After I have tracked the 100 largest crypto assets and their position relative to one another since almost the beginning of 2020, I want to take a look back and present some statistics about the altcoin markets in the past year. Exploratory Analysis First, let us take a look at the raw…

This is a follow-up to a three-part editorial I wrote for BeInCrypto Germany in 2020, titled Die Sprache des Geldes (The Language of Money). To summarize my Austrian School stance, capitalism (aka the only savior of mankind) is built on three pillars: trade, financial markets, and risk markets. Trade pillar Imagine you’re…

If you’re new to the DeFi realm, you might have asked yourself the question how Automated Market Makers (AMMs) on decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap or SushiSwap work. You might have even used one of them before to swap your tokens without exactly knowing how they work, being satisfied with…

The asset trading platform eToro has announced that they will be delisting Cardano (ADA) and Tron (TRX) for US customers in 2022. — No ADA or TRX for you In a statement dropped yesterday, eToro has announced that US-based users will not be able to open positions or receive staking rewards for both coins starting January 1st, 2022. The trading platform stated that they will not force-sell existing positions and spot holdings. …

With EIP-1559, Ethereum will take the first step towards finally making gas fees more affordable, but it will only do so much. Since users can still include a tip on top of their base transaction fee, this will likely start yet another bidding war for getting a fast inclusion in…

Each week, I track the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. Here are this week’s movers and shakers. After a heavy market crash in the last week, most altcoins have started to recover, while the Bitcoin dominance has plummeted once more. Benchmark BTC/USD: -4.2% ETH/USD: +-0.0% XRP/USD: +8.6% Tether Market Cap: +3.3% The BTC dominance decreased by 3.4 percentage points to 42.4%. The total market cap increased by 16.2%…

Each week, I track the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. Here are this week’s movers and shakers. It has been the blackest week on the crypto markets since last year’s Bitcoin halving. The youngest event that rivaled this crash was in March 2020, when practically all financial markets suffered from the looming COVID-19 crisis. Benchmark BTC/USD: -24.7% ETH/USD: -40.6% XRP/USD: -45.1%

Each week, I track the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. Here are this week’s movers and shakers. Internet Computer (ICP) was tracked for the first time on CoinMarketCap this week, following the launch of Dfinity’s flagship project on May 7th. Benchmark BTC/USD: -23.8% ETH/USD: -20.2% XRP/USD: +0.6% Tether Market Cap: +4.3% The BTC dominance decreased by 3.7 percentage points to 40.2%. The total market cap increased by 19.8%…

Each week, I track the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. Here are this week’s movers and shakers. Jokecoins are booming. Aside from Dogecoin, which has risen to rank #4 again, the biggest gains this week were recorded by a similar memetic asset, SHIBE INU, which reached a market cap of 10 billion USD after being practically worthless since the token’s launch in August 2020. Benchmark