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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The recession is here — what can you do about it? | Money Matters

Jaeyoung Choi October 3, 2022
Gen Z is in our second economic crisis. If you count the 1997 Asian financial crisis and its lasting effects, then this is our third. So what’s a college student like you or me to do at this time?
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Modern Toolbox: What actually is crypto?

Jaeyoung Choi April 12, 2022
Against its fundamental design, and against logic itself, cryptocurrencies have morphed into an asset that mirrors stocks more than it does gold. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Modern Toolbox: No, NFTs aren’t just expensive .jpegs

Jaeyoung Choi January 26, 2022
blockchain technology is slated to revolutionize the world in ways that we may not even be able to imagine today
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The introduction of NFTs and cryptocurrency to the esports world inspires a grim vision of the future

Nick Speranza November 17, 2021
The trend of video game platforms and esport organizations integrating NFTs and cryptocurrency is concerning.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Modern Toolbox: Don’t listen to Kim Kardashian for investment advice

Jaeyoung Choi September 21, 2021
At the start of any great technology, we see people capitalizing on speculation without presenting any real product.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Modern Toolbox: The Chinese government banned crypto mining, and that’s a good thing

Jaeyoung Choi September 15, 2021
China’s ban on crypto mining exposes a fatal flaw in Bitcoin and other proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Modern Toolbox: The Federal Reserve is killing the United States

Jaeyoung Choi September 8, 2021
Blockchain is the future, and we can either watch the Fed continue to botch its responsibilities or force it to adapt.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Sex, drugs, guns and crypto

Jaeyoung Choi April 28, 2021
The argument that cryptocurrencies make money laundering easier for criminals is baseless.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Crypto is a silent protest

Jaeyoung Choi April 14, 2021
Crypto is a global movement to decentralize our finances and take back our economic power.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: It’s always the right time to invest in crypto

Jaeyoung Choi April 7, 2021
Why try to time the market right now? Don’t regret not investing today 10 or 20 years down the line.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Bitcoin is using as much energy as Norway, but it doesn’t matter

Jaeyoung Choi March 24, 2021
Crypto mainly uses renewable energy, so there’s no reason to argue against this revolutionary tech.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Coronavirus, stocks and crypto

Jaeyoung Choi March 11, 2021
The potential oncoming economic crisis is worrying, to say the least, but the first wave of economic hardship has been fought back through investment and capital injections into the markets by individual investors.
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