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Altcoin Season's Secret Weapon? 3 Charts Wall Street Is Ignoring

Altcoin Season's Secret Weapon? 3 Charts Wall Street Is Ignoring

Wall Street loves a good narrative. Unfortunately, at times that narrative makes them blind to the reality of what’s actually occurring on the ground. Or, in this case, on the blockchain. They’re spending all their time trying to understand Bitcoin’s every tick and tock, and losing sight of the altcoin...

Beyond the Hype Is Van de Poppe's Crypto Call Really Accurate?

Beyond the Hype Is Van de Poppe's Crypto Call Really Accurate?

Van de Poppe's making headlines again, predicting crypto's about to explode. New all-time highs, he says. But hold on before you remortgage the house and YOLO into Bitcoin, let’s pump the brakes. Skeptics aside, are we truly at the cusp of a new age for cryptocurrency? What’s real, what’s true,...

Ethereum's $8,500 Dream: ETF Demand or Fool's Gold?

Ethereum's $8,500 Dream: ETF Demand or Fool's Gold?

$8,500 Ethereum by late 2025. Sounds fantastic, doesn't it? The headlines are screaming about ETF inflows, institutional adoption, and a "rounded bottom" formation since April 2025, suggesting the market cycle’s bottom is in. More than $1.5 billion poured into ETH ETFs this year! Are we seeing real, lasting demand for...

Ethereum's $8,500 by 2025? The Layer-2 Key You're Missing

Ethereum's $8,500 by 2025? The Layer-2 Key You're Missing

Now, everybody is abuzz with the news that Ethereum will reach $8,500 by 2025. ETFs, institutional adoption, blah blah blah. You've heard it all before. Let's be real, a lot of that is just noise if we ignore the real engine driving Ethereum’s potential: Layer-2 scaling solutions.Scalability King or a...

Vitalik's Gas Cap: Genius Move or Ethereum's Self-Inflicted Wound?

Vitalik's Gas Cap: Genius Move or Ethereum's Self-Inflicted Wound?

The Ethereum community has been abuzz with excitement over EIP 7983. Vitalik Buterin’s exciting new proposal would only allow gas limits per transaction of 16.77 million! The stated intentions are noble: bolstering DoS attack resistance, stabilizing the network, and smoothing the path for zkVM integration. Before we start rolling out...

Ethereum's Gas Cap: Will It Empower or Exclude Africa's Blockchain Innovators?

Ethereum's Gas Cap: Will It Empower or Exclude Africa's Blockchain Innovators?

The Ethereum community is all abuzz with excitement over EIP 7983. This proposal by Vitalik Buterin would limit gas limits per transaction to 16.77 million gas. These fundamental objectives are important to Ethereum’s sustainability in the coming years. These objectives involve catering to DoS attacks mitigation, assuring overall network stability,...

Beyond the Hype: How Ethereum's Rise Impacts Real People in Africa

Beyond the Hype: How Ethereum's Rise Impacts Real People in Africa

Meet Amina, a single mom living in rural Kenya. She makes complex baskets, which she sells at the mercado in nearby Vilcabamba. Her pay is pitiful, only enough to keep her kids from starving to death. Traditional banking is beyond her reach – too many fees, too much bureaucracy and...

Ethereum's 20% Surge Is A Feminist Issue, Here's Why

Ethereum's 20% Surge Is A Feminist Issue, Here's Why

You read that article about Ethereum just shot up 20%! Most people see dollar signs. I see something far more profound: a chance to level the playing field, a chance for real feminist progress. After all, let’s face it — the world of finance as we know it? Still a...

Ethereum's $4K Surge: Is This Time Really Different?

Ethereum's $4K Surge: Is This Time Really Different?

We've been here before, haven't we? Ethereum hovering around $4,000, crypto Twitterati all a-twitter with excitement, and everybody an instant guru. But before you refinance your home to go all in on ETH, let’s slow down the hype train and introduce a little reality. Remember 2017? 2021? But those euphoric...

Ethereum's 20% Surge: The Calm Before the Crypto Tsunami?

Ethereum's 20% Surge: The Calm Before the Crypto Tsunami?

Ethereum’s been hogging the spotlight this week, teasing a 20%+ price increase. A predictable pump is the definition of a dime a dozen in the crypto sphere. Perhaps most noteworthy though is what’s driving this, and what could this all mean for the future of the global financial architecture. So...