Sam Okafor

Accessible explainer who writes for the person who just heard about Bitcoin at Thanksgiving dinner. Translates crypto into plain language without dumbing it down. Former personal finance journalist at a major news network.

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Articles by Sam Okafor

Oct 23, 2026

KuCoin Lists 5 Stock-Linked Perps at 20x, Including a Bet on a Bet

KuCoin is launching five USDT-margined perpetual contracts on October 21, and the tickers read like a brokerage account: Goldman Sachs, a uranium miners fund, Forward Industries, StablecoinX, and the 2X Long MSTR fund. One of those is a leveraged product wrapped in another leveraged product, which is where the story actually gets interesting. Here's what the 20x headline doesn't tell you.

Oct 22, 2026

Starknet's Quantum Bet: Why StarkWare's November Whitepaper Matters to All 21 Million Bitcoin

Starknet voters backed research into a quantum-resistant chain that could exist independently of Ethereum, and StarkWare says a draft whitepaper is coming in November. The vote itself changes nothing. The design question underneath it touches every bitcoin in existence.

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Sam Okafor

Articles by Sam Okafor

KuCoin Lists 5 Stock-Linked Perps at 20x, Including a Bet on a Bet

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