Tag: decentralized exchanges
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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: Shiba Inu (SHIB)
For the conservative looking to get into crypto, Bitcoin and Ethereum are still where it’s at. They’re the coins that offer the lowest risk profile—they have enough attention, backing and third-party investment to ensure that of all the coins out there they’ll still be around in ten years. But if you’re looking to get rich,…
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This week in crypto: slouching towards a cautiously optimistic future edition
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why confidence in Bitcoin’s future has jumped, but the likely culprit is that the Chinese bitcoin miners recently exiled from their ancestral homelands have made their way to to North America (and Russia and Kazakhstan) and set up shop. The hashrate and mining difficulty both enjoyed a bump, and now…
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DJIA drops 600 points, Bitcoin (BTC-USD) falls USD $2,000, Fear Index (VIX) surges 61%, as Biden hits a wall of anti-vaxxers
According to the “collective wisdom of the markets,” the DJIA is worth 50% more today than it was in March 2020.