Continued currency debasement and rising gold prices multiply the potential upside for gold miners, but large-cap royalties and streaming companies should be considered first on your list of investments for one seeking…
Author: Brian Colwell
Alternative Investment Explorer
Interesting Facts About Walmart
The most popular item at Walmart is the banana. Before a hurricane, Walmarts fill their stores with strawberry pop-tarts. There are plenty of wacky bits of information to explore in a company with…
15 Interesting Facts About Diamonds
The story of diamonds is either a sordid tale of monopolistic politics and power, or an iconic marketing origin story of genius branding and demographic analysis, depending on whom is telling the…
A Brief History Of Gold
Rarer than diamonds, gold is formed during cataclysmic cosmic events such as merging neutron stars. With economic cataclysm quickly approaching, it seems possible that gold could find itself back amongst the stars….
Algorithmic Stablecoins Beyond Seigniorage Shares: An Introduction To Ampleforth
I recently had a conversation with Ampleforth Founder and CEO Evan Kuo on the stablecoin’s business, cryptography, and plans for adoption. I was interested to find that, although an algorithmic stablecoin, Ampleforth…
Comparing Crypto Exchange Tokens: Part 5 (Fee-Sharing Exchange Tokens)
Throughout this series I have focused on a core group of nine Crypto Exchanges that also have their own token. To review, those exchanges include: Bancor Bibox Binance COBINHOOD COSS.io Huobi IDEX…
Comparing Crypto Exchange Tokens: Part 4 (The Exchange Matrix)
Throughout this series I have focused on a core group of nine Crypto Exchanges that also have their own token. To review, those exchanges include: Bancor Bibox Binance COBINHOOD COSS.io Huobi IDEX…
MakerDAO: The Future Of Finance
Stablecoins have been gaining in prominence during this 2018 cryptocurrency bloodbath: Investors seek to stop the bleeding, while traders seek to de-risk their portfolios without having to move to fiat currencies. In…
Comparing Crypto Exchange Tokens: Part 3 (Valuation & Tokenomics)
How does one value Crypto Exchange Tokens? That’s the million-dollar question to which there are a million answers. Why such difficulty, though? Cryptocurrencies are difficult to value because the industry is relatively…
Comparing Crypto Exchange Tokens: Part 2 (Token Utility)
Cryptocurrency exchanges are developing some of the most exciting advancements in the crypto space. Exchange tokens not only facilitate these advancements, but also capture the value of an exchange’s level of adoption…