Crypto Trading And Happiness
By Sam Mitchell
A 2011 study was conducted using hospital records in California. After a three year assessment of the data collected from the study, there was found to be an inverse relationship between the number of hospital admissions and the daily stock returns. The results in the study were not particularly shocking. The study confirmed that fluctuations in the stock market have a direct impact on investors’ health. Conductors of the study...
The Number Of Cryptocurrency ATMs Worldwide Reaches 4,000
By Sam Mitchell
Recent statistics by Coinatmradar.com indicate that the number of altcoin ATMs worldwide has grown exponentially to about 4,000. In the last two months, that average daily installation has reached 6.7 machines. North America has the highest number of these machines while Africa has the least with only 0.20 percent. A Rise In Cryptocurrency ATMs Cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs) are one of the various ways that one can use to...
Philippines Now Boasts Of Ten Approved Crypto Exchanges
By Sam Mitchell
There is something about the Philippines trying to catch up with Japan. This is the ever-growing number of approved crypto exchanges in the country. So far, ten crypto exchanges have received the green light from the Philippines’ Central Bank. Bitcoin adoption appear to be growing so strong in this country. One of the largest banks in the country now even has a BTC ATM at one of its main branches...
Self-Regulation Of Crypto Exchanges Approved In Japan
By Sam Mitchell
Wednesday, 24th October 2018 will go down as a great day in the history of the Cryptocurrency market. On this particular day, the Financial Services Agency of Japan granted the Crypto market an authority to self-regulate. This implies that the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association can now establish rules for consumer protection, operational requirements, and employee ethics. A Way Of Restoring Back The Market Trust In a statement released on...
ETFs Are More Stable Than Bitcoin
By Sam Mitchell
Bitcoin is undoubtedly the most volatile crypto asset in financial history. It’s incredible, the thought that bitcoin’s price was once at $0.003. 2017 was the peak of the digital currency markets and Bitcoin itself hit an all-time high of $19,783 for a single unit. What a time it was for bitcoin holders. The good times were short-lived. The frenzy didn’t last long and soon enough, the prices started dropping. For...
Bitcoin Soars Again
By Sam Mitchell
The first half of 2019 has been particularly incredible for bitcoin. The flagship cryptocurrency has managed to regain quite of what it lost in 2018. Prices have risen an incredible 200% this year alone and they are still 185% up. But the last couple of months have been challenging for bitcoin as it has struggled to surge over the $10,000 mark. However, the last few days have seen bitcoin resume...
We’re In A Parabolic Run To $30,000 Per BTC-Mark Yusko
By Sam Mitchell
Bitcoin is now at $12,000. The cryptocurrency has once again surged a few hundreds to reach this level. As the prices climb, so does the cryptocurrency market value. According to CoinMarketCap, It’s now estimated to be at $242.4 billion, a 91% increase since the beginning of the year. These number appreciate and depreciate as the day and week goes by. As for now, the prices keep going up, and the...
Best STO To Invest In
By Sam Mitchell
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have dominated the Crypto sector in the last two years but many analysts believe that 2019 will be the year for the Security Token Offering (STO). Given that the security offerings sector is more regulated than the Crypto sector, STOs are likely to outperform ICOs in the long run although they're unlikely to replace them. One major benefit of the use of blockchain technology is that...
BTC to Break Downtrend with a $9k Target
By Sam Mitchell
The flagship crypto is not giving up yet. Bitcoin has refreshed its energy as it targets new heights in its escape from the current downtrend that seems to haunt it. But when can we expect the price to start hitting the right targets? Well, traders will have to wait some more before some encouraging results start showing. What Is the Next Critical Point? Currently, we are still in a midterm...
Could Crypto Mining Be Used To Address Climate Change?
By Sam Mitchell
Cryptocurrency mining is a power-intensive process that puts pressure on national grids in places where they operate. Recently, they have been fears that these activities could lead to global warming. Some even claim the process of creating new virtual currencies does more harm on the environment than burning coal. Cryptocurrencies, unlike fiat currencies, have a limited supply. For instance, the maximum number of Bitcoin is 21 million. However, this number...
Securing A Blockchain
By Sam Mitchell
3 Important Things Blockchain is now mainstream, and business leaders across the board are actively finding out ways to incorporate the technology in their businesses. There is no doubt that upon implementation and installation, companies will reap the full benefits of blockchain. But an issue with security pulls us back. The World Economic Forum (WEF) recognizes this fact. A new report suggests that indeed, blockchain security is a reason...
