Benjamin Pirus

Benjamin (BJ) is a full-time writer and trader in the crypto space. A former college hockey player, BJ loves a good burger, volatile Bitcoin charts and chatting about crypto.

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New Year Special

Twitter hosted an abundance of crypto industry action in 2021. Check out a few Crypto Twitter highlights from the year.

Crypto Twitter year in review: 10 influential tweets of 2021

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2021-12-27T15:14:00+00:00

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However, the lack of statistical correlation between inflation and crypto prices has not deterred many investors from viewing the asset in this way.

Data doesn’t show Bitcoin as an inflation hedge at present, according to Chainalysis

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2021-09-20T18:15:00+01:00

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The company has brought former United States CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz aboard its operation.

Former CFTC brass joins Andreessen Horowitz as an advisor

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2021-09-10T21:15:00+01:00

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Different decentralized finance solutions building on the Algorand blockchain could receive a chunk of a new $300 million fund.

New fund aims to put hundreds of millions toward Algorand DeFi growth

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2021-09-10T19:45:00+01:00

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The New York county clerk office employee allegedly used over 40 devices to mine crypto unlawfully.

Government employee accused of mining crypto at public’s expense

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2021-09-09T20:45:00+01:00

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Will other crypto assets ever overtake Bitcoin in market cap? Daniel Strachman weighs in.

Still too early to know if Bitcoin will remain top dog, Wall Street vet says

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2021-08-27T20:30:00+01:00

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The end of Q2 holdings for Intel showed a small stack of COIN shares, valuing between $500,000 and $1,000,000, at the time of publication.

Reports suggest that a mainstream tech giant holds shares of Coinbase stock

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2021-08-13T22:12:45+01:00

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Bitcoin has increased more than 5,000,000% in price between its early days and its all-time price high, but are most of its big gains already done compared to o...

Is being late into Bitcoin about perspective?

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2021-08-12T19:30:00+01:00

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