May 21, 2020You Can Now Trade Ultra on the LAToken ExchangeToday, we are proud to announce that Ultra, the cryptocurrency native to the Ultranet marketplace, has been listed and can be traded on LAToken, a top ten crypto exchange. This marks a big step for the Ultranet marketplace, the only marketplace where all orders are end-to-end encrypted and listings can’t…Bitcoin2 min readBitcoin2 min read
May 7, 2020Unbundling Amazon: What the Airline Industry Can Teach Us About the Future of Marketplace PlatformsWhat does the future of e-commerce look like? Today in the US, it seems to be largely dominated by the likes of Amazon, which owns nearly half of the market. But will this always be the case? And if not, what would the disruption of a juggernaut like Amazon look…Startup16 min readStartup16 min read
Apr 16, 2020What Can Governments Actually Do to Ban Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies and What Can We Do About It?It’s no secret that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are a threat to the currency monopolies enjoyed by various governments around the world. Yet, in spite of this, the reaction from most governments to cryptocurrency so far has been reluctant tolerance rather than outright hostility or prohibition. This is likely because…Bitcoin6 min readBitcoin6 min read
Apr 16, 2020The Ultranet Will Be Listing on LAToken, a Top Ten Crypto Exchange, on May 20th 2020Today, we are proud to announce that Ultra, the cryptocurrency native to the Ultranet marketplace, will be listing on LAToken, a top ten crypto exchange, on May 20th 2020. This marks a big step for the Ultranet marketplace, the only marketplace where all orders are end-to-end encrypted and listings can’t…Cryptocurrency2 min readCryptocurrency2 min read
Apr 10, 2020The Biggest Mistake People Make When Forecasting the Price of Bitcoin And How It Impacts The HalveningWhat is the price of Bitcoin going to do in the next year? While many traders, technical analysts, and chartists attempt to answer this question on a regular basis, few do it with the analytical rigor required to get an accurate answer. In this post we will discuss the typical…Bitcoin5 min readBitcoin5 min read
Apr 1, 2020Filecoin Is a Security: The Surprising Conculsion From a Rigorous Analysis of the Telegram InjunctionLast week, a bombshell was dropped that the SEC had won an injunction on Telegram, preventing it from being able to launch its new cryptocurrency, called “Grams,” due to the high likelihood that grams would be classified as a security. What’s even more surprising, however, is that the same arguments…Cryptocurrency10 min readCryptocurrency10 min read
Mar 30, 2020What Makes a Cryptocurrency Token a Security, Why It’s Really Bad to Be Classified as One, and How to Avoid ItWith the recent Telegram injunction, the SEC has made it very clear that it’s going to be as aggressive as it can be in categorizing cryptocurrency tokens as securities. But what does it even mean for a token to be a security, and is it a bad thing? For that…Bitcoin7 min readBitcoin7 min read
Mar 16, 2020What Westworld’s “Uber for Crime” App Got Wrong About BlockchainThe premier of the third season of Westworld, which aired yesterday, featured an “Uber for Crime” app called “RICO” (short for “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations”). Used by a character who’s down on his luck to find black market jobs, the app was described by the creators of the show…Cryptocurrency3 min readCryptocurrency3 min read
Mar 12, 2020Introducing Interchange: The Innovative Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Powering the First Decentralized Private MarketplaceHow do you give people the ability to purchase a new kind of cryptocurrency with Bitcoin in a completely decentralized way? This was the first question we faced when creating the Ultranet, a decentralized private marketplace where all transactions are end-to-end encrypted, and all data is preserved as long as…Cryptocurrency3 min readCryptocurrency3 min read
Mar 3, 2020The One and Only Thing Cryptocurrencies Do Uniquely WellWhat problems are cryptocurrencies good at solving? In 2017, entrepreneurs and fortune 500 companies alike were rushing to integrate cryptocurrency tech into their businesses, only to realize that traditional centralized databases are generally faster, cheaper, and easier to manage, thus making the latter the superior solution to most problems. But…Cryptocurrency9 min readCryptocurrency9 min read
