After writing my article on Tether’s manipulation and influence on Bitcoin I began to wonder if there were other factors that have predictive power on Bitcoin’s price. There were a few choices and one I still need to add (as soon as Twitter gives me access to their API). But the ones I was able …
Tether, since it’s inception in the cryptocurrency world has always sparked a fair bit of controversy and conspiracy theories. But the two main, and recurring themes of them, are that Tether is not backed by 100% of it’s assets and it heavily influences the crypto markets. Fortunately, one of those claims is easily proven true. …
Unpopular opinion – Bitcoin Halving won’t do shit If you frequent the cryptocurrency places on the internet – crypto twitter, crypto reddit, crypto blogs, etc – you’ll see many people claiming that the metric rises in Bitcoin’s price is due to the “halving.” The Halving, for the uninitiated is just the amount of new Bitcoin’s …
There has been a ton of hype around ICOs last year. In 2017 alone startups raised $5.6 billion using ICOs as a funding method. There were 435 successful ICOs launched raising an average of $12.7 million. However, a common problem with the ICOs is the returns to investors are mainly available to early investors. But …
Introduction: There are many good cryptocurrency referral programs out there. These are just a few that I’ve found out about and seem like a decent deal. Check them out. Cryptocurrency referral programs: Coinbase – Coinbase gives 10 dollars of Bitcoin to you for any new user who signs up through your link. The catch is …
Introduction: EOS is a looking to become a major platform for decentralized apps, like Ethereum and Carando. But EOS is looking to take out the major platform coins by tackling problems that Neo, Ethereum, and Cardano have yet to address. For this reason, many in the crypto-space are calling it the “Ethereum killer.” And Ethereum …
Stellar Lumens (XLM) is perhaps one of the most controversial coins out there. For one main reason that the founder of Stellar Lumens is the famous/infamous founder of Mt.Gox. And not only that he founded Ripple (XRP). Then he decided to leave that platform to start Stellar Lumens – a near competitor with Ripple. But …
At the time of writing there are 1378 currencies and counting. That’s an insane amount of currencies that all want your money to drive their success and adoption. But lots of them are either outright scams or are just plain useless. Most are looking to be some sort of replacement for the banking system – …
For now Bitcoin remains the dominant coin in the cryptocurrency market place. While Litecoin is no longer number two or even number three – those spots have been taken by Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash – but it still remains in the top ten. Even with Litecoin losing it’s status as one of the top three …
As cool as it would be if Neo was named after the Matrix character, Neo the cryptocurrency, has nothing to do with him – sadly. In fact, Neo was rebranded from Antshares last year and the rebranding has been very successful – June 4th Neo was valued at $1.25 and now Neo is valued around …
