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Trading in financial markets can be a profitable but also dangerous endeavor. It requires knowledge, skills, and experience no matter the market traders are employing.Of course, gaining experience could be related to actually registering losses but it could also help to learn from traders with a long history in the field. CryptoPotato recently had the chance to interview one such trader – Chris Dunn.Dunn is among the first YouTubers specialized in the field of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency...

Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, says Bitcoin is not and was never intended to be, censorship-resistant.According to Wright, who wrote in a blog post from July 10 titled What is Censorship Resistance, the common assumption that Bitcoin holders are protected from economic censorship is nothing but a myth.And the scary thing is, Wright might be right.Craig Wright: No Censorship Resistance on BitcoinWright’s latest blog post drew analogies between Bitcoin...

Max Kaiser is a well-known American broadcaster and filmmaker. His previous experience includes anchoring an analysis program called On The Edge and producing a TV series on the Al-Jazeera English network.Currently, he’s the host of his own widely-popular financial program called the Keiser Report. Apart from his TV and online appearances, Keiser is also a long-time Bitcoin and cryptocurrency proponent.CryptoPotato recently had the chance to interview Keiser, where he said that his first...

Bityard is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that’s headquartered in Singapore, according to its official website. It accepts traders from more than 150 countries and claims to provide fast and secure cryptocurrency trading services.It’s important to note that Bityard is an exchange that operates entirely with derivatives. As such, there are no Bitcoin spot trading pairs.Traders can buy or sell cryptocurrencies using margin and with high leverage of up to 100x.Bityard Security 8.5 Coin...

There is no doubt that the hottest thing in the crypto industry at the moment is decentralized finance. However, Ethereum as its foundation still hasn’t caught up.Another day has heralded another all-time high for the total dollar value of collateral locked up in DeFi markets. That milestone has just hit $2.15 billion as more investors lock up their crypto, according to Defipulse.com.The Year of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)In less than a month, the amount of collateral locked into smart...

If you were into Bitcoin and crypto for at least five years, the name Chris Dunn would probably sound familiar to you.The 35 years old Texas boy was one of the first crypto YouTubers. As of writing these lines, his popular channel has more than 200,000 subscribers since its first uploaded video, somewhere in 2013.Personally, I learned a lot about crypto and trading from Chris; that’s why I was eager to interview him for CryptoPotato.In the following interview, Chris Dunn shares his attitude...

Yobit is a well-known cryptocurrency exchange created by a group of European developers back in 2014. The company is officially incorporated in Panama.The platform requires no Know-Your-Customer verification, and registering an account with them is quick and easy. It offers a variety of different cryptocurrency pairs and boasts a large community on Telegram as their English chat has almost 80,000 people in it.Unlike a lot of the exchanges, Yobit support staff is reachable on Telegram, making...

The rollout of Ethereum 2.0 is set to arrive in installments, with the first milestone expected some time around Q3 of 2020. From that moment on, things promise to get interesting.At one point, we will see two Ethereum blockchains existing at the same time. Initially, the ETH 2.0 token will be practically useless for anything beyond staking, with zero transaction capabilities – exchanges won’t even list it, and it’s unlikely that it will even have a price.On top of that, the current Ethereum...

Zcash (ZEC) was recently the subject of a research paper which aimed to explore the extent to which the privacy coin is used for illicit or criminal purposes.Funded by Electric Coin Co.(ECC), the company behind Zcash, the analysis carried out by the RAND Corporation and concluded that Zcash was not regularly used for illegal means.However, the critical findings offered up by RAND Corp are non-committal, vague, and incredibly illogical in light of Zcash’s status as an apparently untraceable...

Friday was a big day for Bitcoin Twitter. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling asked Twitter to explain the cryptocurrency to her. All the big whales on Bitcoin Twitter jumped into the thread to offer various explanations and summaries to the legendary fantasy writer.J.K. Rowling asks Twitter to explain Bitcoin. | Source: TwitterElon Musk even chimed in:Source: TwitterSince Rowling ultimately concluded in the threads that followed that she just couldn’t understand Bitcoin no matter how people try...