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Bitcoin Mining Is Cool Again; We Can Thank Africa, Prudence and Growing Hashrate for That

It has been a tough year for crypto mining industry, but the industry is primed for a rebound soon.

Sound money should reliably store value over time. No currency – not bitcoin, not ether, not the U.S. dollar – seems to be doing that these days.

Not all cryptocurrencies are the same; how they react to a world with inflation and higher interest rates greatly depends on what sector they are in.

Big investors still seem to like bitcoin more, but their interest in ether is growing.

... Or any other institutions for that matter.

Will an uncharacteristically weak summer lead to even more pain for bitcoin’s price in September, a month when it typically drops?

Inflationary forces are still out there and investors are thinking about how best to protect themselves. Is bitcoin a way to do that?

In a world where Ethereum users don’t want to be censored, there may be a way to push back.

It’s not really about which is better; it’s about trade-offs.

Bitcoin’s dominant scaling system continues to grow despite a formidable bear market.

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