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Cryptocurrency Infiltrates General Media And Becomes Commonplace

By Samantha Mitchell
August 20, 2020
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The well-timed advertising efforts of major cryptocurrency firms has coincided with many investors desperate for new opportunities. The unprecedented economic travesty of the coronavirus has caused many to re-evaluate how they look at assets. Many central banks throughout the world are engaging plans to bolster economic activity. Therefore, people all over the globe are seeking […]

Separating Cryptocurrency Fact from Fiction

By Mateo Brooks
August 19, 2020
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Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has come a long way since Bitcoin was introduced to the world in 2009. While adoption has been slow, both are starting to become popular platforms for digital payments, contracts and more. There is still a lot of misinformation out there about cryptocurrency and how it works. Here we will separate […]

Is Cryptocurrency A Hedge Against Inflation?

By Daniel Shaw
August 18, 2020
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Cryptocurrency is changing the investment landscape. Investors use to turn to precious metals and other commodities to protect their portfolios from value deterioration, namely inflation. With the current global pandemic and the poor handling of it by some governments, many investors are now looking for other stable investments, like gold, to protect their future. Bitcoin […]

Cryptocurrency Market Headed For A Shakeup

By Daniel Shaw
August 11, 2020
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The cryptocurrency market is heading for some major shifts based on recent developments. Over the past few weeks, Stablecoin importance has increased, Mastercard announced the expansion of their own cryptocurrency offerings, and PayPal is expected to announce a new partnership with Paxos. With the economy still reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic, and telecommuting becoming […]

Cryptocurrency Adoption Means More Education

By Daniel Shaw
August 9, 2020
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It’s hard to believe that just 20 years ago, only 50% of households in the United States had the internet. Trying to remember what it was like before the internet is hard. It took time for people to embrace computers in their homes and then the internet. The same could be said for cryptocurrency. It […]

Cryptocurrency And Estate Planning

By Samantha Mitchell
August 3, 2020
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Over the last ten years, the financial community has watched the rise of cryptocurrency from an obscure concept to an alternative form of investment and payment. Bitcoin started out being worth less than a penny in 2010, peaking at a high of $20,000 in 2017 and settling at $11,000 by the end of July 2020. […]

Education On Cryptocurrency And A Japanese Island Receives A Serious Threat

By Samantha Mitchell
July 31, 2020
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Attempting to spread the knowledge about alternative financial currencies and what those could mean for the future, is tough. However, people are beginning to pick up the mantle and who better than firms in the cryptocurrency industry. The Electric Coin Company (ECC), the owner of the ZCash crypto token, has initiated the education effort. This […]

Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Behind the Bitcoin Binge?

By Samantha Mitchell
July 29, 2020
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Cryptocurrency trading, especially Bitcoin and Ethereum among others, saw a sharp rise at the beginning of 2020. Trading has been on a steady incline since February and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Especially since it has been sustained through the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Is the pandemic the reason for the sudden Bitcoin […]

Sapio, A New Smart Contract Language Signals Financial Sovereignty for Users

By Mateo Brooks
July 16, 2020
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Jeremy Rubin, a contributor for Bitcoin Core, revealed that he has been working new smart-contract language for the cryptocurrency giant that he hopes will help increase users’ “financial self-sovereignty.” The new language, called Sapio, was demoed on July 11th at a Reckless VR virtual meetup presentation. He has plans to release the new programming language […]

Cryptocurrency Blooms In Fairer Weather As Winter Fades

By Mateo Brooks
July 14, 2020
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Cryptocurrency has been fighting through a “winter” as the entire sector has been up and down amid the global pandemic. Bitcoin, the barometer for cryptocurrency, has rebounded to a little more than $9,000 and experts are cautiously optimistic that this increase will continue. From September 2017 to present, cryptocurrency value dropped dramatically, plagued by hacks, […]