June 12 2023 🕓 5 min
Most important Bitcoin-related announcements from BTCPrague
The biggest Bitcoin conference in Europe is over and here is a short list of the most important announcements that came to light during the event.
Market Movers
May 12 2023
NZD weakens on all fronts
The New Zealand dollar (NZD) fell on all fronts on Friday. NZD/USD is down 1.4% and NZD/JPY dropped 1.2%, while GBP/NZD is up 1.3%.
May 12 2023
Inflation levels update
The annual inflation rate in India dropped from 5.6% in March to 4.7% in April. Brazil’s inflation fell from 4.6% to 4.1%. However, inflation in Spain accelerated from 3.3% to 4.1%, and France’s inflation jumped from 5.7% to 5.9%.
May 12 2023
Mark Cuban praises AI
The potential of AI, according to Mark Cuban, is “beyond anything I’ve ever seen,” and he compared ChatGPT to the early days of the internet. Cuban has a straightforward piece of advice for businesses: join the AI race or perish. Cuban stated, “There are two types of companies in the world: those who are great at AI and everyone else.”
June 4 2021 🕓 2 min
Bitcoin Friday: Technical Analysis of Bitcoin
In the last week’s analysis, we addressed how the chart will continue to move after a crushing slump. Today we are a little wiser.
June 3 2021 🕓 5 min
Fundament of the week: Cryptocurrency delisting
Just as some of the shares in traditional financial markets are occasionally withdrawn from the stock exchange for various reasons, are cryptocurrencies withdrawn in a similar way. Today, we will look at some of those scenarios.
May 31 2021 🕓 4 min
Is Cardano about to “eat” the current financial system?
Supporters of the cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA) have reasons to celebrate again. The company has announced the testing of smart contracts, which will turn it beyond recognition and bring huge opportunities for further development. Founder Charles Hoskinson also commented about what cryptocurrencies can do to the current financial system.
May 30 2021 🕓 4 min
DeFi Sunday: An industry that poses a major challenge for regulators
The regulation of cryptocurrencies is a relatively complex matter. DeFi has no intermediaries, most of whose regulations are controlled. The SEC is proposing to return the role of intermediaries to decentralized systems. DeFi answers - let's work on investors protection together, if the laws don't change, we'll go elsewhere.
May 28 2021 🕓 2 min
Bitcoin daily chart analysis
Another week has passed, another Bitcoin analysis is here, this time focused on the daily chart. We will talk about what is important and what we might expect in the hours and days to come.
May 27 2021 🕓 3 min
Fundament of the week – What is staking?
Staking can be considered a less demanding alternative to cryptocurrency mining. This includes holding funds in a cryptocurrency wallet (or even on some exchange accounts) in order to support the security and operation of the blockchain network. Simply put, staking is the act of locking up cryptocurrencies for a reward.
May 24 2021 🕓 3 min
A fundamental partnership? Tron and BSCPad present a new platform
The "initial offers" have undergone a significant transformation in past few years, and one of the currently most interesting is the so-called IDO - Initial DEX Offering. It was in this offer that joined two blockchain giants, the Tron Foundation and the popular BSCPad launchpad that decided to collaborate, creating a new IDO platform - TRONPad.
May 23 2021 🕓 2 min
DeFi Sunday: Coinbase makes DeFi access easier with a new extension
The electronic wallet of the well-known cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase comes with a new extension for the Chrome browser. According to the company, the goal is to facilitate access to decentralized applications and decentralized finance for many of their users.
May 21 2021 🕓 2 min
Bitcoin Friday: Technical Analysis of Bitcoin
This week will be the one that will go down in history. We have witnessed one of the biggest plunges in the crypto market. What actually happened and what impact will it have on the whole market? Could this be the beginning of the bear market?
May 20 2021 🕓 3 min
The fundament of the week: Internet of Things (IoT)
To this day, we see the term Internet of things almost on a daily basis. It is attributed to Kevin Ashton of Procter & Gamble, who used the phrase in a 1999 article to describe the role of RFID tags in increasing supply chain efficiency.
May 19 2021 🕓 3 min
Crypto sell off: What just happened?
Vast majority of cryptocurrencies is in red numbers today. And we do not mean losses of few basis points or few percents. Most of the cryptocurrencies have lost more than 20% today , with even some of the bigger ones losing more than 30-40%. Why did this happen?
May 17 2021 🕓 4 min
Environmental impact: Why we should not look only at cryptocurrencies
The energy consumption of cryptocurrencies and their impact on the environment is increasingly being discussed around the world. This is currently one of the biggest point of criticism. However, an important comparison with the current banking system, or the gold mining industry, is often forgotten.