Typosquatting: Yet One More Threat to Your Crypto
By Jason Bloomberg
Let’s say you want to log into your bank account. You type the URL in your browser, only you make a simple typo. Instead of an error page, however, you get a page that looks just like the bank login page you expect – it’s even TLS-secured. So you attempt to log in, only to get an error message. Meanwhile, a hacker has just stolen your credentials via what we...
How Blockchain Startups Can Appeal To Enterprises
By Sam Mitchell
It’s hard for enterprises not to see and contemplate using blockchain. But more often than not, companies don’t want to take on the challenge of exploring blockchain solutions with their business partners. A recent global blockchain survey says that 74% of organizations feel compelled to use blockchain network in improving efficiency. Only 34% have taken steps towards the same. To most organizations, skipping the risk is more convenient. They would...
Bitcoin And Bitcoin Futures
By Sam Mitchell
By now, the term bitcoin is familiar to a considerable number of people. Some have only heard of it, some know it’s a cryptocurrency or a digital currency, whichever name they chose to use. According to bitcoin.org. Bitcoin as a technology, is a protocol that has a strong security track record and the underlying bitcoin network is the biggest distributed computing project in the world today. The network’s most common...
Etoro Lists Binance Crypto Token
By Sam Mitchell
eToro, a social trading platform, has officially announced its partnership with Binance and has listed its Crypto token, the Binance Coin (BNB), on its platform. eToro has also become the first platform to provide the BNB tokens for trading to investors through using fiat currency. This new addition of the BNB token on the eToro platform puts the total number of Crypto assets available on the platform to thirteen. Long-Term...
Ethereum Is Approaching Its Decentralization
By Sam Mitchell
Looking at it from a scarcity to an abundance point of view, the Ethereum blockchain technology is set to drive a monumental and great shift in the society. Those were the words spoken by Joseph Lubin, who is one of the co-founders of Ethereum. He said these words at the Web Summit that was held in Lisbon, Portugal last week. The Theory Of Blockchain Impact Lubin has a theoretical way of...
Will Blockchain Facebook Ever Become Mainstream?
By Sam Mitchell
The Cambridge Analytica incident last year sure raised eyebrows on the manner in which social media giants handle user data. The result of the incident has seen a considerable number of users deactivate their accounts. A study by Pew Research Center says that 44% of youngsters in the US alone have logged off their Facebook accounts for good. But there is an emerging technology, one that promises to eliminate the...
India’s Crypto Regulatory Framework Finalization Almost Complete
By Sam Mitchell
Just a couple of months ago, the government of India prepared a regulatory framework for the cryptos. The preparation of the report was initiated by an inter-ministerial committee. The latest news from the government is that the crypto regulation report is being finalized. A local news outlet had earlier filed a Right to Information. Therefore, this acted as a response. The Finalizing Stages Of The Report For quite some time...
Choosing A Forex Trader For Crypto Trading; Factors To Consider
By Sam Mitchell
Cryptocurrencies have emerged and sprouted to become a phenomenon right before our eyes. Gone are the days when only computer geeks knew about them, today, virtual currencies and blockchain are now being traded over the counter, via dedicated crypto exchanges or through direct arrangements between the buyer and the seller. The contacts for difference (CFD) is one among the tools that have emerged as a product of blockchain and cryptocurrency...
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October 14, 2019
Going on 2020, What Crypto And Blockchain Investors Have To Know
The markets have revealed a lot in 2019. We now have to use some of those insights coming into 2020. Considering what happened in 2018, 2019 wasn’t such a bad year per se. We had a bull run during the first half of the year, although the prices stagnated and dropped at some point, it’s […]
October 12, 2019
Find Love on Blockchain
From use cases in energy, finance and insurance industry, blockchain now has a new use case; finding love. Yes, you read it right, blockchain is now a solution to finding your soulmate. If you have tried other technologies like tinder, then you know that not everything is real and the world can be very deceiving. […]
October 10, 2019
Celebrities Totally Into Bitcoin
Bitcoin used to be synonymous with the black market purchase of illegal goods. But now celebrities have joined the crypto craze. We explore some of the celebrities who have joined the crypto bandwagon or shown interest in the new wave of digital money. Kanye West Besides suing a crypto project for trademark infringement, Yeezy himself has […]
