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April 1, 2026 NZ investors face an exceptional dilemma: how to manage their portfolio that includes property and/or crypto. It has been a popular belief for over a hundred years that buying residential property in NZ is a good strategy to build wealt…

April 1, 2026 In the dynamic financial world of 2026, many New Zealanders are considering using digital currencies to realise their dream of owning a house. The housing market remains a hotspot for wealth accumulation. The discussion of whether you c…

March 10, 2026 Sharesies has fundamentally changed how New Zealanders invest. Since launching in Wellington in 2017, Sharesies NZ has grown from a scrappy startup with six ETFs to a comprehensive wealth platform serving more than 880,000 investors ac…

March 10, 2026 The crypto market has entered one of its most turbulent stretches of 2026, with Bitcoin shedding tens of thousands of dollars in market cap within days and altcoins bleeding double digits across the board. If you’ve opened your p…

Cryptocurrency taxation has become a defining compliance challenge for digital asset investors across the Tasman. With Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and hundreds of other tokens traded daily on cryptocurrency exchanges, both the Inland Revenue Departmen…

This analysis compares gold as an investment and bitcoin as an investment across historical returns, volatility, and portfolio strategy. All data was compiled from market records spanning 2000–2026 and verified against multiple financial data sources…

When we reviewed several popular DeFi protocols in 2026, the thing that stood out most was just how much of the traditional financial stack has been replicated on-chain — from basic savings-style products to complex derivatives markets. Understanding…

If you’ve ever bought cryptocurrency on an exchange or heard of decentralized lending protocols, you’ve probably come across two main crypto finance models: CeFi and DeFi. Both approaches offer similar services-trading, lending, and asset…

Despite widespread internet speculation, there is no verified evidence connecting Jeffrey Epstein to the creation or early development of Bitcoin. The epstein bitcoin narrative is fueled by coincidental timeline overlaps and conspiracy theories, not…

Published 12 February 2026 Kiwi-Coin, NZ’s pioneering BTC exchange founded in 2014, terminates services in January 2026 amid relentless banking de-risking. The closure caps a decade of domestic platform failures as parliamentary inquiry hearing…