TL;DRYou could think of an automated market maker as a robot that’s always willing to quote you a price between two assets. Some use a simple formula like Uniswap, while Curve, Balancer and others use more complicated ones.Not only can you trade trustlessly using an AMM, but you can also become the house by providing […]
TL;DRIf you’ve been involved with DeFi at all, you almost certainly heard this term thrown around. Impermanent loss happens when the price of your tokens changes compared to when you deposited them in the pool. The larger the change is, the bigger the loss. Wait, so I can lose money by providing liquidity? And why is […]
TL;DRBacktesting can be an important step in optimizing how you engage with financial markets. It helps you learn whether your trading ideas and strategies make sense and if they could potentially turn a profit.But how does backtesting a simple investment strategy look like? What should you be wary of when testing trading strategies? Is backtesting […]
TL;DRDo you think you have great ideas about the market but don’t know how to put them to the test without risking your funds? Learning how to backtest trade ideas is the bread and butter of a good systematic trader.The underlying premise of backtesting is that what worked in the past may work in the […]
Author: Joseph YoungTL;DRSpoofing is a form of market manipulation where a trader places fake buy or sell orders, never intending for them to get filled by the market. Spoofing is usually done using algorithms and bots in an attempt to manipulate the market and asset prices by creating a false sense of supply or demand.Spoofing […]
TL;DRForex is the world's largest market by trading volume and liquidity. Brokers, businesses, governments, and other economic agents trade currencies and forex derivatives to enable international commerce. Traders also use the market for speculative reasons. There are various arbitrage opportunities to be found with exchange rates and interest rates, making the market a popular one to […]
TL;DR Bitcoin futures contracts are a derivative product similar to traditional futures contracts. Two parties agree to buy or sell fixed amounts of bitcoin for a specific price on a certain date. Traders use them speculatively, but you can also use them to hedge. Hedging is especially popular with miners who need to cover their […]
DeFi has established itself as the top sector for high value tokens. With DeFi tokens outperforming BTC in 2020, the ecosystem is quickly turning towards popular protocol tokens as a means of value capture for DeFi’s growth. On this page, we take a look at the top DeFi tokens and examine their role within each […]
Une blockchain, ou chaîne de blocs, est un immense registre de transactions rendu infalsifiable par un mécanisme de validation économique. La sécurité d’un tel système dépend entièrement de la valeur d’un jeton numérique (token). Cest pourquoi la fonction première des protocoles tels que Bitcoin est de traiter les échanges de ce jeton. Pour Bitcoin, tout […]
Quels sont les points forts et les points faibles de la blockchain ? Lors de la présentation du Bitcoin en octobre 2008 par Satoshi Nakamoto, le point le plus emblématique du projet était la blockchain. Même si à l’époque on n’imaginait pas toutes les implications que cela pourrait avoir, il ‘s’agissait d’une révolution. Après une […]
Vous avez peut-être déjà vu dans un article au sujet d’un quelconque crypto-actif, l’expression “fonction de hachage”, sans que cela soit nécessairement expliqué. Contrairement à ce que laisse penser le nom du procédé, le hachage n’a rien à voir avec le steak. Et il en est de même pour le salage, qui n’a rien à […]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a new form of digital assets that can be traded and used in online games. What is an NFT? It’s similar to the idea of trading cards, but instead, it’s digital assets on the blockchain. They were first introduced by CryptoKitties back in 2017 and have been widely adopted by many […]
Facebook announced Libra in June 2019. More than two years later, it’s not here, and it aims to enter the crowded stablecoin market. What’s the point? While everyone was busy buzzing this week about Bitcoin futures ETF approval and other news from real crypto companies, Facebook’s crypto project quietly lost two more people. Riyaz Faizullabhoy […]
A stuck or pending Ethereum transaction can be canceled or modified using two methods: in-application cancellation and setting a custom nonce. Ethereum is an open-source blockchain-based software platform with thousands of decentralized applications (DApps) that powers its native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH), that can be sent and received globally without any third-party interference. First conceptualized in […]
When decentralized exchanges started to take off in 2019, the designs were very simple, but simplicity in these marketplaces might soon be a distant memory. The most successful category of decentralized exchanges are the automated market makers (AMMs), such as Uniswap and Curve. The Cowri Labs team, builders of the Shell Protocol, a small AMM […]
