Billionaire Bill Miller has 50% of his Net Worth in Bitcoin — Fifty percent. Not a typo. Let’s back up. So, who’s this Bill Miller? Well, Miller is a billionaire now, but oh, what a ride he’s been on. Miller has been in the investment game for over 40 years, and was the head of the Legg Mason Capital Value Management Trust…

Ten Things to Know — (Previously published in Bitcoin Magazine.) Yes, it’s that time of year again. The new year is upon us and we all need to start gathering tax documents. Fun stuff, right? Investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Dogecoin? If so, things get really fun. By the way, I’m writing specifically about…

A tale of two newspaper columns “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was…

Times have changed. — The bank savings account used to be America’s preferred method of accumulating money. Put some of your paycheck into your savings account each payday, earn 3% interest (or more) and watch it grow. All insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Sweet deal. Oh, but that was yesteryear. The banking…

“USDC Good, Crypto Bad” Tell me you don’t understand Bitcoin without saying you don’t understand Bitcoin. That’s a popular phrase used on Twitter, used to describe a particularly bad or uninformed position regarding Bitcoin. Or crypto in general. It applies, pretty perfectly, to the just-released “Economic Report of the President — 2023.” Chapter Eight…

The “Bored Apes,” pictured above. They’re the most popular NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. You’ve probably heard of NFTs. They were all the rage in 2021. NFTs are unique digital identifiers, which may provide the holder with rights with respect to a certain digital file, a digital artwork image, digital music…

Probably nothing. Three major US banks went bust, pretty much, within a few days. Silicon Valley Bank in California, Signature Bank in New York, and Silvergate Bank, which catered to the crypto industry, all collapsed. Very suddenly. The weaknesses of fiat banking, of fractional-reserve banking, are being exposed. What caused this? Rising…

New Ordinals Protocol Causes Surge in Activity Are there more uses for the Bitcoin network than making financial transactions? Apparently there are. Ordinals, a new version of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), are now being minted directly on the Bitcoin blockchain. NFTs made quite a stir in 2021, when suddenly, digital files, artwork, music and more, were being bought…

How Crypto Could Impact Your Tax Returns (Previously published in Bitcoin Magazine.) Yes, it’s that time of year again. The new year is upon us and we all need to start gathering tax documents. Fun stuff, right? And if you’ve invested in Bitcoin or sold Bitcoin, then things get really fun. The below list of items is…