ICOs – not just another type of investment opportunity They’re coming at you thick and fast, a new one being touted as the next big thing amid the gathering hail of pre-announcements and pre-launches. Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) are all the rage, promising incredible returns quicker than the time it takes to build, develop and market…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are currently big business in crypto. With over $1.2 billion raised in them through-out 2017 alone, according to the financial technology analytics firm Autonomous NEXT, it would be safe to assume that ICOs are doing very well in terms of raising funds from the cryptocurrency community. ICOs held in Ethereum’s blockchain, with…

Bitcoin’s future could be quite adventurous for owners and users given the upcoming potential disruptions in its network. All bitcoin users should pay special attention to the events planned to take place after August 1st and prepare for the various potential outcomes according to their own investing strategies. BIP91 and SegWit The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal No.…

The past several days have been good for cryptocurrency values. Bitcoin has enjoyed a rebound, largely due to the BIP91 lock-in and avoidance of a dreaded chain split. As expected, as Bitcoin has risen, so have altcoins. Every altcoin with a market cap above $300 million has advanced in the last week, but that is…

AlphaBay gets shut down by Authorities while the alleged Market's Creator commits suicide. The underground market AlphaBay was put down by authorities earlier this month. According to the Wall Street Journal, there was a joint international law enforcement operation leading to the shutdown of the infamous Dark Web Bazaar and the detention of one of the…

Over the past few years, more and more services have been built around bitcoin as its user base grows. Bitcoin debit cards are one of the most recent improvements that have become reality thanks to an increased demand to spend bitcoin. What started as a niche kind of service has now become widely available and…

In just a couple of days, the bitcoin network might face one of its biggest challenges so far. Will it stay united through consensus, by adopting the same strategy throughout the entire network, or will there be an user activated soft fork (UASF), possibly even a chain split? As we’ve entered the final countdown before the…

Bitcoin’s ability to help the economies of the developing world represents one of the cryptocurrency’s most promising characteristics. Advocates point to the low cost of remittances, the ability to provide financial services to the unbanked, and even the use of Bitcoin as a humanitarian aid as just a few of the means by which Bitcoin…

The long debate over Bitcoin scaling is moving toward resolution as more than 80% of the miners are signaling support for BIP91. If this holds, and it likely will, Bitcoin will adopt Segregated Witness via SegWit2x before the August 1st deadline (Update: As of midnight July 21st, BIP91 is locked in). Not surprisingly, Bitcoin prices…

Trading is a very old concept which dates back to 150,000 years ago. Prehistoric people bartered goods and services from each other in order to complete the earliest semblances of transaction. Continuing on, more expensive goods like jewelry started being exchanged in 3000 BC. Nowadays, we are trading completely virtually. Our early ancestors paved the…