Tag Archives: Industry and Adoption

The dream of every borrower is to get loans without collateral and Flash loans in DeFi allow you to fulfill that dream. If you’ve been denied a loan application for lack of security, you’ll understand the accompanying frustrations. Some of the traditional financial institutions can be hardcore when it comes to loans. But who needs the headache when you can leverage the power of DeFi to hit the ground running.The emerging DeFi sector eliminates the hassles of traditional banking. With this new...

The failed launch of the Telegram Messenger cryptocurrency project is one of the central topics of the outgoing year. The whole global crypto community held its breath while following the development of the conflict between the SEC and Pavel Durov’s TON. Few people believed that such an ambitious undertaking, backed by such a strong effort and vast financial resources, could be simply abandoned because of the regulatory pressure from the United States. However, the regulator won the face-off,...

Undoubtedly, 2020 will go down in history as the year Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has started to assert its control over the cryptocurrency industry. This development has been underscored by the rise of Compound as the leading DeFi lending platform, surpassing MakerDAO in value locked. Looking at the DeFi market as a whole, the total value locked in DeFi smart contracts rose almost fourfold since the turn of the year.Next to COMP, many other DeFi tokens such as Aave (LEND), Kyber Network...

While HODLing cryptocurrencies have been generally a good investment for those who bought in at the early stages of Bitcoin’s price development, there is no guarantee that Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency will grow in value forever.The only certainty is high volatility. If you can accurately predict price movements, you can turn this knowledge into substantial profit by making the right trades. However, when trading cryptocurrencies, there are a lot of things that you must pay attention...

Nearly the entirety of global commerce involves real estate in one way or another. Besides creating spaces for people to live in, real estate developers provide production facilities and office spaces for companies and traders, thus being involved in the distribution of almost all goods and services. It is, therefore, no wonder that an estimated three-quarter of the global wealth is locked up in real estate assets.The use of the word “locked” in this context is deliberate, as it describes...

Everyone who has ever tried their hand at cryptocurrency trading knows that the whole process is much more difficult than it appears at first glance. There is a certain learning curve, which varies on a case-by-case basis, but there are tools that can help you flatten it almost completely.Many aspects of cryptocurrency trading give traders a headache, but they can usually be separated into two categories: trading mistakes (especially those committed by newbies), and cryptocurrency exchange...

Since the launch of bitcoin (BTC) in 2009, one of the biggest concerns in the cryptocurrency ecosystem has been price volatility. Despite the launch of hundreds of crypto coins after Bitcoin, these didn’t bring stability to the cryptocurrency market. That was until the launch of Tether USDT, a stablecoin, in 2014.Unlike traditional cryptocurrencies based on supply and demand on a decentralized network, stablecoins such as Tether USDT are backed by fiat currency, including the EUR, USD, GBP,...

The May 13th Bitcoin halving has been one of the hottest topics of 2020 for the cryptocurrency community. The third BTC halving in the short history of cryptocurrencies comes at a time during which the world economy is looking for ways to bounce back, after all the negative economic developments at the end of 2019 and the first few months of 2020. Both the seasoned cryptocurrency investors as well as those who only recently started adding Bitcoin in the investment portfolios are hoping to see...

When Bitcoin was launched in 2009, people hardly knew anything about blockchain, let alone Decentralized Applications (aka DApps). However, when Ethereum was rolled out, things started changing and took a whole new direction as it provided a platform where pretty much everyone was allowed to conceive an idea, code the logic and deploy a DApp in a matter of days.Just to give you a clue of what we are about to discuss, please note that every venture built on the Ethereum network, using its...

Bitcoin continues hitting the news for a variety of reasons. It is the most popular cryptocurrency and with increasing acceptance across industries, more people want to enjoy a piece of the pie.  By the end of 2018, the global value of Bitcoin reached 66 billion U.S. dollars. As of the end of September 2019, the Bitcoin index value was 8.085.71 U.S. dollars.One of the greatest offshoots of Bitcoin’s growth is Bitcoin mining. It is essential for the survival of the cryptocurrency as it deals...