Bitcoin News: 16th October 2021 Tether and Bitfinex have been fined a total of $42.5 million by the CFTC. [LINK] NFT by Jimmy Choo is a new line of shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. New sanctions guidelines for crypto companies has been released by the US Treasury. The Shiba Inu ($SHIB) has been […]
DeFi Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is actually just a combination of smart contracts operating independently on blockchains like the Ethereum network. The focus of DeFi primarily turns towards improvements in profitability for investors in the DeFi landscape. With the help of automated smart contracts, DeFi solutions can improve the yields for all investments. The faster growth […]
It looks like the summer of 2021 will be remembered as NFT (Non-Fungible Token) summer, following the DeFi summer we had in 2020. Non-fungible means that something is unique and one-of-a-kind. NFTs are therefore unique digital tokens representing something. NFTs have grown on the Ethereum blockchain, but they are also available on other chains like […]
Over the years I’ve come to realize that my best investments happen during the second wave of the product or industry lifecycle. The idea is loosely based on the Gartner Hype Cycle curve, the Chasm concept, the Hero’s Journey and the theory of Diffusion of Innovations. Let’s take an abbreviated at these models that have […]
Contents MintosPeerBerryTwinoFlenderCrowdestorSwaperViventorLendSecuredKvikuOctoberAxiaFunderBondoraBondsterProfitusWhat about Other Platforms?🌍 Who Can Invest in P2P Lending Sites?What Returns Can Lenders Expect?Risks of P2P LendingAlternatives to P2P Lending✅ Conclusion Amongst all the online investment platforms available today, European peer-to-peer lending sites are the ones that offer the highest returns. Let’s have a look at how P2P lending works and which are the […]
Contents How Real Estate Crowdfunding WorksMy Experience with Real Estate Crowdfunding1. Rendity – overall platform for 20212. Reinvest24 – for the best interest rates3. EstateGuru – the biggest platform5. EvoEstate – curated real estate investments6. Property Partner – the best UK platform7. iFunded – specialized in German real estate8. Bulkestate9. RaizersWhy do Borrowers Obtain Finance […]
Contents How to Get Started with BitcoinWaiting to Buy the DipWhy am I Bullish on Bitcoin?What the Charts and Indicators ShowWho is investing in Bitcoin?The PayPal EffectETFs are ComingProfiting from BitcoinHow to Buy Bitcoin with PayPalConcluding Thoughts Buy Bitcoin on Coinbase As Bitcoin continues to have an amazing bull run in 2021, the question on […]
Buy Ethereum Ethereum has gotten a lot of flak over the past couple of years, but I believe it has the potential to provide better gains than Bitcoin itself in the immediate future. It has a smaller market cap and does not have as much global recognition as Bitcoin does, which I view as a […]
Trade crypto on eToro If you are looking to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies on your smartphone, you’ll be pleased to know that there are heaps of options in the market. But, with so much choice, this can make it difficult to know which trading app to go with. For example, are you looking to […]
🔥The DeFi List🔥 🍇Lending🍇 Aave – an open source and non-custodial protocol to earn interest on deposits & borrow assets Akropolis – an under collateralized lending protocol aiming at DeFi yield optimisation and interest-rate sharing B.Protocol – a backstop liquidity protocol aiming to make decentralized lending platforms more stable by introducing a backstop liquidity […]
As someone with an unbounded interest in software and finance, DeFi is a natural rabbit hole for me to dive into. It’s a vast world, although it’s still in its infancy. Over the next few months, I hope to dedicate a lot more time on research and investing within this space. While in the early […]
On Thursday, the crypto asset aggregation portal Coingecko published the firm’s 2021 third-quarter report which shows a number of different findings. According to the study, for the most part, the crypto economy recovered from the market downturn in May as the top 30 market caps grew by 31% in Q3. The report shows that altcoins […]
The concepts of fungible vs nonfungible tokens are rather old in economics. Coin-like objects were traded as far back as the Roman Empire, apparently as tokens for brothels or gaming. In Medieval times, tokens called “Abbot’s money” were used by English monasteries to pay for services provided by foreigners. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, merchants […]
Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, are an evolution in the cryptocurrency space and a step forward in the reinvention of modern finance and other industries. Money is fungible because there is no distinction between one dollar and another. Stocks of the same sort in the same company and commodities of the same quality are often interchangeable. […]
NFTs stand for nonfungible tokens, which have rapidly become ubiquitous in the world of crypto. NFTs are non-replicable digital assets. But why is this feature of non-replicability prompting so many people who are serious about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies to buy NFTs? Is an NFT just “an expensive JPEG,” like many of its more skeptical […]