Up to this date, more than 2,000 various tokens were issued by ICOs. That’s a lot of tokens, but what do we do with them? In terms of usability, crypto and the blockchain can be …
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Why Tether and Other Stablecoins Don’t Work in Case of a Debt Crisis
Trading in the global market is always risky. Even owning assets is a risky endeavour. Let’s take the current market climate as an example. The rate of growth on all markets slowed down significantly; the …
When it comes to investing in an ICO, there’s nothing scarier than wondering “Will my assets be seized by my government because I’ve done something wrong?” Granted, the next most frightful question covers a much …
Will the Market Shift to STOs? If so, Who will Lead the Change?
Cryptocurrencies have taken us on a wild ride over the past few years, and the ride is far from over. As the technology (and its social acceptance) continually changes and grows, we’ll start to see …
Why Blockchain-Based Projects Need to Be Their Own Early Adopters
The perks of decentralization are well-known – no single entity to control the process, reduced costs, and higher security due to the distribution of nodes. However, is it enough to attract the average user to …
2018 was a tough year for everyone in crypto – the bear market took away a good chunk from the crypto portfolio and many coins lost more than 90% of their initial value. Nobody likes …
If you’ve ever dealt with crypto, you know how confusing it might be sometimes. Buying crypto, spending it, trading it, it can all be very complicated, but the first and most essential question that always …
Cryptocurrency Miners, Electricity, and the (Not So Subtle) Role Energy Providers Play
Solo mining is dead. Sure, there may be a random altcoin out there somewhere that is worth breaking out the pickaxes for, but all of the modern profitable coins (BTC, BCH, LTC, ETH, etc) are …
What’s Needed for the Widespread Adoption of Bitcoin Payments
It’s been nearly nine years since the invention of Bitcoin, and despite being known only to Internet geeks during the first few years, it is now a well-established asset that is being traded on exchanges, …
2017 was very generous to all sorts of ICOs (initial coin offerings). No matter how ridiculous the offering was, everyone got their slice of the pie; a total of $6.2 billion was raised in 2017 …