^ image source Bitcoin debit cards take a hit yesterday on January 5 Visa ordered the immediate suspension of all Wavecrest-issued Bitcoin debit cards that use the Visa network. Unfortunately, this means

An interesting paradox When I was just working my job, I had a very bad habit of spending it all on luxuries that I did not need. And not even good ones. I would buy designer brand clothing and shoes,

My Other Life I don't talk about it a whole lot because it's a rather niche interest of mine, but I thought I'd make a post about it, just for funsies. A while back I made a post talking about one of my

It just keeps rising Everyone's attention is on Steem right now, and it just keeps rising and rising. Looking at Bittrex right now, it's currently trading at $7.50 with a Bitcoin price of 15077. That's

Making it fit in My dream with crypto is to make it all fit into my normal life, where it becomes part of the many things I do or want to do on a daily basis. Right now, that's not really an option because

Looking back on 2017 2017 is coming to a close, and I have to say, it's been quite a year. I always seem to forget the intricate details of everything I've done and therefore assume that the year was

The College Dilemma How important do you think it is that someone go to university in order to move up in life? The standard path is to finish school and go off to university to gain the qualification

Everyone's plugged in The customers at my work have a strange sense of priority when it comes to their gambling. Whilst most of them aren't chasing money, they become unhappy when they're not winning,

The train is leaving the station Ever since I started trading I noticed that I had a new best friend. It follows me around like my shadow, nagging me around every path that I walk and every corner I turn.

Working and Trading Working 35 hours a week as well as trading is a rather time-consuming hobby. This is something I've come to realize over the past 8 days, of which I'd been rostered off over the Christmas

Crypto's little devil on your shoulder Anyone here familiar with Tethers? (USDT)? They're a token that is paired to and backed by the US Dollar, so that for every Tether that exists, there also exists

It's that time of year again! Merry Christmas Steemit! I hope everyone is having a great Christmas and spending it doing what they love. Even though it's Boxing Day here now, I thought I'd wait a little

It's not all bad It's no secret that it sucks when the price goes down. The value of all our hard-earning bitcoin suddenly deflates and soon we're down to two-thirds of what we could have had a few days

Keep your eyes on the prize As difficult as it is to keep at it in crypto, you need to keep pushing forward. It's hard to stare at books all day and do analysis and numbercrunching, especially without

Source We lost someone special I've been a little hesitant to post about this because it's something that I spent a while brooding over, but I feel that I'm ready to talk about it now. On December 18,

Making money is one thing. Keeping it? Another Everyone knows how hard it can be to make money in crypto. You're fighting an uphill battle against the markets, pitting your wits and your wallet against

Do you know how frustrating it is? This occurs about 90% of the time, but whenever I am waiting for a bus, a bus always goes in the opposite direction before mine comes. It doesn't matter where I'm boarding

Is The Last Jedi a "true" Star Wars film? I'm a solid Star Wars fan, not a die-hard (I was when Episode 1 debuted when I was 10), and I've been following the new trilogy pretty closely since

It's more fun trading together I found myself a trading partner, who has been by my side the whole time I've been learning about crypto and writing for Steemit. In fact, they are by my side as we speak.

Bitcoin is going mainstream Over the last few weeks, I've noticed a few interesting things turn up on my newsfeed that, before then, never had. Bitcoin was nearing 10k and the news of this momentous occasion