Time to Stop Chasing Trends and Start Building
If you’ve been paying attention to the business world in the last couple of years, this will not come as a surprise. The idea of hopping on the shiniest new bandwagon is not a exactly a fresh one – there have always been those who are keen to seize every new opportunity that comes their […]
Blockchain-based Mobile Payment App by Gates Team
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are introducing an open-source software to facilitate the creation of payment platforms for developing economies. Designed to ensure interoperability between various financial services and established payment platforms. This is not the first foray into the Blockchain technology for the foundation, as they have been researching it at least since […]
What Comes After the Cryptocurrency Bubble?
While cryptocurrencies might look like an incredibly tempting investment opportunity at the moment, not everyone is on board. While the absurd volatility of the most valued currency on the market – Bitcoin – does not exactly make it a risk yet, it is a legitimate cause for concern for those who look at the past. […]
Blockchain as the Future of Social Media
If the recent events have shown us anything, it’s that the social media is increasingly moving towards personalization and freedom. And if the former is simply a natural consequence of a progressively more divided social environment (with a media landscape geared towards conflict) and algorithms designed to filter out the ‘unwanted’ content, the latter is […]
Backtesting and Simulating Crypto Currencies
If there is one thing that is missing from the cryptocurrency trading, it’s proper risk evaluation. CapchainX – crypto equity platform – has plans to rectify that. Its recent partnership with the University of Manchester is aimed at quantifying the actual risks associated with both cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets. UM’s School of Mathematics’ Senior Lecturer Dr. […]
UBS: Bet on Blockchain Tech
UBS has issued a report that addresses the surge of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The very name of the report is pretty telling – ‘Cryptocurrencies – Beneath the bubble’. The Swiss-based global financial services company’s analysts are unanimous in their verdict – the recent rise is nothing more than a “speculative bubble”. However, the assessment […]
Cryptocurrency: Why Don’t People Spend It?
Currently, all plans to replace regular currency with cryptocurrency face one major hurdle: very few investors are actually spending it. And, as things stand, the unwillingness to part with digital funds is completely justified. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies might be best used for storing value, at least at the moment. It is also difficult to […]
What Cryptocurrency Means for Marketing
Cryptocurrency might change the way our economies work and become a new foundation for future financial systems. This is far from being a fact at this point, but the disruptive potential is definitely there. E-cash might not end up being the paradigm shift many think it to be, but that is no reason to underestimate […]
Bitcoin Price Analysis: A Steady Decline Following a Peak
After reaching the dazzling $20,000 mark not that long ago, Bitcoin is on the slow and steady way down from its highest point yet. Until now, every major drop has been accompanied by high volumes, with low volumes leading to significant hikes. It’s not the best dynamic, as it shows that the supply overtakes the […]
Bitcoin is Investopedia’s ‘Term of the Year’
Following its meteoric rise to the forefront of our public consciousness, Bitcoin has been named the ‘Term of the Year’ by Investopedia. This is hardly surprising, considering that cryptocurrency managed to overshadow most of the events in what has been a rather tumultuous year. Financial education recourse focused on investment featured Bitcoin at the top […]
