Author: Frederick Reese

ICO Regulations by Country

ICO Regulations by Country

One of the areas of most concern to ICO investors is the current regulatory environment. Here, Bitcoin Market Journal takes a look at the status of ICO regulation globally. (Be sure to bookmark this page, as our team of researchers regularly updates the status of ICO regulations!) Country Name Status […]

Reality Check: 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Investing in Crypto

Reality Check: 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Investing in Crypto

Thinking about investing in bitcoin or altcoins? For some, the decision is largely a knee-jerk reaction to stories of bitcoin millionaires. As you can probably surmise from reading our blog regularly, Bitcoin Market Journal recommends a more reasoned approach. This article takes a look at the nine questions a new […]

How to Buy Cardano, Step-by-Step (With Pics!)

How to Buy Cardano, Step-by-Step (With Pics!)

Cardano (ADA) is in the midst of a reinvention. With the deployment of its Shelley update, the coin is moving toward true decentralization, allowing for long-term network stability. With this update in mind, some feel that ADA is becoming a must-buy. This article will discuss one way an investor could […]

How to Buy Litecoin, a Step-by-Step Guide (With Pics!)

How to Buy Litecoin, a Step-by-Step Guide (With Pics!)

Despite the realization that Litecoin has been dragged down by the current state of the bear market, the coin itself has been on a remarkable streak. To start, the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini Exchange has announced it will start trading Zcash as of May 19 and will extend to Litecoin and […]

ICO Basics: Hard Caps, Soft Caps, and Hidden Caps, Oh My!

ICO Basics: Hard Caps, Soft Caps, and Hidden Caps, Oh My!

The recent abandonment of the Telegram public ICO made many investors question why. After raising $1.7 billion from accredited investors, it was leaked that Telegram has reached its hard cap for its highly-anticipated crowdsale. This followed an increase of the cap from $1.2 billion to $1.7 billion. With many now […]

How to Buy Bitcoin Cash: A Step-by-Step Guide (with Pics!)

How to Buy Bitcoin Cash: A Step-by-Step Guide (with Pics!)

Anyone that follows bitcoin may be aware that it is a flawed currency. The limited block size makes transactions agonizingly slow, for example, with transaction completion taking up to four days to complete. While the small block size was originally introduced to prevent malicious actors from adding meaningless block data, […]

What’s Up Next with Coinbase’s New Investment Arm

What’s Up Next with Coinbase’s New Investment Arm

The blockchain world lies in the path of an incoming storm. With regulators picking up speed in defining regulation on altcoin products and with at least one former regulator arguing that existing major coins like Ether and Ripple may already be in violation of securities rules, the advent of new […]

How to Buy Zcash, a Step-by-Step Guide

How to Buy Zcash, a Step-by-Step Guide

When bitcoin was introduced, there was a significant segment of the market that was attracted to the digital currency based on the promise of anonymous transactions. For some, having invisible money was a right, an assurance that no bank or central authority was tracking how they were using their money […]

How to Buy EOS, A Step by Step Guide

How to Buy EOS, A Step by Step Guide

For many potential investors in the altcoin space, there is concern regarding the long-term viability of bitcoin and Ether. Bitcoin has been slow to embrace changes and still has its transaction bottleneck problem, along with extreme price speculation. Ethereum, while fixing some of bitcoin’s more annoying features, still has a […]