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Bitcoin Adoption Versus the Adoption of the Internet: How the Adoption Curves Compare, Where We Are on the Curve, and What It Means for Investors
As is usually the case with technology, the earliest adopters through the door get stuck with the bag. Those that come after proof of concept is obvious reap the benefits. Today we’ll focus on the adoption curve of the Internet versus the adoption curve of cryptocurrency. As you’re about to find out, the crypto movement is much bigger than that of the internet.
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Crypto News: NFTs Cooling Off for More Reasons Than One and Institutional Interest is Growing Again
NFT sales volume is cooling off for the first time in three months. But the asset class is still on fire and arguably becoming the most popular sector of the crypto market. That doesn’t mean the spaces without its problems however. All of that and more coming right up
Mining, Staking, Liquidity Pools, and Yield Farming; What’s The Difference Between These Investing Strategies and How Can You Use Them?
In this post, you’ll learn how to use actual coins and tokens you already own to earn more. There are also many ways to do that. But to make it easy we’ll cover four different methods: mining, staking, liquidity pools and yield farming. You’re about to learn that and get comfortable with understanding how you can use each of the above methods as part of your overall cryptocurrency investing strategy.
The Biggest Crypto Hack in History. How It Happened, Why the Hacker Returned All $770 Million, and Why It’s a Great Reminder for Crypto Investors
A hacker, or group of hackers, stole $610 million USD from a project called Poly Network. That’s $770 million Canadian, marking the largest crypto hack in the history of the industry. The most mind-blowing part of it all? The hacker (or group of hackers) have already returned all the stolen funds. Both the amount stolen in the hack, and the fact that it’s all willingly returned makes this one of the most monumental stories in all of crypto history, and definitely one of the top stories of 2021.
Crypto News: Redditors Are Buying Bitcoin Together, Crypto Firm Predicts Huge Price Appreciation Next Year, and MasterCard Makes More Moves
This edition of Netcoins news features major news regarding broader crypto adoption around the world. We get started with Redditors coming together to buy large amounts of Bitcoin in celebration of El Salvador officially granting the cryptocurrency status as legal tender in the country. MasterCard tries to enhance its crypto capabilities as well. And a major research firm in the United States is predicting that the price of Bitcoin will double by early next year.
Bitcoin Is Legal Tender in El Salvador as of September 7; What It Means for Crypto Investors
In early June, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced that his country would be the first ever to call Bitcoin legal tender and allow businesses to take it as payment. Bukele’s announcement took the crypto world by storm as we now have taken yet another major step forward in the adoption of cryptocurrencies. Today we’ll dig deeper into what El Salvador’s plans around bitcoin mean for the country, bitcoin, and you, the investor.
Crypto News: Crypto Taxes Are Coming to America, Eye Hacker Is Returning $610 Million, Public Companies Are Stacking More Bitcoin, And More
At the time of this writing, crypto prices are dipping. There is good news this week, however. The largest hack in the history of crypto isn’t going to cost anybody any money and publicly traded companies continue to stock up on bitcoin.
Tokenomics 101: How Founders and Economics Experts Build Value into Crypto Projects
Studying the tokenomics of a project is a form of fundamental analysis that can help you find undervalued cryptocurrencies. If you can sink your teeth into a thorough understanding of economic design principles related to cryptocurrencies, you can couple that knowledge with both on-chain analysis and technical analysis to truly get an overall picture of whether or not it’s worth investing in a particular crypto project.
Crypto News: Solana Skyrockets, Britney Spears Dabbles in Bitcoin to Avoid Her Dad, and More…
This week’s edition features all kinds of bullish news even though crypto prices themselves are cooling off a little bit. Solana is the star of the week for many different reasons, but it’s not the only superstar in crypto. Britney Spears has apparently got into the crypto game seven years ago.
The United States Senate Is Passing a Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Bill That Contains Crypto Regulations; What Does It Mean for Investors?
The infrastructure bill is something promised by the Joe Biden Administration during last year’s presidential race and intends to build America’s future. The unclear definitions within the bill have worried the crypto industry. The consequences of the bill are far-reaching for anybody involved in the cryptocurrency industry including investors like you.
A Study by Fidelity Suggests 70% of Institutional Investors Want to Buy Crypto; How It All Started, Where We Are Now, and Where We Are Going
As you may know, much of the capital flowing into cryptocurrency projects and spiking the prices aren’t coming from retail investors like you and me. It’s coming from investors with way deeper pockets. That includes hedge fund managers, family offices in the United States, pension funds, and corporations.
