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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 34
September 25, 2022 | Issue 34 THE ECONOMY & BITCOIN It's not possible to develop an understanding of crypto's future in real estate...
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The Crypto Ecosystem
I lived three blocks from the ocean in the Pacific Beach section of San Diego. Most days, I would take a long bike ride and finish at the...
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Bitcoin's Impact On The Environment
Ethereum's successful switch from the the energy-intensive Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake mechanism to ensure blockchain integrity will...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 33
September 18, 2022 | Issue 33 THE MERGE & A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT A historic week for crypto. In this issue of my newsletter,...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 32
🇺🇸 September 11, 2022 🇺🇸 | Issue 31 BE CURIOUS, LEARN, AND SHARE When I was a first year law student studying legal research and...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 31
September 2, 2022 | Issue 31 AN ANTI-CRYPTO CONFERENCE On September 5th and 6th, there will be a conference to promote critical review...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 30
August 28, 2022 | Issue 30 ARE YOU EDUCATING ME OR SELLING ME? For 30 weeks I've been writing about crypto. The news is always...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 29
August 21, 2022 | Issue 29 FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. FOOL ME TWICE... Residential brokerage is my third professional career. I began...
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Cyber Criminals Are Targeting Home Buyers and Sellers
When my wife and I sold our house in Westfield, NJ in 2017, our $239,000 mortgage payoff was stolen. The money was never recovered from...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 28
August 14, 2022 | Issue 28 GOVERNMENT CRYPTO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE TOO BROAD A 29-year-old developer of Tornado Cash was arrested in...
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Crypto News for Realtors – 27
August 7, 2022 | Issue 27 DID BITCOIN REACH A KEY MILESTONE? Anthony Pompliano wrote in his Substack newsletter, The Pomp Letter, about...
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Crypto Lender Bankruptcy
CRYPTO CLASS – CRYPTO LENDER BANKRUPTCY US bankruptcy courts are about to create a new area of law – crypto lender bankruptcy. Crypto...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 26
July 31, 2022 | Issue 26 WHO WILL REGULATE CRYPTO? The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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What are Regulations?
One of the biggest unknowns for the future of crypto is how it will be regulated. If the regulations are too onerous, crypto advocates...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 25
July 24, 2022 | Issue 25 NOW THAT I HAVE MY KEYS, I HAVE MY CRYPTO AND PEACE OF MIND In June 2021, I purchased crypto on the Coinbase...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 24
July 17, 2022 | Issue 24 HOW THE ECONOMY INSERTED ITSELF BETWEEN CRYPTO AND REAL ESTATE When the crypto market was growing and reaching...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 23
July 10, 2022 | Issue 23 CONTAGION IN THE CRYPTO ECOSYSTEM I lived three blocks from the ocean in the Pacific Beach section of San Diego....
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 22
July 3, 2022 | Issue 22 🇺🇸 BITCOIN DROPPED 37% IN JUNE – SECOND BIGGEST MONTHLY LOSS Business publications feature daily headlines...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 21
June 26, 2022 | Issue 21 ** SPECIAL ISSUE ** UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY I am taking a break from reporting the crypto news and instead...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 20
June 19, 2022 | Issue 20 ANOTHER POSITIVE, UPBEAT, WEEK FOR CRYPTO – NOT! This week began with shocking news. Crypto lending platform...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 19
June 12, 2022 | Issue 19 EXPERTISE IS ALWAYS RELATIVE I began learning about crypto last April when the graphic artist Beeple sold an NFT...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 18
June 5, 2022 | Issue 18 IS CRYPTO ENTERING ITS "DOT COM CRASH" PHASE? In November 2021, bitcoin approached its record high price of...
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Crypto News for Realtors – Issue 17
MAY 29, 2022 | Issue 17 Search: "crypto real estate" What do journalists write about when there is nothing new or interesting to report?...