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The greatest crypto website on the internet… and a place completely free of hyperbole.
My name is Harry Hamburg and I created coin confidential when I left Southbank Investment Research in 2019.
At Southbank, I was Editor of two newsletters, with more than 85,000 subscribers:
Exponential Investor – which focused on tech. And Crypto Wire – which focused on, yes, you guessed it… crypto.
So if you found me through any of that, it’s great to have you back.
In coin confidential I try to balance the tech, finance and philosophy of crypto, without taking any of it too seriously. And yes, I write crypto reviews, too.
So far, I've written ridiculously in-depth deep dives for many of today's top cryptos, including Solana, Polkadot, Algorand, Radix, Fantom and IOTA.
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The curse of Mt Gox: back from the dead
What caused the great crypto winter of 2018? Mt Gox going bankrupt in 2014. And now Mt Gox is back from the dead to take one final swipe at crypto in 2022

Why isn’t Bitcoin coming to the rescue?
Buffett, Bitcoin and the best investment strategy no one can actually use.

The one thing everyone is missing in all this NFT hype… will be “so obvious” in hindsight
The fact NFTs have gained so much popularity in such a short space of time really shows the potential for more killer crypto apps in the future.

Everything you need to know about crypto in one essay
If you want to know what crypto is, why it's important, and why you should care, this is the one essay you need to read.

What does inflation have to do with Bitcoin anyway?
Inflation is making the poor poorer. Meanwhile, increasing asset prices are making the rich richer. Could Bitcoin level the playing field?

How Security Token Offerings (STOs) will forever change global finance
Here’s a bold prediction: Security Token Offerings (STOs) will be the biggest disrupter of global financial markets in history. Those who fail to see this change coming will be left out in the cold, while those that do could reap untold fortunes.

What is DeFi and why is it such a big deal?
Just as Bitcoin allows you to make payments without a bank, DeFi allows you to create an entire financial system without banks or central authorities.

Everything you need to know about Central Bank Digital Currencies
Here’s an abbreviation you’re going to see a lot of, starting this year: CBDC. It stands for Central Bank Digital Currency, and it’s going to cause the biggest shakeup of the global financial system since the 2008 financial crisis.

Why are crypto prices falling? The definitive guide
There is one simple reason why crypto prices are falling. And once you understand it, crypto investing – or any investing, for that matter – gets a whole lot easier.

This week in crypto: circles of control
Honestly, there’s not a lot going on in crypto this week… or last week… or the week before. Like I wrote in last week’s article, we’re in a real liminal state right now. And a lot of the crypto forums, message boards, telegrams, discords, etc. that I

This week in crypto: the liminal state
Do you know what liminality is? I certainly didn’t, when I first heard someone say it on a podcast a couple of years ago. It basically means being in-between two stages, phases, eras. Here’s how Chip Conley put it that podcast. Liminal is sort of right there and

This week in crypto: Ethereum on top
There have been some strange goings on in crypto this week. The biggest story is obviously the mini market rally. Here are the gains of the top 10 cryptos over the last seven days (at time of writing): * Bitcoin is up 14% * Ethereum is up 37% * BNB is up 13%
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