What Is Crypto Mining and How Does It Work?

What Is Crypto Mining and How Does It Work?

By Nick Marshall   One of the defining features of the DeFi revolution is the way transactions are processed through a decentralized ledger instead of by a centralized financial institution (ie. bank). That requires legions of network computers to verify and...
P2P Crypto Exchange: What You Should Know

P2P Crypto Exchange: What You Should Know

by Jake Wengroff   “Regular” Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges use an order book to match, buy and sell orders between people. However, this activity is anonymous and private, as neither the buyer nor the seller has any idea who the other party is.  This is...
10 Types of Cryptocurrency in the Digital Market

10 Types of Cryptocurrency in the Digital Market

By Nick Marshall   With more than 10,000 cryptocurrencies now in use and a market value of more than $2 trillion, the learning curve is as steep as the stakes are high. Even those who are new to decentralized ledgers and peer-to-peer networks, however, will...
Wall Street’s Guide to the Top 10 Crypto Slang Terms

Wall Street’s Guide to the Top 10 Crypto Slang Terms

by Jake Wengroff   A new market usually means a new lingo, and cryptocurrency is certainly an example of that. Words, acronyms, memes and other language to describe the world of crypto have sprung up, and for newbies, it can be confusing and at worst intimidating...
Crypto 101: How to Read Crypto Charts

Crypto 101: How to Read Crypto Charts

by Jake Wengroff   Cryptocurrency investors wishing to make more informed decisions about which assets to buy, sell or hold can benefit from technical analysis in order to understand market trends and identify opportunities. Technical analysis refers to the study...
Shorting Bitcoins: What Beginners Need to Know

Shorting Bitcoins: What Beginners Need to Know

by Jake Wengroff   The concept of shorting, as applied to publicly traded asset classes, is that the investor is bearish and believes that the price of that asset will fall. By shorting and betting that the price will drop, the investor hopes to make a profit....
How to Invest in DeFi: What Beginners Need to Know

How to Invest in DeFi: What Beginners Need to Know

by Jake Wengroff   A Quick DeFi Primer Decentralized finance, or DeFi, refers to financial systems that are enabled by decentralized blockchain technology. DeFi is specifically associated with the Ethereum blockchain and all of the cryptocurrencies built on it....
Crypto 101: Understanding Yield Farming vs. Staking

Crypto 101: Understanding Yield Farming vs. Staking

by Jake Wengroff Yield farming and staking are two DeFi investing strategies gaining in popularity. Though not necessarily for the crypto beginner, they are worth investigating regardless of current investing focus, as they are helping to drive the proliferation of...
Crypto 101: What is Liquidity Farming?

Crypto 101: What is Liquidity Farming?

by Jake Wengroff Liquidity farming (often also referred to as yield farming) is essentially the practice of lending crypto assets in order to generate high returns or rewards in the form of additional cryptocurrency. Liquidity farming is currently the biggest growth...