Crypocurrencies

Cryptocurrency, a decentralized digital currency established on the blockchain, is used for snappy transactions and is independent of centralized authorities. It doesn’t have any regulating authorities. You may probably be acquainted with the most prevalent ones like bitcoin and Ethereum, but more than 19000 currencies are in circulation. In a…

Market enthusiasts see the futures curve as an important commodity. Contracts are usually below spot markets when there’s a downward tendency in the curve. With this, there is a backwardation. …

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” -Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (UPDATE July 6th, 2022: this series will continue over at…

In 2021, crypto investors lost more than $14 Billion to crypto criminals and fraudsters. In the first quarter of 2022, more than $1.23 Billion was lost to crypto crime and fraud. Further, during these periods, a number of massively popular coins had their value shrink to or near zero. …

Covalent is a software that aggregates data from several of the leading blockchain platforms, including Ethereum, Avalanche and Polygon, and allows participants to access these data points for a variety of use cases. …

The Cryptocurrency Industry and Digital Wallets Cryptocurrency has deservedly earned the title of a major disruptive technology in the 21st Century. The technology, backed by blockchain (a digital distributed, decentralized ledger network), has significantly impacted many industries, especially the finance industry. The two technologies enable the building of a decentralized…

Cryptocurrencies were initially developed as an instrument for private users to exchange value, bypassing the oftentimes unprofitable and cumbersome intermediaries, such as banks and other financial gateway providers. But as the first exchanges emerged and value started accumulating in the cryptocurrency industry as a whole, with blockchain technologies proving their…