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El Salvador’s Adoption of Bitcoin Is the Start of Something Much Bigger

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 18, 2021 ·

Rain on your wedding day. If you believe in old wives’ tales, clouds spitting down on your “I …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 16, 2021 ·

Monday rolled around—7 a.m. I was still in bed, stuck in the neverland of partial, morning lucidity. And my phone chirped. I …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 15, 2021 ·

In the great green room there was a telephone and a red balloon and a picture of... The cow jumping over the moon. If you’re a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 14, 2021 ·

I’m at the age where life forces me to think about retirement. And, frankly, I find it unsettling. I spent my 20s, 30s, and 40s …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 12, 2021 ·

Plus China’s Newest Stock Exchange Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 11, 2021 ·

Fall has come to Prague. Finally. Summer was rough. My apartment, on the top floor of what my landlord tells me is an 18th century …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 10, 2021 ·

When my son was about 9 years old, he threatened to run away. He packed a Mickey Mouse bag with a soccer shirt, a baseball hat, one …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 7, 2021 ·

This is a historic day for crypto. Starting today, El Salvador adopts bitcoin as one of its official currencies…marking the first time a country …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 5, 2021 ·

Plus the Chinese Property Giant on the Brink of Collapse Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and …

Jeff D. Opdyke · September 4, 2021 ·

If you had the chance to turn 5% of your retirement account into a life-changing amount of wealth…but you had to risk losing the entire 5%, what …