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Before 2018 a lot of the buzz around crypto was still speculation. The technology was groundbreaking for sure… But beyond Bitcoin there was nothing tangible, yet. We weren’t paying for the weekly shop using crypto and there were no flying cars running off Ethereum. To...

We needed a good purge... and we are getting one. In the last month, the crypto market has washed out, with many coins falling 70 to 80% in a matter of weeks. Some of these coins won’t survive. And that’s not a bad thing. Every few years, the crypto market goes...

Volatility. It’s both beautiful and terrifying. One minute crypto is soaring up in value in a seemingly endless stream of infinite profits... The next negative news stories start to snowball and the price implodes. The trouble is, as we’ve said before, the mainstream...

Why do people place their faith in crypto? It’s a great question. Especially now... when the prices are fluctuating wildly from one week to the next. As far as we’re concerned, it’s a question of trust. Around the world, people are losing faith in traditional money,...

What is the point? We already have banks that store our money… And apps on our phones that let us zap it between accounts. It all feels pretty seamless, so why do we need Bitcoin? All the arguments about convenience and “sticking with what we know” make sense. It’s...

As this is one of our first entries for The Vanguard we just wanted to take a moment to introduce ourselves. Frank O’Brien is our resident economist. He has been editor of The Home Trader newsletter for over 6 years and has been heavily invested in crypto since 2017....

It will be one of the biggest changes to society we'll see in our lifetimes... A way to automate trust between complete strangers. Right now, the crypto market is going through one of is periodic corrections. And at times like this it goes against your best instincts...

Magic money beans… That’s what most people think when they first hear about crypto. A crazy, ‘scratch-card’ investment that’s made a few people fabulously wealthy because they got in early… And early adopters have made astonishing returns from crypto. We’re talking...

Welcome to the very first issue of The Vanguard newsletter. We're delighted you can join us. Every week, myself and the team will get stuck in to THE biggest stories in crypto. We'll look at the projects we think have real, ‘world changing’ potential, and where the...