If you are dabbling in the world of new finance, you have likely noticed that participation in many ICOs or bitcoin EFTs is limited to accredited investors. What does that term mean, and how does it apply in the world of new finance? Accredited Investors in Mainstream Finance In traditional […]
One of the most talked about innovations that blockchain technology has brought to the table is so-called smart contracts. The Ethereum project was the first to introduce blockchain-based smart contracts that are able to automatically pay out digital currency when certain conditions are met. Today, there is a range of […]
Bitcoin was created as a digital peer-to-peer payment system that enables users to store, send, and receive money without the need of a financial intermediary such as a bank. Early altcoins that followed bitcoin, such as litecoin, for example, effectively all had the same function. Hence, the term “cryptocurrencies” was […]
New finance is the category covering digital currencies, token markets, and blockchain-enabled assets. The easiest way to think about “new finance” vs. “old finance” is like the difference between “new media” vs. “old media.” In 1995, when the Web first began to take over the world, I was working for […]
Do you want to add bitcoin to your portfolio but question how much bitcoin exposure you should have? In this article, you will discover what leading investors and financial advisors think about what percentage of your portfolio should be in bitcoin. Five Percent of Your Net Worth Fred Wilson, CEO […]
ICO regulations have been recently issued in several jurisdictions including the U.S., China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea, which has somewhat dampened the boom in initial coin offerings (ICOs). New projects now have to gather expensive legal advice to ensure that their token sales will not get them into […]
In August 2017, the bitcoin blockchain split into two blockchains to create a new digital currency called “bitcoin cash.” The reason behind this was the ongoing discussion in the bitcoin community on how to best address bitcoin’s scalability challenges. In this article, you will learn about the difference between bitcoin […]
Financial investing comes with a wide range of strategies you can employ to generate a profit. That is also the case with trading bitcoin. In this article, we discuss bitcoin arbitrage and whether or not this strategy is a smart way to invest in bitcoin. What is Arbitrage? In financial […]
What is the difference between an initial coin offering (ICO) and an initial public offering (IPO)? Quite a lot, it turns out. While both ICOs and IPOs are public sales, they involve different assets, and holding them involves completely distinct processes. (See our current list of Upcoming ICOs here.) What […]
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 […]
