By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The crypto market has been pounded lately, and more pain is on the way, predicts U.K.-based markets expert Frances Coppola. Equity and bond markets are in turmoil amid high inflation — and crypto investors are not being spared. Right now, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, typically seen as a hedge against inflation, […]

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist Mainstream media are fascinated with themselves. This is why they covered the cancellation of a low-rated Sunday morning news show as a blow to our democracy. In mid-August, CNN killed “Reliable Sources,” anchored since 2013 by Brian Stelter, a vociferous critic of President Trump. Instantly, hordes of journalists

Get Ready For the Surge, the Verge, the Purge and the Splurge By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO This year’s watershed moment in the crypto world — the Merge — took place last week, and there was nary a hitch. That puts Ethereum another step closer to its goal of becoming the go-to place for everyday transactions,

(OPINION) By Daniel Berninger, TruthDAO columnist With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaching in 46 months, the experiment in government “of the people, by the people, for the people” appears ready to perish from the Earth. By almost every measure, the United States of 2022 is falling short in all the ways

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The Merge is one of the most anticipated events in crypto history, and this is the week. That\’s when the Ethereum blockchain is expected to move from a proof-of-work system of validating transactions to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake system. Ethereum, the most-used blockchain in the crypto space for apps, smart contracts

(OPINION) Introducing The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist All the News That’s Fit to Print, The New York Times famously has promised since 1896. These days, however, a more apt slogan for media is Any Gripe That Gets a Click. Case in point: Tesla the Toddler Killer. It looked like real news and was

By Kathy Chu TruthDAO Cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Tron founder Justin Sun plans to acquire up to five crypto companies in the coming months, with trading platforms as top prospects. \”We have lots of partnerships and acquisitions on the way,\” Sun told TruthDAO. The full video interview, which took place on Aug. 17, will air on

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on Friday ordered crypto exchange FTX to stop making “false and misleading” claims about deposit insurance — the banking regulator’s latest warning to consumers that funds held at crypto companies aren’t necessarily protected. The FDIC order comes a week after TruthDAO\’s story highlighting FTX and

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Crypto pioneer Wilfred Daye, chief executive of Securitize Capital, a digital asset-management firm, was a guest on TruthDAO\’s Crypto DeFined on Aug. 11. Daye, a veteran of the banking world, opined on the state of crypto, and what he thinks it will take to catapult the industry to the next level.