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Today marks one month since I sent the first Bloch Letter. Big thanks to anyone who has taken the time to read or listen to my previous letters. Big shoutout to my friend @mixingmike at Side3 studios in Denver for his audio mixing expertise, I appreciate your help this past month Mike. If you’re new here, today’s update is a follow-on to my previous letters The Evolution of Money and The Case for Blockchain Technology. If you haven’t seen those yet, I encourage you to check them out for an introduction to the crypto space.
If you’re already following the crypto space, some of this you’ve likely heard already. If you don’t get daily updates as I do, you may not have heard some of this. Here are some of the more recent headlines, all within the last month:
* Morgan Stanley becomes the first big U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to bitcoin funds - March 17th, 2021
* Tesla Begins Accepting Bitcoin — Elon Musk Says BTC Payments Will Not Be Converted to Fiat Currency - March 24th, 2021
* Visa Will Start Settling Transactions With Crypto Partners In USDC On Ethereum - March 29th, 2021
* Bitcoin climbs as PayPal launches 'Checkout with Crypto' - March 30th, 2021
* Robinhood Plans to Launch a Crypto Wallet 'as Fast as Possible' - March 31st, 2021
* Bitcoin Payments Are Great, But Stablecoins Are The Future Of Crypto – Visa Is Just The Beginning - March 31st, 2021
* ‘Crypto is going to be the most significant macro event of my career,’ says longtime investment analyst Jim Bianco - March 31st, 2021
* Goldman to offer bitcoin and other crypto to wealthy investors - March 31st, 2021
* Crypto Firms Got More Funding Last Quarter Than In All of 2020 - April 1st, 2021
* Coinbase gets all-clear from SEC, setting stage for landmark crypto listing - April 1st, 2021
* Bitcoin And Crypto Market Smashes Through $2 Trillion As The Price Of Ethereum, Binance Coin, Litecoin And Ripple’s XRP Suddenly Soar - April 5th, 2021
* Everything you need to know about the crypto revolution underway - April 6th, 2021
* Fidelity, Coinbase, Square form crypto council to lobby policy makers - April 6th, 2021
* Billionaire Mark Cuban Reveals Why He Thinks Ethereum Will ‘Dwarf’ Bitcoin As Crypto Market Price Hits $2 Trillion - April 6th, 2021
* U.S. is ‘behind the curve’ on crypto regulations, says SEC Commissioner - April 7th, 2021
* Forbes Billionaires List 2021 Features Handful of Crypto Founders - April 7th, 2021
* Now you can pay rent in bitcoin, at least at mall magnate Rick Caruso’s apartments - April 7th, 2021
* Fidelity’s Tom Jessop says crypto has hit a ‘tipping point’ - April 9th, 2021
* Bitcoin Spikes Above USD 61K, Ethereum Hits New ATH - April 10th, 2021
* 10 Best Crypto Debit Cards - April 10th, 2021
* Peter Thiel Defines Bitcoin’s Accidental Role in Global Politics - April 11th, 2021
* VC funds bullish on crypto, increase investment in blockchain startups - April 11th, 2021
* Bitcoin bombshell: Crypto king may pole vault to eye popping $400k mark this year with over 6x growth - April 11th, 2021
No matter your level of familiarity with blockchain tech and cryptocurrencies, there is a ton of good information to absorb in those articles. I encourage you to check them out. And those are just a sampling from the last month, although I will say, the last month has been absolutely epic for crypto news coming out. Back when I first started investing in crypto in 2017, the news cycles were VERY different. We used to joke about how we needed to HODL (Hold On For Dear Life) our crypto when the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) was coming out strong. But now the flood of news seems to be positive for Bitcoin and crypto more broadly. Mark Cuban speaking out publicly about Ethereum means that you aren’t too late yet; not for Bitcoin, Ethereum, or some of the other rising stars like Cardano (ADA) and Stellar (XLM).
If you’re new to crypto and not sure what questions to ask or how to get started, I encourage you to reach out to me, I’d be happy to give you a rundown and help you get set up in a safe and secure way. A wise man once told me, don’t wait to buy bitcoin, buy bitcoin and wait. This was good a good suggestion for me, and my portfolio. Today I pass it along to you.
Until next time.
Bloch
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