Looking to extend your portfolio with some altcoins? After bitcoin and Ripple, Ethereum is the third largest digital currency. If you have invested in a few Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), you may have heard of this altcoin, which commonly serves as the base currency when buying ICO tokens. Therefore, before […]
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become the go-to funding option for blockchain startups who are looking to raise funds to take their project from an idea to a functional product. The success of ICOs, however, varies greatly. Some raise substantial funds while other miss their funding targets by miles. One […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made it clear that they consider tokens sold during an initial coin offering securities for the purposes of regulatory enforcement. This means that companies launching ICOs will need to comply with SEC rules regarding public sales of these regulated financial products. Now, selling […]
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 […]
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 […]
While much of the recent news surrounding Monero has been troubling, the rate of growth of the bitcoin alternative has led many to add the coin to their portfolios. With 15,819 percent growth from its market introduction to its March 7, 2018 high, Monero offers inclusion potential for those that […]
