What Does 10x Mean In Crypto? The Secret To 10xing Your Crypto Investment
Cryptocurrencies are a new and exciting investment opportunity, but they can be confusing for the average person. One term you may have heard is “10x.” What does 10x mean in crypto? Is it a good investment? In crypto, 10x means to multiply a value by 10. For example, if you had 1 Bitcoin and it …
Major Crypto Exchanges Invest Massively on Educating Regulators, Will it Work?
Circle and Gemini, two strictly regulated crypto exchanges and institutional-grade product operators in the U.S., hosted Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on Reddit this week. One common theme in both AMA sessions was the focus on tightly working with regulators and educating lawmakers, investing a lot of resources to improve the regulatory environment surrounding cryptocurrencies. …
Ironically, PayPal and Mastercard Could Fuel the Mainstream Adoption of Bitcoin
The purge of content creators by payment processors like Mastercard and PayPal dominated the headlines in the last month of 2018 as high-profile political commentators were let go from subscription content service platforms. One of the most high-profile political censorship cases involved Dr. Jordan Peterson, the acclaimed best-selling author and clinical psychologist, whose account was …
Stellar Lumens & Cross-Border Payments
What is Stellar? Stellar is a sophisticated blockchain network launched by Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim in 2014 with the goal of making cross-border payments available to everyone across the world. Its cryptocurrency, Stellar lumens (or XML), is ideal for instantaneous transactions with low fees. While the project is similar to Ripple (XRP), the codebase …
Telegram Open Network & the Gram Token
What is Telegram Open Network? TON is a multichain platform being developed by Telegram that has raised record high amounts in private token sales in 2018 and is expected to bring a wide range of revolutionary technologies to life. The Durov brothers in charge of this project founded VK, the largest domestic European social network. …
PIVX – Privacy Coin with PoS and zkSNARKs
What is PIVX? PIVX, short for Private Instant Verified Transaction, is an open-source privacy coin first launched as DarkNet in 2015. PIVX combines much of the codebase of Dash, another popular cryptocurrency, with a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm and the power of the Zerocoin protocol. A Focus on Privacy The goal of enabling anonymity in …
Litecoin – Bitcoin’s Younger Cousin
What is Litecoin? Litecoin (LTC) is an early fork of Bitcoin that was intended to have lower transaction fees and easier mining than the original. It was released by Charlee Lee, a Google employee, in 2011. The project had quickly become one of the most popular cryptocurrencies in the world. Litecoin vs. Bitcoin Litecoin was created to resolve …
Dash – a Time-Tested Private Coin with a Future
What is Dash? Often referred to as Digital Cash, Dash is a fork of Bitcoin centered around anonymity and transaction speed. It was launched as Xcoin by Evan Duffield in 2014, later renamed Darkcoin, and finally rebranded to Dash in 2015. Mining & Masternodes Dash mining works similarly to other cryptocurrencies, where the foundation is …
Bitcoin Private – the Way Forward for Zclassic
What is Bitcoin Private? Bitcoin Private is a cryptocurrency that was forked from Zclassic and Bitcoin in March 2018. The project aims to adopt privacy on the blockchain while providing a standard user-friendly service similar to Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. Although the community largely runs it, a group of coders and scientists is actively involved in its development. Privacy …
Erik Voorhees Criticizes Crypto Exchange Gemini’s Pro-KYC and Rules Ad
Gemini, a major crypto exchange based in New York, has received mixed reviews of its advertisements spread across the city. On January 4, a former Coinbase employee and cryptocurrency enthusiast Nick Foley released a photograph of Gemini’s advertisement placed on East 46 Street in Brooklyn, New York, which read “Crypto Needs Rules.” Erik Voorhees Not …
