Stuff I’m Currently Reading Cryptocurrencies are a 24/7/365 marketplace thanks to enthusiasts all over the world. So while you may have been indulging in mulled wine, fruitcake, potato latkes, or that yule log, you may have missed some of the important comings and goings in cryptocurrencies. And thanks to some big announcements by countries and … Read more Crypto News You Can Use
Securitizations are providing important liquidity to marketplace lending platforms. And that sucks for us retail investors. Back when marketplace lending was peer to peer lending, retail investors (small investors like you and me) had the promise and the opportunity to pick from many loans. They all came from the fractional loan pool for investment. Since … Read more Marketplace Lending Securitizations are Killing the Retail Investor Market
A recent trend in fintech is that everyone that has a tech platform of some kind and has lots of customer data is offering financial services through that platform. It’s nothing new really. Paypal has been lending to its customer base for years. Square has Square Capital for the exact same thing. But the trend … Read more Fintech News: Partnerships & Earnings
If you haven’t read it yet, please read Part 1, where we go over the mechanics of setting up a trade listing that will be secure and profitable. Today, we will talk about payment methods on Paxful. While there are over 300 different methods, most of them fall into one of these 5 categories. Scammers … Read more How To Create a Successful Trade on Paxful Part 2: Payment Methods
The US Repo market has a big liquidity problem. People seem to think this is a good pro-Bitcoin/crypto argument but is it? Let’s talk about what’s going on and why. This is an important market for the USD to stay stable here and around the world. What is the Repo Market? Repo stands for repurchase … Read more The Repo Market & Bitcoin
Make Your Twitter Feed More Informative w/These Accounts Certain people and industries gravitate to certain social media platforms. For instance, models whether they are professional, amateur, or just aspiring-to-be flock to Instagram. Gamers go to Twitch. And cryptocurrency goes to Twitter, or cryptotwitter as it’s called. I love Twitter for following the cryptoeconomy. Do you … Read more 10 Accounts to Follow on CryptoTwitter (Besides Mine)
This article is reprinted from my paid newsletter Crypto News Over Nonsense. Do you subscribe yet? It’s great actionable information. Here’s the article. The conversation between the SEC and the crypto-economy continues. The SEC released a presentation from Bitwise that addressed some of the SEC questions and concerns from the Bitwise ETF submission request in … Read more SEC Releases Bitwise ETF Research
With the growth of my crypto newsletter, Crypto News Over Nonsense, I thought I’d pick out a couple of highlights from the last couple of weekly editions. The summer has been a busy in crypto thanks mainly to Facebook. In case you haven’t seen it, you can get 1 weekly email with actionable news for … Read more Crypto News Over Nonsense Highlights
There was a LOT of news this week in the cryptocurrency and marketplace lending world so this week I’m going to hit on 5 of the more important stories of the week. Many involve enterprise size businesses. Here they are… Binance Hack Binance is the largest crypto exchange out there. They got hacked for $40 … Read more Fintech & Crypto News in the Enterprise
When I started investing in marketplace loans in 2013, it was still called peer to peer lending or p2p lending. There were also only 2 options. Professional and accredited investors have many more options for investment. Banks have gotten on board since then offering platforms of their own. For retail investors we now have more … Read more Which Type of Marketplace Lending Investor Are You? I’m #3