Cryptocurrency CFDs: Accessing digital assets without ownership
- Carleen Chitty
- November 14, 2023
Cryptocurrencies have changed the financial landscape, offering a new paradigm of value exchange within digital platforms. However, the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies and the intricate mechanisms needed to own them have posed significant hurdles for many potential investors. Cryptocurrency Contract for Differences (CFDs), an innovative financial derivative, presents an alternative route to accessing digital assets […]
Read MoreCrypto Scams and Fraud: Warning Signs to Avoid in the Cryptocurrency Space
- Carleen Chitty
- June 15, 2023
We’ve all heard the stories: investors lose millions of dollars to cryptocurrency scams, criminals use digital currency to launder money, and hackers rob exchanges blind. The crypto space is full of pitfalls even for savvy users, and while investing in cryptocurrency can be incredibly lucrative, it pays to know what you’re doing. Fraudsters prey on […]
Read MoreThe Future Of Crypto And Blockchain: Fintech 50 2022
- Carleen Chitty
- June 14, 2022
- Blockchain
- crypto
- FinTech
- Future
Reported by Nina Bambysheva, Michael del Castillo and Steven Ehrlich The cryptophiles are settling into the realities of a bear market, but their recent triumphs should not be lost. A record nine cryptocurrency-focused companies made it onto this year’s Forbes Fintech 50 list–an honor roll of the most innovative private companies in fintech. Collectively, these […]
Read MoreThe Top 5 Investment Plays for Blockchain – June 8, 2022
- Carleen Chitty
- June 13, 2022
- Blockchain
- investment
- June
- Plays
- Top
The early days of blockchain are behind us now. The “Bitcoin Mania” of late 2017 has come and gone. By now, most of you are familiar with at least the basics of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and Bitcoin. Many of you likely have some sort of exposure to cryptocurrencies. It is easier than ever to own crypto […]
Read MoreBlockchain, ‘Decentralized’ Exchange Taken Offline After Hacker Steals Millions
- Carleen Chitty
- June 12, 2022
- Blockchain
- Decentralized
- exchange
- Hacker
- Millions
- Offline
- Steals
Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. Developers and network participants took a blockchain offline on Tuesday night, making the “decentralized” cryptocurrency exchange running on top of it inoperable, after a bug let a hacker steal around $5 million. A few hours earlier, a Reddit user […]
Read MoreWhat Is a Blockchain and How Does It Work? Definition & Applications
- Carleen Chitty
- June 11, 2022
- applications
- Blockchain
- Definition
- Work
Blockchains are public-facing and unalterable, so they are a way to facilitate and store digital transactions. Shubham Dhage via Unsplash; Canva Contents What Is a Blockchain in Simple Terms? A blockchain, at its most basic level, is a digital ledger of transactions stored on many different computers (called nodes) that are linked by a network. […]
Read MoreYuga Labs wants ApeCoin on its own blockchain. ApeCoin owners think otherwise
- Carleen Chitty
- June 10, 2022
- ApeCoin
- Blockchain
- Labs
- Owners
- Yuga
The Bored Ape community has voted to keep building within the Ethereum ecosystem, rather than move the ApeCoin token its own blockchain as creator Yuga Labs had suggested. According to a snapshot vote that ended today, the ApeCoin governance mechanism — known as the ApeCoin DAO — voted 53.6% in favor of staying within the […]
Read MoreBlockchain.com CEO Says ‘Crypto Winter’ Started 9 Months Ago
- Carleen Chitty
- June 9, 2022
- Blockchaincom
- CEO
- crypto
- Months
- Started
- winter
Peter Smith, CEO of Blockchain.com, told an audience at Money20/20 in Amsterdam that the embattled cryptocurrency market feels like “normal”. Smith said he expects crypto payments to become mainstream over the next 5 years. This article is a part of a series covering highlights from Money20/20 Europe. Loading Something is loading. Cryptocurrencies have crashed in 2022, […]
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