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tinam • Mar 11, 2022, 8:41 am EST

Bitcoin Being Put To The Test And Shining

Currency like gold is what people rush to in times of great stress. They try to hold onto anything of value because they know they will need it in the aftermath. This is the test Bitcoin is going through right now, and it’s coming through with flying colors.We’re all watching gas prices shoot through the roof, and there is no indication when they will ever come back down. Food prices are soaring as well. In fact, gas prices impact the prices of most goods and services. When the cost of transportation rises, expect the cost of everything else to go

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tinam • Mar 9, 2022, 7:09 am EST

Bitcoin Offers Hope As Commodity Prices Inflate

With gas prices soaring through the roof, it’s tough to imagine when (or if) we will return to simpler times when fuel was less than $4 a gallon. But gas prices aren’t the only things going up. Prices are soaring from the grocery store to the housing market. Inflation changes everything, and the game is in pursuit. Commodities like oil, wheat, and corn were just starting to boom again. Then, what changed? The rally is on the downturn, “Soybean futures have erased their 2021 advance, sliding more than 20 percent from an eight-year high reached in May, while corn and wheat

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tinam • Mar 4, 2022, 8:19 am EST

Bitcoin Is So Much More Than Just Another Currency

Bitcoin is solving big world problems in such a significant way. Right now, it’s the choice of currency to fund Ukraine. It’s lifting countries out of debt. It has also created millionaires out of people who took a chance on it years ago. But, it still has most people confused. What exactly is it? Why do we need it? What does it do? We thought we’d take a moment to slow down in our everyday pursuit of news and address these questions. Of course, we have this information in our ever-expanding Byte University, a list of publications that teach you everything

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tinam • Mar 2, 2022, 8:34 am EST

Invasion In Ukraine Causes Bitcoin Rise

From the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the whole world watched the devastation and answered. While many civilians feel helpless in this uncertain and disheartening time, some people have found a way to lend a hand. Concerned people from all over are sending support in more ways than one. One way people are helping is by sending Bitcoin donations. Sending Bitcoin has helped to fund supplies and medicine for the Ukrainian people. These donations and likes are beneficial for the Ukrainian troops, including a beauty queen, a former millionaire boxer, and the mayor of Kyiv himself. There is even

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tinam • Feb 28, 2022, 7:41 am EST

$4.1 Million Crypto Donations To Support Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine just a few days ago has brought a lot of surprising actions to light. In addition to the phenomenal people who have joined the fight, the financial support pouring in to help is astounding beyond belief. The donations that have filtered in have added up to a cool $4.1 million, and that’s all in cryptocurrency. Elliptic’s chief scientist, Tom Robinson,  “Cryptocurrency is particularly suited to international fundraising because it doesn’t respect national boundaries and it’s censorship-resistant — there is no central authority that can block transactions, for example, in response to sanctions.” A few days

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tinam • Feb 24, 2022, 11:55 pm EST

Invasion Prompts Bitcoin Donations To Ukrainian Military

The buildup started about a year ago when Russian troops began to station themselves at the Ukrainian border. The U.S. met with Russia in Geneva back in January, but the issues remained unresolved. Then, earlier this month, Western powers started calling for sanctions against Russia and are now imposing them as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has become a reality. However, Ukraine is not alone. With plenty of help pouring in from different directions, Ukraine has support from around the world. And much of that support is coming in the form of Bitcoin donations. For example, the independent organization Come Back

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tinam • Feb 21, 2022, 4:41 am EST

Black Crypto Investors Successfully Finding Wealth Equality

In America, traditional banking institutions have developed a discriminating system against people of color. From charging higher rates to denying loans regardless of qualifications, it has been difficult for generations of Black and Latino Americans to gain wealth equality. However, crypto is establishing itself as the solution, and these Black investors embrace it. Tani Chambers A 44-year-old Black woman in crypto, Tani Chambers is not just an investor. She regards herself as an Economic Equity Advocate and a Champion of Women in Business. She founded Black Women Who Invest; a group focused on learning investment strategies that currently has over 30K

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tinam • Feb 16, 2022, 6:49 am EST

Women In The Bitcoin World

When Olayinka Odeniran attended the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami back in 2018, she saw a real diversity issue in the crypto space. Just three women were speaking, of the total 88 speakers. Not only that, but they held the networking party at a gentleman’s club, a place where many women weren’t necessarily comfortable making connections. Amber Baldet has a similar story. She’s a financial expert who gave up her spot at JP Morgan to found a crypto startup company. Amber led a team to help create Clovyr and serves on the board of a crypto company, the Zcash foundation.

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tinam • Feb 14, 2022, 5:00 am EST

Ordinary People Share How They Made Huge Gains With Crypto

Crypto dominates the headlines with stories of millionaires and billionaires investing in and advocating for Bitcoin. But, unfortunately, what’s missing in those headlines are all the stories of everyday people who dabbled, and it completely changed their lives. From substitute teachers to high school dropouts, they are great examples that anyone can make a perfect life for themselves in the crypto space.  From Substitute Teacher To Millionaire Rachel Siegel was living a humble life as a substitute teacher. She had very little money to work with as she lived in a small apartment in New York City. One day, she went to

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tinam • Feb 9, 2022, 5:51 am EST

Crypto Offers Hope To Black & Latino Communities

Why doesn’t everyone have bank access? What does unbanked or underbanked even mean? Why does the system we rely on work against us, pushing many hard-working people further into debt? Well, the truth is, banks have been around since the 1400s, charging interest and fees on spices and seeds. While we would all like to believe that the historic banking system has the consumer in mind, let’s be honest with ourselves. This lack of trust and reliability is why more and more people, particularly Black and Latino people, are coming to crypto to get out of debt and, further, free

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