Tag: BIGG Digital Assets
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Three companies bringing the future of blockchain to your door
The blockchain and cryptocurrency markets have blown up and fractured into a billion different pieces, and that’s a good thing. Now instead of just gearing your potential investment opportunities towards miners, there’s options in the fields of fintech, hospital equipment, and plenty more. Let’s not forget about NFT or metaverse options either. Here are three…
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Today’s Idea: How to Buy Cryptocurrency in Canada
So you want to know about cryptocurrency, do you? If you’re here reading this now odds are good you don’t have the complete roadmap to get involved. You’ve maybe seen some ads online for Wealthsimple Crypto and thought you’d maybe like to get some crypto for yourself, but don’t know where to start. You’re in…
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The DeFi Mini-Roundup You Didn’t Know You Needed Till Now
For most people decentralized finance (DeFi) is a mystifying concept. The world of finance itself is full of strange definitions and shenanigans, but it’s been around long enough that the entire sphere of financial life is taken for granted. It’s always been there and it’s always going to be there. It’s the world of Warren…
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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: The Case for Privacy Part 1.
Earlier this week the Biden administration took aim at cryptocurrency by announcing they’re preparing an executive order for release early next month outlining the U.S. government strategy on cryptocurrency. Here’s a handy bullet point list: The directive would place the White House in a central role overseeing efforts to set policies and regulate digital assets,…
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Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Monero (XMR)
Cryptocurrency has a number of different problems and one of them is that it’s not even remotely private. Transparency is baked into the system for most coins. Anyone can see what’s happening right now on Bitcoin’s blockchain by going to https://www.blockchain.com/explorer and after a search and a few clicks, you can find out what’s going…
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This Week in Crypto: Typical Bubble edition
It’s getting a little hard to keep track of who does and who doesn’t like Bitcoin. This week, George Soros offered an endorsement whereas three years ago he panned it, calling it a “typical” bubble. The head of Soros Fund Management argued thi sweek that it has even more long term potential. “I’m not sure…
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This week in crypto: The China Side-Eye Edition
The biggest spate of news actually happened last Friday and it’s China again. Now all cryptocurrency related transactions are effectively banned in China. The effects were immediate: Coinbase Global (COIN.Q) and Robinhood took a 3.5% dive, while MicroStrategy (MSTR.Q) lost 6.7%. Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA.Q) lost %8.1. It didn’t stop there, though. The commentary from…
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This week in crypto – sweating to death edition with RIOT.Q, CSTR.C, TAAL.C, HUT.T, NDA.V, LNK.C, COIN.Q, IDK.C, BIGG.C, PYPL.Q, VHI.V, GBLC.C
Here’s an interesting stat to start this crypto roundup off: “A study published in the journal Nature Climate in 2018 concluded that the growth of bitcoin could produce enough emissions by itself to raise global temperatures by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) as soon as 2033.” The publication is three years old, which means…
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Coinbase Global (COIN.Q) goes live on NASDAQ to the tune of $86 billion, but will it beat the hype?
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase went live on the NASDAQ today using the ticker symbol COIN.Q to the tune of $86 billion. If your first reaction to that number is an eyeroll and a whatever-you-say you’re not alone. We’ll get into that in a moment, but for right now let’s consider what this means for the development…
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Biggest hack in Twitter (TWTR.Q) history highlights developments in cyber-crime tracking
Twitter (TWTR.Q) got hacked earlier this week in what is probably one of the most brazen incidences of phishing since the technique was first recognized, but it’s not just the phishing scam—which by and large was fairly transparent—but the who and what that got hacked that made it so significant. Jack Dorsey’s going to have…