A lot of bullish news came out for bitcoin this week, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the price. Although the past month has felt difficult for holders, the reality is we’re only down to where the price was around Thanksgiving. Judging by the meteoric rise in the […]
In this new column, I’ll be wrapping up the week’s bitcoin headlines, and explaining what they mean to you, the New Finance investor. First, some background on me: I first used bitcoin in 2011 and have been writing about bitcoin on a full-time basis since early 2014. Currently, I contribute […]
The Quick Pitch TokenBox is a platform for creating and investing in legal, secure crypto funds. Portfolio managers get a turn-key solution for launching a new fund, while investors are able to choose a fund based on their risk and reward preferences. TokenBox’s token generation event (TGE) is scheduled to […]
The Quick Pitch STASH is pitched as a next-generation open source digital currency for local and international transactions. Instead of acting as a token for a specific application, STASH is an alternative to bitcoin and other traditional cryptocurrencies. This altcoin combines ideas from Bitcoin, Dash, and Zcash to create something […]
The Quick Pitch Litra Coin is a blockchain-based project allegedly focused on the healthcare industry. According to a presentation available on the Litra Coin website, the project intends to improve transparency, convenience, and value in healthcare through a focus on privacy and security for patients provided by a single mobile […]
The Quick Pitch Cryptaur is pitched as an ecosystem for decentralized applications (dapps) that plans to incentivize the onboarding of new users to blockchain technology. With a focus on mainstream users, Cryptaur intends to remove many of the complexities involved with these new, decentralized platforms from the user interface. The […]
The Quick Pitch Wanchain is an attempt to create a digital financial infrastructure where value can be exchanged across multiple blockchains. The Wanchain ICO started on October 3, 2017 and will end on October 25, 2017. Participants in the Wanchain ICO need access to an Ethereum wallet, which they can […]
The Quick Pitch Electroneum is an altcoin that targets the 2.2 billion smartphone users around the world via a mobile-focused blockchain solution with the explicit intention of capturing the mobile gaming and online gambling market. The initial token offering for Electroneum began on September 14, 2017, and will run through […]
Sidechains are some of the most highly-anticipated technological improvements to bitcoin, due to the practically limitless functionality that can be enabled once they are deployed. Originally announced as a concept in 2014, sidechains are now perhaps only months away from being available on the bitcoin network. If successful, sidechains could […]
Since the launch of the network back in 2009, bitcoin has been one of the most lucrative investments in the world. Those who got in early were able to buy bitcoins for pennies or obtain them for free from an online faucet, and the price just recently cracked the $3,000 […]
