The SEC has recently charged Coinbase with unlawfully exchanging crypto asset securities. The SEC alleges that Coinbase’s integration of four functions – listing, exchange, clearing, and settlement – violates conflict of interest rules. How stocks are traded: First, let’s look at how these 4 functions work with stocks and compare coinbase to the Nasdaq or…… Continue reading What is a Security? A Look into the SEC Charges
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Between Recession and Inflation | Macroeconomic view
Current macroeconomic trends are fascinating to watch, but scary at the same time. Over the next months, many different outcomes are possible, depending on how current issues like the Ukraine war and the rising inflation play out. Note: This is just my personal view. My knowledge about macroeconomics comes from random YouTube videos and Tweets.…… Continue reading Between Recession and Inflation | Macroeconomic view
Exploring DeFi
Crypto has a lot of different use cases, for example NFTs, GameFi, Memes or DeFi. This article is a brief overview of DeFi. DeFi is short for decentralized finance, where financial products become available on a public decentralized blockchain network. It aims to use technology to remove intermediaries between parties in a financial service. Points…… Continue reading Exploring DeFi