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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? [...]
What are Cryptocurrencies? First, let’s understand the definition of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that are encrypted (secured) with complex cryptographic algorithms. Cryptography is used here to secure and verify the transfer of transactions. Cryptocurrencies are powered by a public ledger which records and validates all transactions chronologically, which is known as a blockchain. What [...]
What Is Binance? Before we begin discussing what the Binance Coin is, we shall first discuss about Binance, the exchange. Binance is one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the crypto space, with almost $1.5 billion in trading volume every single day. The exchange was launched in July 14th 2017, in an ICO which raised nearly [...]
What is Stellar? Founded in 2014, Stellar is a cryptocurrency project created by two of Ripple’s co-founders after running into philosophical differences with the rest of Ripple’s team. When Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim determined that the consensus implemented by Ripple was far from perfect, Stellar was forked from the said network. Even though it [...]
Blockchain and cryptocurrency are both important components of the ever-growing ecosystem of cryptographically managed and secured systems, but in spite of commonly being used as interchangeable terms, they are actually quite different concepts. Blockchain The name kind of says it all. A blockchain is a large database in which every transaction from every account is [...]
What is a Whitepaper? If you’ve been exposed to the crypto world even for a tiny bit, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the term of ICO, short for Initial Coin Offering. An ICO is a new-age fundraising mechanism that helps new project sell its crypto tokens in exchange for other more popular and [...]
What is EOS? EOS is a blockchain platform which works similar to Ethereum for the development of decentralized applications (DAapps). It was designed to facilitate DApp development by providing an operating-system-like set of services which can be used in the developmental process. Often called the “Ethereum killer”, the platform aims to improve a few things [...]
Without a shadow of a doubt, Satoshi’s legacy to the world, the Bitcoin network and everything it stands for, is one of our generation’s most valuable inventions. Be that as it may, Bitcoin is by no means a perfect concept, even though on paper it might seem so. Unfortunately, Bitcoin (and all other veteran crypto/blockchain [...]
What is Ethereum? Ethereum is the second most important cryptocurrency/blockchain project and has made quite a name for itself over the past couple of years. The platform was developed by Vitalik Buterin in 2013. Since then, the platform’s creator has become one of the most important voices within the crypto sphere. To put it as [...]
The world's third largest cryptocurrency exchange by market capitalization, Huobi, became the leading shareholder of a Hong Kong-based public firm. Huobi Group has concluded an acquisition deal with Pantronics Holdings of 199 million shares. The operation was realized via its two subsidiaries - Huobi Capital and Huobi Universal. Following this deal, Li Lin, the chairman [...]
Premined crypto assets such as Ripple XRP, Tron TRX, and Stellar XLM may cause difficulties for index funds. Premined digital currencies are individual tokens that are not mined from a blockchain-based network. The process is more complex in reality, but that's all you need to know now. An SEC-authorized investment advisor company, Morgan Creek Capital [...]
Joshua Broggi, a researcher at Oxford, plans to create a blockchain university in Malta. In order to arrange this, he needs government approval. Malta is recognized as one of the blockchain-friendly countries. Its authorities have always been welcoming blockchain and crypto businesses, creating a favorable environment for their development. As previously reported by Coindoo, Binance, [...]