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Cryptocurrencies are now very much part of the mainstream, whether people like it or not, whether they agree with this fact or not. And, so does cryptocurrency investing, trading, and other similar activities. For most financial analysts, cryptocurrencies meant a big step in their trading skills, for investors, it probably meant a bigger challenge than [...]
What is Dash? Dash is a cryptocurrency initially created in 2014 by coping Bitcoin’s code and first called Xcoin. It was subsequently rebranded to Darkcoin, but due to its dark web connotations, it rebranded again to Dash. Unlike Bitcoin which is popular as a store of value of trading medium and Ethereum which is a [...]
Check out the second part of this article (Part II) How and Where to Buy Ripple (XRP). A couple of years ago, cryptocurrencies started to capture the imagination and the attention of investors from all over the world. Since then, there have been many big-time investors who loathed the idea of cryptocurrencies calling the rising trend [...]
What Is Kraken? Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange based in San Francisco, California, United States, founded in July 2011 by Jesse Powell, with its official launch in 2013. It is considered to be one of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges on the market. The exchange boasts a solid reputation when it comes to its security as [...]
Ethereum is ranked second on CoinMarketCap, and for good reason, as it saw an incredible increase in value over the course of its existence. Unsurprisingly, considering its versatility as a platform and its ever-increasing customer/user base, Ethereum is also one of the most highly traded cryptocurrencies. In 2017 alone, Ethereum witnessed a 4000% increase in [...]
Bitcoin Gold History Bitcoin Gold was the result of a community-driven hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain which took place shortly after the fork that created Bitcoin Cash. The Bitcoin Gold forked original Bitcoin blockchain on October 24, 2017, at the 491407 block. There are many reasons for a cryptocurrency to go through a hard [...]
What is Monero? Monero, formerly known as BitMonero, is an open-source, cryptocurrency launched in April 2014, which focuses on transactional privacy. The developers behind this innovative digital asset did not reserve any for themselves, relying solely on donations and its community to fund the development. Ring Signatures and Mixing Addresses Monero makes use of ring signatures [...]
Ever since cryptocurrencies started to claw their way more and more into the mainstream, ICOs (short for Initial Coin Offerings) have become one of the main talks within the crypto community as well as the governments of various countries. The first ICO to ever take place was the Mastercoin (now Omni Coin) ICO way back [...]
If you are a regular trader, then you surely seen something called USDT. You may have also noticed that various crypto exchanges don’t accept US Dollars or various other exchanges that trade Bitcoin against USDT. At this point, you may be wondering how can exchanges that are exclusively based on cryptocurrency also run USD markets? [...]
Are you looking for a way of mining Bitcoin without having the necessary funds and time to manage your own hardware? Cloud mining offers investors an alternative way of producing Bitcoin without having to purchase expensive hardware or have any technical knowledge. Due to these advantages, bitcoin cloud mining has opened up a new possibility of [...]