction of a cent, and it was the first commercial...