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A little while back, I wrote a post and mentioned ICON within it. I went over general features but, never really dug too deep in that post.

At the time of writing that post, ICX was trading significantly higher than it’s current price now, at roughly 34 cents per ICX. Has the price drop affected my view on ICON?

Of course not. Let’s take some time to talk about ICON and what’s been going on.

Why the Majority of 2017-2018 ICO’s Have Failed

By William McKenzie

On March 17, 2019

In Blockchain

Well, this is interesting.

An interesting thread popped up on r/cryptocurrency today that was posted by u/AsleepInstruction8. The thread was titled, “I worked at an ICO crypto company. It’s crazy how people still believe/invest in them”.

Why Tezos is Still One of the Most Advanced Blockchains to Date

By William McKenzie

On March 15, 2019

In Blockchain

A while back, I wrote a piece about Tezos explaining what it was and gave a general overview of its features. This piece was met with lots of praise from the Tezos community and even Kathleen Breitman took notice of it, and tweeted about it.

Has my opinion on Tezos changed? Absolutely not. In fact, Tezos is even more attractive now than it was when I wrote that initial post in early 2018.

Tether Pulls a Sneaky Update

By William McKenzie

On March 14, 2019

In Blockchain

The Reddit effect is a very powerful and well documented one that can bring change and influence thousands of people. Essentially, once anything goes trending on Reddit, in this case crypto related, it’s pretty much game over.

A user on r/cryptocurrency, u/Toyake, recently posted about Tether sneakily updating their website claiming Tether (USDT) is no longer backed by 1 USDT for every 1 USD in cash reserves.

Marco Santori Weighs in on SEC Chairman Clayton’s Response to Coin Center

By William McKenzie

On March 13, 2019

In Blockchain

Recently, a lot of crypto news outlets have put out information regarding the SEC’s stance of Ethereum (ETH), as “no longer being a security“. This was likely due to misconstruing SEC Chairman Clayton’s diction and made many believe ETH was given a clear green light against security status.

Marco Santori, who serves as the President and Chief Legal Officer for Blockchain, had a few things to say about SEC Chairman Clayton’s response to Coin Center.

It’s All Just a Bunch of Smoke and Mirrors

By William McKenzie

On March 12, 2019

In Blockchain

Substratum’s CEO and community never cease to amaze me.

In response to indisputable accusations that Substratum lied about their “hedging” of ICO funds, Substratum’s CEO felt the need to revitalize his community with a sermon.

Justin Tabb “Clears up” Substratum Shortcomings

By William McKenzie

On March 11, 2019

In Blockchain

Substratum always seems to give me something to write about.

Recently, an interview surfaced with Justin Tabb and a contributor to Influencive. Justin tried to explain a number of things that have crutched the Substratum project over the past year. As expected, zero accountability was taken on his part.

Erik Finman thinks “Bitcoin is dead”

By William McKenzie

On March 10, 2019

In Blockchain

So, this is older news, but I thought it was worth bringing up.

On March 8, 2019, Erik Finman posted a video to his twitter account saying “bitcoin is dead” and why he thinks bitcoin is “long term dead”.

Brave Browser Review

By William McKenzie

On March 9, 2019

In Blockchain

After a long awaited time and hearing about Brave Browser from many people, I decided to finally test it out myself.

First thing I have to say about Brave is it’s genius. The economic model is brilliant. Brave rewards users who browse through the Brave Browser in the form of Basic Attention Token (BAT), while at the same time allows for a self-reinforcing economic model that contributes their earned BAT tokens back to content creators and publishers of their choice.