Unintended consequences
by Zain Jaffer Just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as US President in January 2025, the popular social media app Tiktok pulled itself out of the US market, citing a ban enacted in the outgoing days of the Biden administration. While Trump decided to suspend the ban, mainstream media like CNN reported that thousands of […]
Be prepared for anything
by Zain Jaffer As an entrepreneur and investor who has had many varied life experiences, one piece of advice I can probably give right now is to be prepared for anything and everything. Sure there are highly likely and unlikely outcomes based on statistical data, but sometimes when things have changed, the unlikely may become […]
What is crypto staking?
In mid February 2023 the US SEC disallowed and fined the popular crypto exchange Kraken for implementing what they term as crypto “staking.” Other crypto exchange giants like Coinbase have promised to challenge this in court. But what exactly is staking? One simple analogy is that it is somewhat similar to depositing your money in […]