Crypto News: A Canadian Billionaire Loves Ethereum, Another Crypto Company Wants to Become a Bank and the US Government Is Stepping Its Game Up…
In this week’s news roundup, we detail why Kevin O’Leary is excited about the Ethereum upgrade and reminisce about a certain publicly-traded company making a landmark large purchase of Bitcoin a year ago this week. The biggest news surrounds President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, setting out crypto regulations that are striking fear in the industry.
Ethereum Gets Its First Improvement Proposal; Here’s What It Means for Investors
Ethereum 2.0 is going to make the blockchain more scalable and more efficient than it ever has been before. It means moving from a Proof-of-Work algorithm to a more efficient proof-of-stake algorithm that makes it easier to generate new Ethereum tokens, and more energy-efficient to grow the Ethereum economy. Here’s what it means for you, the savvy investor.
Crypto News: Amazon Sparks and Denies Crypto Rumours, Burger King Launches DOGEpper, Ripple Expands Reach, And More…
Crypto prices are making a bounce back in a big way after quite a lengthy bear market. A certain fast-food chain we all know and love with locations in Brazil is releasing a DOGEpper. This week’s news will also give you insight into what Ripple is doing to expand.
Why Inflation Will See More and More Countries Invest in Traditional Crypto, NOT Central Bank Digital Currencies
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are coming, but so are governments willing to invest in traditional cryptocurrencies before even thinking about developing their own CBDCs. The recent news about El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender is proof of that.
Crypto News: Elon Pumping Again? Watch Out For Stablecoins and More…
Elon Musk participated in a cryptocurrency conference called The B Word on July 21. He did so alongside Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and infamous investing guru Cathie Wood from ARK Investments. In other news, the United States is sounding like it’s likely to tighten the screws on regulations surrounding stablecoins.
There Are 17% More Ethereum Addresses Than At The Start of 2021. Here’s Why Crypto Investors Should Care
In this edition, we are going to dive deeper into why there are 17% more Ethereum addresses today than there were at the start of this calendar year and why there are now more daily active ETH addresses than Bitcoin addresses for the first time ever. Why should you care? More addresses equal more transactions and more transactions equal increased value. Of course, that’s an overly simplified way of looking at things. Learn more about what this all means for you.
Crypto News: Bitcoin and Ethereum Continue Bearish Trend, More and More Whales Are Scooping up ETH & Dogecoin Co-Founder Calls Out All of Crypto
This week’s edition starts by following the continued cooling off of the broader crypto market. But don’t tell that to Ethereum whales, they are not cooling off their buying patterns. Instead, they’re scooping up Ethereum tokens at a huge discount as you’re about to learn. We finish this edition of the round up with some strong words from Dogecoin co-founder Jackson Palmer, who may never work in the crypto world again!
6 Things to Consider When Vetting a Crypto Investment
In a crypto investing world where assets can fluctuate hundreds of percentage points in value within weeks or even days, properly vetting crypto investments can be the difference between getting wealthy and losing money. In this post, we’ll go over six things you should consider when vetting a crypto investment.
Crypto News: Bitcoin Price Moves, Hedge Funds Plan to Allocate Assets to Crypto, and General Motors May Accept Bitcoin
Today we cover Bitcoin’s massive 14% pump in price to start the week and discuss why it happened. We also go over the rising interest in institutional investing that might just reach another level in the next five years. It seems as though retail investors are already on top of that information because new data shows that they are HODLing. All of that and more is coming at you right here.
5 Reasons for the Recent Crypto Price Dip and Bounce Back
Seeing 30% to 40% swings in the value of your crypto assets is pretty commonplace, but then again, perhaps the bull run that has dominated both the cryptocurrency over the past year has you a little too comfortable in your positions. Either way, the crypto market is bound to cool off at least for a little while. In this post, you’ll realize that not much has changed in terms of the fundamental value of crypto’s top projects. Now, let’s dive into why crypto prices have been so choppy lately.
Crypto News: El Salvador Opens the Bitcoin Floodgates While Crypto Prices Take a Nosedive
President Bukele’s decision to make bitcoin a legal currency in El Salvador is big news for broader adoption. It also points to the fact that many developing nations around the world can no longer fully depend on the traditional financial system. Plus, crypto prices nosedive, and Vitalik Buterin made a $4 million profit on Dogecoin. Learn more in this week’s news roundup.
The Fed’s Press Conference Yesterday Reminded Us How Fluid Monetary Policies Are
Yesterday the Federal Reserve held a live press conference. The U.S. and the rest of the world tuned in anxiously to see what Chairman of the Fed, Jerome Powell, had to say. Many were flabbergasted by his statements while others expected nothing less. We were reminded how malleable monetary policies are in the traditional financial system and how precarious it can be to store wealth in it.