How Digital Nomads Leverage Geo-Arbitrage
Digital Nomads are persons working remotely, either part-time or full-time, while moving or traveling. A digital nomad creates temporary offices in public libraries, coffee shops, hotel rooms, and Airbnb homes. Meanwhile, geo-arbitrage is taking advantage of the...
Downsides of The Sharing Economy
You’ve probably heard about the disruption happening in the retail, transport, and hospitality, among other industries. It goes by various names, including collaborative consumption, access over ownership, on-demand or peer-to-peer economy, and more commonly, the...
Cryptocurrency On-Ramps and Off-Ramps, Explained
An on-ramp is any platform that facilitates users to acquire crypto assets or enter their markets. On the other hand, an off-ramp is a platform that facilitates a user to dispose of crypto assets or exit their markets. Some platforms perform both of these two...
Bitcoin Whales, And Their Impact
Who are Bitcoin whales? If you closely follow the Bitcoin price trends and market news, you will likely encounter mentions of Bitcoin whales. As the value of other digital assets created on the blockchain, in particular altcoins and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has...
Bitcoin’s 21 Million Cap Can Be Changed, Except for…
Can Bitcoin's hard cap of 21 million be changed? Yes, in theory. However, in practice, it is an extremely difficult, if not impossible, endeavor for anyone to undertake. Before looking at how the cap can be removed and why it is a difficult process, let’s look at the...
The Cantillon Effect vs. The Nakamoto Effect
Around 1730 the French Irish economist Richard Cantillon wrote 'An Essay on Economic Theory'. This text was published after his death and translated into English in 1932. The essay describes and analyses an economy that was based on feudalism and relied primarily on...
The HODL Concept Explained
On December 18, 2013, someone going by the username GameKyuubi on Bitcointalk, a popular online forum with early Bitcoin enthusiasts, published a post describing his way of growing value through the cryptocurrency. In particular, he explained why he had chosen to...