Some thoughts on the matter. — Since 20 March 2020, Australia has had an overseas travel ban in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been disruptive and unfortunate for many, and it still continues to be very disruptive and very unfortunate for many, many more. Including myself! Who (as of just now) cancelled what…

What you need to know. — I have taken out my first loan from the Celsius Network — just to try it out. I applied for a loan of 500 Tether (USDT) at 4:19am and I received an email at 6:46am informing me that loan was approved. I logged into my Celsius wallet at 6:47am to…

ADA stake pools across the continents. — As of epoch 245, there are 1,646 active Cardano (ADA) stake pools around the world. The live stake of ADA sits at 22.24 billion — 69.8% of the circulating ADA. This is staked by 163,930 delegators. Cardano is the most decentralized network in the world (source: adapools.org). Let’s travel around…

Some tips on staking your ADA — If you have Cardano (ADA) you ought to stake it with an independent Stake Pool Operator (SPO). You can stake your ADA using either Daedalus (a desktop downloadable wallet) or Yoroi (a light wallet available as an app or browser extension). There are other ways to stake (ie. …

New to Crypto? Here are 7 tips on getting started. — Welcome to Crypto! Entering the crypto space for the first time can be overwhelming. I remember when a mate of mine was telling me about it; the conversation bounced between my own skepticism and my mate’s persistent excitement about the sheer potential of it all. Coming from some experience of…

Some thoughts and observations — I bought my first cryptocurrency on 19 December 2020. I put $100 AUD into Bitcoin when the price was at around US$23,500. I received 0.00331 BTC. Bitcoin had rallied to over US$20,000 a few days before. Over the next days and weeks Bitcoin continued to rally — throughout Christmas and…

There are many ways to use the Celsius Network. Here is one of them. — This post is aimed at users of The Celsius Network. For freshly minted Celsians, you can read an introductory post by clicking here! Act I. Build up the asset base. We all start from nothing. A new born Celsian starts with US$0.00 in their wallet. This needs to change. And…

Here’s my two cents — well, actually, here is my $116.50 AUD per month — regarding private health insurance in Australia. — “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” ~ The Oracle of Omaha Private health insurance in Australia Australians are pressured to take out private health insurance by the time they turn 30 years old. If you do not have private health insurance by 1 July after your 31st…

Crypto is here to stay! — A recent article on published on Forbes.com (“What The Lindy Effect Teaches Us About Bitcoin’s Rally”) examines Bitcoin and Bitcoin’s recent rally (US$20k to US$38k+) through the nicely polished looking-glass that is the Lindy Effect. A quick definition of the Lindy Effect — the longer a non-perishable thing exists, the…