Author: Alex Lielacher

PayperEx ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

PayperEx ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch The PayperEx network aims to decentralize the share market by creating an alternative trading network using blockchain technology. PayperEx’s goal is to give people from all over the world a fair, easy, and affordable chance to enjoy the benefits of the share market by buying “Paypers”. The […]

Cobinhood ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

Cobinhood ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch COBINHOOD is a next-generation cryptocurrency exchange platform that features zero transaction fees and zero cut on margin funding interest earnings. It provides cryptocurrency trading, margin trading/funding, futures trading, and ICO underwriting services. It also guarantees 100 percent reserve for cryptocurrency deposits. To fund the development of COBINHOOD, […]

Building a Balanced Bitcoin Investment Portfolio

Building a Balanced Bitcoin Investment Portfolio

Diversification plays an important role in investing, even in the case of digital currencies. By holding a broad portfolio of different digital currencies, you may be able to add returns as well as reduce the single currency risk you would face if you only made a bitcoin investment. When constructing […]

Top 4 Most Bitcoin-Friendly States

Top 4 Most Bitcoin-Friendly States

When making your first bitcoin investment or when using bitcoin as an online spending currency, it is important to be aware of the fact that there is no uniformity among states in the US regarding bitcoin regulations. Different laws apply to the sale of bitcoin in different states and the […]

The Taxman Cometh: Reporting Digital Currency to the IRS

The Taxman Cometh: Reporting Digital Currency to the IRS

It recently came to light that the Revenue Service (IRS) has been using bitcoin transaction tracking software in an attempt to identify citizens who have not been paying capital gains tax on their bitcoin investments. Interestingly, in 2015, the same year when the IRS purchased the tracking software from blockchain […]

Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash: What’s the Difference?

Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash: What’s the Difference?

In August 2017, the bitcoin blockchain split into two blockchains to create a new digital currency called “bitcoin cash.” The reason behind this was the ongoing discussion in the bitcoin community on how to best address bitcoin’s scalability challenges. In this article, you will learn about the difference between bitcoin […]

Is Bitcoin a Better Safe Haven Investment Than Gold?

Is Bitcoin a Better Safe Haven Investment Than Gold?

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, the allure of so-called “safe haven” assets grew tremendously.  Gold is widely considered to be the go-to safe haven asset in times of market turmoil and has become a very popular asset class over the years. However, recent history suggests […]

Investment Ideas: 3 Industries That Bitcoin is Disrupting

Investment Ideas: 3 Industries That Bitcoin is Disrupting

The digital currency bitcoin has taken the world by storm. More and more individuals are buying bitcoin as an investment. However, bitcoin is more than just an investment opportunity. As a global decentralized peer-to-peer payment network, bitcoin is disrupting several major industries including banking, international remittances, and online gambling. This, […]

Will Bitcoin Increase in Value? 5 Trends to Watch for 2017

Will Bitcoin Increase in Value? 5 Trends to Watch for 2017

Bitcoin witnessed a tremendous price rally in the first half of 2017. The price of the digital currency increased from $1,000 on January 1st to inch close to the $3,000 mark on June 12th. Will the digital currency continue this rally? Since bitcoin has already gained so much in value […]

What is Bitcoin Arbitrage?

What is Bitcoin Arbitrage?

Financial investing comes with a wide range of strategies you can employ to generate a profit. That is also the case with trading bitcoin. In this article, we discuss bitcoin arbitrage and whether or not this strategy is a smart way to invest in bitcoin. What is Arbitrage?  In financial […]