Last week I reported about a twitter hack that compromised more than 20 of the most influential celebrities and politicians accounts, asking for Bitcoin and making more than $100k in the process. https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/1289274379327565824 Today, a few sources including NBC, reported that one of the people behind this hack was a 17 year-old boy named Graham … Continue reading The Twitter Bitcoin Hack last week was by a 17 year-old boy…
Alt Season, Bull & Bear Market, Whale, Dolphin, Shark… Explained
Welcome to another Crypto Jargon post. These are my free series of articles where I break down the complex crypto terminology, acronyms and trading slang. Today's terms are: Alt Season, Bull Market and Bear Market, and a few fish-related slang such as Whale and Dolphin. Let's start with Alt Season. This is a trading slang … Continue reading Alt Season, Bull & Bear Market, Whale, Dolphin, Shark… Explained
Long vs Short, Breakout vs Fakeout, Bear Trap vs Bull Trap, Black Swan – Explained
This is part of my Crypto Jargon series where I'm breaking down the most used crypto terms, acronyms and trading slang. Today's terms are all related to trading and you'll often see them in market analysis and on social media, especially in regards to cryptocurrency price predictions on twitter and forums or trading signals. Let's look … Continue reading Long vs Short, Breakout vs Fakeout, Bear Trap vs Bull Trap, Black Swan – Explained
Candlestick Charts, Depth Charts, Trading walls + Day Trading, Swing Trading & Position Trading Explained
This is one of my Crypto Jargon series where I'm breaking down the complex crypto-related terminology. In this post I'll explain what are Candlestick Charts, Depth Charts and Trading Walls will also discuss different types of trading such as Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading. Let's start first with Candlestick charts. These originated in … Continue reading Candlestick Charts, Depth Charts, Trading walls + Day Trading, Swing Trading & Position Trading Explained
Best trading books for beginners
I've been asked a lot about my top trading resources and while I am working on my own course for beginners (which I hope to get ready in the coming weeks) I decided to share with you 10 of the best books I have read that helped me get started in crypto trading. Most of … Continue reading Best trading books for beginners
CPU & GPU, Mining Rig and ASIC – Explained
Welcome to "Crypto Jargon" - the series where we break down the complex crypto terminology. Today’s article features the following acronyms related to crypto mining: GPU and CPU Mining RIG, ASIC ASIC Resistant Let's start with GPU which is not a strictly crypto term. It is in fact something that every computer has: Graphics Processor … Continue reading CPU & GPU, Mining Rig and ASIC – Explained
Don’t invest in Bitmain.farm without reading this first!!
There's a new service that is claiming to do cloud mining under the name "Bitmain.farm" and I just saw their ad on one of the crypto websites I visit regularly, so I decided to research more about it. What raised my interest (and suspicion) was the unusually high return rate that they advertised, so I … Continue reading Don’t invest in Bitmain.farm without reading this first!!
Youtube’s crackdown on crypto content
This Christmas many of the most avid YouTube content creators in the crypto space got an unexpected gift... a channel strike accompanied with the removal of hundreds, perhaps even thousands of their videos. It's a complete crypto mayhem in fact and many are having their most popular videos taken down in the eve of Christmas. … Continue reading Youtube’s crackdown on crypto content
Bitcoin Pizza Day — the facts.
May 22nd is celebrated all around the world by the crypto community as Bitcoin Pizza day. Here is why. Back in 2010 Bitcoin was still in its infancy and only known to a handful of cypherpunks who were mining bulks of without being able to do much with it yet. The white paper was released in 2008 … Continue reading Bitcoin Pizza Day — the facts.
WTF are Gigamegs? Calvin Ayre epic-fail, gets owned on Twitter
According to Calvin Ayre, this might be the next size in Bitcoin's scaling solution...
Free CRO airdrops – How to get them
CRO token soars by 460% in the last 30 days (at the time of writing) and shoots to #24 in ranking (according to marketcap). Here's how I got them for FREE. For the past few months I have been receiving these monthly airdrops of a new token called CRO. It is courtesy of Crypto.com which … Continue reading Free CRO airdrops – How to get them
Facts about Bitcoin Every Investor Should Know…
Today (3 Jan 2019) marks the 10th Anniversary of the creation of the first block on the Bitcoin Blockchain. Named the Genesis Block, it marks also the beginning of Blockchain itself, so it's a milestone in the modern history of money and the beginning of the decentralization model we are most certainly all headed towards. … Continue reading Facts about Bitcoin Every Investor Should Know…
CRYPTOCURRENCIES: A YEAR’S REVIEW (2018)
Happy 2019 everyone! This is one of my longer posts so if you're not the reading kind, skip down to the end where you'll find my video review of this content on my video podcast Crypto Corner (which is on Wednesdays on Youtube). With that said, I can begin my crypto review of 2018. If … Continue reading CRYPTOCURRENCIES: A YEAR’S REVIEW (2018)
Is Bitcoin going to $1500?
In this episode: Video excerpt from Larry David's interview with Mike Mcglone for FUD TV Published on 28 Nov 2018. Mike McGlone's November Outlook Report: https://bloom.bg/2BBw9YF 🔑My Top hardware Wallet for Crypto Ledger Nano S supports all the crypto assets that represent 90% of the total market cap? (hardware, offline wallet) http://bit.do/ledgerNano Also, check out … Continue reading Is Bitcoin going to $1500?
Bitcoin Crash Report – Is this the End?
We started November on a positive note with the celebration of 10 years since Bitcoin's whitepaper release but we are ending on a more sombre note as we are experiencing the biggest bloodbath in the crypto market since the 2014 market donwslide. As it stands right now, we are in a 82% decline since Bitcoin's … Continue reading Bitcoin Crash Report – Is this the End?
Bitcoin Conspiracy
Since the beginning of 2018 we saw a massive decline in the price of Bitcoin and all the rest of the crypto market as result of the over-inflated, FOMO-driven hype of the late 2017. Partially, this was due to the necessary market correction that follows such a steep curve of the market but there's also … Continue reading Bitcoin Conspiracy
What are Alt Coins?
Altcoin is a term given to all crypto currencies other than Bitcoin. It literally means alternate coin. Altcoins are alternative blockchains to Bitcoin, they use the same basic principals as Bitcoin but with some changes (e.g different mining algorithms or consensus rules etc...). Most alt coins are forks on Bitcoin, some are built on the … Continue reading What are Alt Coins?
What is Bitcoin?
Let's talk Bitcoin, shall we. I first heard of the thing a few years back from an article in The Independent (newspaper). I got interested, excited even. But that excitement evaporated soon when I found out that it was costing more than 100 dollars and theway to obtain it seemed complicated and risky. I accepted that … Continue reading What is Bitcoin?