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Don’t worry about uncertainty. For retail investors, advice doesn’t come more counterintuitive than this. Traditional risk assessment focuses on predictability. The more certainty, the better. But according to research from Northwestern Professor of Management Ian Dew-Becker and Yale Professors of Management Stefano Giglio and Bryan Kelly, that’s not how the […]
Bitcoin trading bots allow investors to execute automated trading strategies based on pre-set parameters to take emotions out of the investing equation. These algorithmic trading programs – which have been traditionally used by hedge funds and high-frequency trading houses – can now also be used by retail traders in the […]
One of the most exciting parts of blockchain has been the development of the ecosystem. This is an innovative business model, one in which the company runs its own free market economy around a self-generated currency. It may be the most experimental way of doing business since the invention of […]
Along with altcoins, bitcoin is still establishing its role in the market. From a theoretical perspective, blockchain remains a new technology. Developers have an exciting technology still in the process of proving itself. From an investor perspective, cryptocurrencies have not yet stabilized. This is a market in its infancy, realistically […]
Why do bitcoin regulations matter? Here’s a real-life example that sheds some light. Upon returning home from a vacation in Cuba, a British citizen named Elliott Smith learned that his Coinbase account was closed. Coinbase, an American company, was acting in accordance with U.S. Department of Treasury requirements regarding the use of […]
Here’s a multiple choice question. Bitcoin is: A. a currency. B. a stock. C. a commodity. How would you answer? In reality, bitcoin behaves like all three, to varying degrees. However, when you carefully consider the purpose for which bitcoin is generally used, answer “C” may just be the winner. […]
On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an advisory on the listing of altcoin derivative products. Following the ruling of U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein on March 6 that altcoins can be regulated by the CFTC as a commodity, the CFTC has issued a joint staff […]
Out of the almost 100 bitcoin forks that have taken place to date, only a handful have managed to establish themselves in the altcoin market. This article takes a look at the five best bitcoin forks in which you could invest today. The Top Five Bitcoin Forks The five most […]
We’ve put together a list of some of the top bitcoin and cryptocurrency news sites for 2018 (besides our own Bitcoin Market Journal, of course!). Our custom scoring system rates websites on a scale of 1 to 5 based on factors that measure the credibility and usability of different sources. […]
Bitcoin runs on its miners. These energy-intensive operations, mostly run out of China, both produce new bitcoins and process transactions for tokens already in circulation. Every time a token changes hands, mines process the complex algorithms that unlock the blockchain and record a new owner. They are, in every real […]
