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Beyond the Hype: How Bitcoin's Surge Impacts Real People

Beyond the Hype: How Bitcoin's Surge Impacts Real People

Amahle, a young single mother in Johannesburg, had spent a small fortune on remittance fees to send money home. She had to send money back home to her family in Zimbabwe. The old banking system viewed her as nothing but a statistic, another risk-adjusted return. Then she discovered Bitcoin. Now,...

Beyond the Hype: How Bitcoin's 'Stability' Impacts Real People

Beyond the Hype: How Bitcoin's 'Stability' Impacts Real People

Bitcoin's "stability" around $104,000? Headlines are screaming that bitcoin is poised to rally back to all-time highs, analysts are drooling over bullish RSI indicators. Let's be brutally honest: who actually benefits from these pronouncements? The average commuter in Johannesburg, and the woman who can’t afford to feed her children, respectively,...

Ethereum at $5k? What It Means for Real People, Not Just Traders

Ethereum at $5k? What It Means for Real People, Not Just Traders

We've all seen the headlines. Justin Sun, the Tron dude, believes Ethereum will be at $5,000 when it turns 10. Okay, cool. Another crypto prediction. Yawn. To be frank, price targets are one of those things most of us hum over. We think, "That's for the traders, the whales, the...