June 26, 2022 | Issue 21 ** SPECIAL ISSUE ** UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY I am taking a break from reporting the crypto news and instead...

June 19, 2022 | Issue 20 ANOTHER POSITIVE, UPBEAT, WEEK FOR CRYPTO – NOT! This week began with shocking news. Crypto lending platform...

June 12, 2022 | Issue 19 EXPERTISE IS ALWAYS RELATIVE I began learning about crypto last April when the graphic artist Beeple sold an NFT...

June 5, 2022 | Issue 18 IS CRYPTO ENTERING ITS "DOT COM CRASH" PHASE? In November 2021, bitcoin approached its record high price of...

MAY 29, 2022 | Issue 17 Search: "crypto real estate" What do journalists write about when there is nothing new or interesting to report?...

MAY 22, 2022 | Issue 16 Who Is Still Interested in Crypto? This past week, I began presenting to my CØMPASS colleagues about crypto. I...

MAY 15, 2022 | Issue 15 A HISTORIC WEEK FOR CRYPTO Let's begin with the TerraUSD Luna stablecoin saga. I cover it in more detail below,...

MAY 8, 2022 | Issue 14 "HELLO? CRYPTO ENTHUSIASTS, WHERE ARE YOU?" When I joined CØMPASS in November 2021, I spoke with several...

MAY 1, 2022 | Issue 13 "HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE BEFORE I UNDERSTAND CRYPTO?" I am asked a version of this question at least four times a...

APRIL 24, 2022 | Issue 12 WILL ENERGY MARKET PRICING GO FROM USD TO BTC? Several weeks ago, I wrote about energy companies that have...

APRIL 17, 2022 | Issue 11 TO REPORT OR NOT TO REPORT? For many of you, it's a holiday weekend and I'm expecting that crypto news is...

A 2021 survey showed that 1 in 3 real estate transactions were targeted by cyber criminals. Real estate agents can no longer afford to...

APRIL 10, 2022 | Issue 10 PREDICTING THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE Certainty. We crave it in our personal lives and professional lives....

APRIL 03, 2022 | Issue 09 ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY, WHO IS THE BIGGER FOOL – THE FOOLER OR FOOLEE? I couldn't resist sending out an April...

MARCH 27, 2022 | Issue 08 WE'RE NOT HARDWIRED TO THINK LONG TERM, BUT IF WE DO, BIG THINGS CAN HAPPEN This morning, I listened to Tim...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele led the effort for his country to be the first one in the world to adopt bitcoin as its legal...

Proof of Work The Bitcoin blockchain is secure from hackers because of a mechanism referred to as Proof-of-Work. Unlike a traditional...

MARCH 20, 2022 | Issue 07 RESIST THE HYPE AND URGENCY FROM CRYPTO EVANGELISTS For about a year, I've been learning about crypto,...

In the fifteenth century, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. His machine paved the way for book production and for the first...

CRYPTO CLASS - Smart Contracts A smart contract is a computer program that automatically executes a transaction when certain conditions...

MARCH 13, 2022 | Issue 06 ARE YOU FEELING UNSETTLED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE US DOLLAR? I am. The more I read about how the US economic...

Before explaining Web 3.0, let's take a quick look at the evolution of the web. Web 1.0 was the internet from 1991 to 2004. Websites were...

Let’s start with the basics. Spreadsheets like those in Excel or Google Sheets easily store information. You probably keep a spreadsheet...

Bitcoin has two meanings. Bitcoin, with a capital B, is a software protocol, or a set of rules. The monetary unit is bitcoin with a...