Traders are making massive gains from perpetual futures contracts but there are three risks to be aware of before trading. As tempting as it can be to buy altcoins using perpetual futures, there are a few hidden traps that one should monitor closely. Over the past few years, numerous exchanges began to offer altcoin futures […]
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New machines are now coming online at a rate of nearly 1 per hour In 2013 the world saw the debut of the first-ever Bitcoin ATM when a company called Robocoin placed a machine in a Vancouver coffee shop. Allowing customers to trade Bitcoin for cash, and vice versa, the machine saw $10,000 in BTC […]
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Blockchain technology is just a tool that solves a problem, it cannot be the goal of the entire project. In 2017, when everything concerned with cryptocurrency and blockchain still looked fresh and interesting, it seemed that there would be no day without a new “revolutionary” project or idea. Decentralized financial system, decentralized torrent tracker, decentralized […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast It’s been a week. Whether the politics made it good or bad week depends on your view but if you’re holding Bitcoin, it was certainly good. The price is up more than 8.5 percent over the last seven days. It’s now well over $14,000 and has spent 100 […]
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A crypto fund is buying up Bitcoin at a major discount in a high-risk, high-return game. What are the odds of outperforming BTC itself? Bitcoin has been one of the best-performing assets on the planet since its launch in 2009. The digital coin rose nearly 9 million percent in price between 2010 and 2019. Simply holding or […]
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Everyday investors in the Netherlands can now invest in crypto, thanks to company’s new registration. Crypto exchange BLOX received the go-ahead to operate in the Netherlands, making it the first platform to do so since the country implemented the European Union’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, or AMLD5. “BLOX is the first consumer-focused cryptocurrency company that […]
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The trustee for the collapsed Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, has received $171 million in claims from the exchange’s customers. The trustee of the controversial failed cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, Ernst & Young (EY), has revealed that it only has roughly $29.8 million in funds to distribute to claimants, despite receiving $171 million worth of claims. In […]
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Non-fungible tokens are booming, with Animoca Brands and Skymarch revealing upcoming gaming titles powered by NFTs. Blockchain gaming firm Animoca Brands has announced a licensing agreement with electric single-seater car racing championship Formula E to develop a blockchain-powered motorsports game featuring non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Formula E game will utilize Animoca’s REVV utility token as […]
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An impatient Uniswap trader accidentally paid more than 23 Ether to execute a $120 trade on the decentralized exchange. A clumsy trader claims to have “destroyed” their life after inadvertently paying $9,500 in fees for a $120 transaction on the decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap. On Nov. 5, Reddit user ‘ProudBitcoiner’ posted that he had accidentally […]
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As ballots poured in on the night of the United States presidential election, traders piled in and out of positions on the CME. As votes came in on the night of Nov. 3, the day of the U.S. presidential election, Bitcoin’s (BTC) volume soared on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME. “Overnight, before 9:00am NYT […]
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