Author: Alex Lielacher

What Is Bakkt and How Could This New Venture Boost Bitcoin?

What Is Bakkt and How Could This New Venture Boost Bitcoin?

In August, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange, announced that it will launch Bakkt, “an open and regulated, global ecosystem for digital assets.” In light of ICE’s position as a leading financial services company on Wall Street, this announcement is major news for the future of […]

How to Invest in a Bitcoin IRA:  5 Options to Let You Invest Today

How to Invest in a Bitcoin IRA: 5 Options to Let You Invest Today

Most investors know there is no better time to start investing for retirement than today. What many investors do not know, however, is that it is possible to put bitcoin as a holding into your retirement investment account. Here’s a list of the different bitcoin retirement investment options, as well […]

Best Blockchain YouTube Channels, Rated and Reviewed for 2019

Best Blockchain YouTube Channels, Rated and Reviewed for 2019

YouTube has become an excellent source of information for a wide range of topics and digital currencies are not excluded. Today, you can find YouTube channels dedicated to digital currency trading, investing, mining and news. We’ve rounded up the 15 best blockchain YouTube channels that you can watch to learn […]

How Much Does It Really Cost to Launch an ICO?

How Much Does It Really Cost to Launch an ICO?

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become the go-to funding option for blockchain startups who are looking to raise funds to take their project from an idea to a functional product. The success of ICOs, however, varies greatly. Some raise substantial funds while other miss their funding targets by miles. One […]

How to Leverage Bitcoin’s Top Technical Indicators

How to Leverage Bitcoin’s Top Technical Indicators

To get an idea of which technical indicators financial analysts believe are the most effective for bitcoin trading, we asked a number of them for opinions. The analysts we queried provide a range of responses. Though they mention many different indicators they use, several respondents emphasize the benefits of keeping […]

Top AI Blockchain Projects, Rated and Reviewed

Top AI Blockchain Projects, Rated and Reviewed

There are a number of entrepreneurs who believe that blockchain technology and artificial intelligence are a match made in heaven that has the potential to disrupt industries in a never-before-seen manner. Here are the best AI blockchain projects that are currently developing next-generation solutions for a range of industries. Related […]

How to Buy Bitmain Stock

How to Buy Bitmain Stock

The bitcoin mining giant Bitmain announced last month that it plans to go public. The IPO would make Bitmain the largest publicly-traded bitcoin company in the world and is expected to take place in early 2019. The Bitmain IPO Bejing-based Bitmain is the largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware and […]

Best Performing Cryptocurrencies of All Time

Best Performing Cryptocurrencies of All Time

Early adopters of bitcoin and altcoins have witnessed tremendous ROIs on their holdings. For example, when bitcoin was first launched in 2009, it was effectively worthless. Today one coin is worth over $6,000. This marks an ROI of several million percent. Leading altcoins have witnessed similar price performance over the […]

Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake vs. Delegated Proof of Stake

Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake vs. Delegated Proof of Stake

Distributed networks face a coordination problem. Independent players within a network require a mechanism they can use to communicate as well as participate in decision-making within the network. Blockchains rely on so-called consensus mechanisms to function. Consensus mechanisms are algorithms employed within blockchain networks to ensure that the structural integrity […]

Here Are the Public Companies with the Most Blockchain Patents

Here Are the Public Companies with the Most Blockchain Patents

According to an analysis by patent research experts Envision IP, a number of private and public companies have filed for blockchain patents in the last few years. Here’s a complete list of public-traded companies who have filed for blockchain patents. You can use it to identify ways to add indirect […]