Real Clear Crypto

David Gamble didn’t see himself in the financial industry, let alone in the digital assets space but in 2014, while serving as a research intern for a U.S. Department of Energy project, he began to learn about crypto.

When Jahon Jamali first learned about blockchain technology, he knew he had found something that would change the world. “We’re now at a point where I can text someone in Nigeria and have a conversation in real time, but I can’t easily send them a buck,” said Jamali. “It makes no financial sense. With blockchain, we are free of that."

Recently, Adam Lowe launched Arculus, a cold-storage crypto-currency wallet which features patented three-factor NFC authentication to remove the friction that comes with every day crypto transactions.

It’s been a rocky year for crypto. If one were to look back at the most recent peak of bitcoin prices, it could be thought to coincide with a kind of peak for crypto in general in November 2021.

Wendell August Forges is in the business of crafting metal gift ware and collectibles, but the company is joining the NFT world - one of the first real-world collectible companies to move aggressively into NFTs.

Cryptocurrency has inherent key features that give enormous advantage and opportunity over regular money. It is a digital asset that utilizes computer code & blockchain technology to operate somewhat on its own.

The wealth management space is late to the blockchain discussion. Crypto enthusiasts have been talking about the technology for over a decade, mostly among themselves, and have developed their own language.

Blockchain technology is forcing entrepreneurship to evolve. But tokenization allows founders like Michael Kisselgof of Popcorn to take things even farther.

The attention of the cryptocurrency industry was pulled to Washington, D.C. in recent days, where the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included a target on the market’s back.

Massive institutions and working-class professionals alike are demonstrating unprecedented demand for digital assets. For many, the question is how, not if, to invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.