The turbulent nature of cryptocurrencies has left many people wondering whether investing in Bitcoin is worth it or not. Between its crazy upswings and unexpected price drops, the digital currency has managed to gain worldwide recognition, leading cryptocurrencies into mainstream adoption. For many speculators, however, worldwide adoption of Bitcoin can only happen if merchants start
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In 2008, Bitcoin entered the post-financial crisis market with a gleaming promise of revolutionizing the finance world as we knew it. Built on the desire to modernize conventional banking institutions and change the economics of the internet, it rose to success and eventually ran on a 17-fold price increase throughout 2017. At its peak, a
It has been a while since I've posted about Ripple XRP. The last time I posted about Ripple XRP was January 6, 2018 on the piece called Why I am Bullish on Ripple XRP Solving the Cross-Border Payments Problem. Rest assured, I am still a Ripple supporter as much as the next guy. In light
In a recent interview, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, said it best that “XRP is solving a payments problem and it's very efficient to do that.” Ripple XRP is best encapsulated with the statement that Brad made simply because that is Ripple's main focus. The root of the problem that Ripple serves to answer is
Basic Attention Token (BAT) is a cryptocurrency that is more obscure or lesser known to the general masses in the digital currency space. Basic Attention Token is currently only ranked 50 (as of 1/2/2018) among all cryptocurrencies according to CoinMarketCap. If you know me and spoke to me, you would know I tend to stray away
Bitcoin (BTC) is probably the first coin that introduced you to the world of cryptocurrency. It was for me. Month after month, I would always think that Bitcoin has peaked at $2,500, then $7,500, then recently $19,500. And, each time I would be absolutely dumbfounded by the potential gains. I would get tempted to invest in
You may have already been aware about the Ripple hype, but what about Stellar? Where Ripple is based on a top-down concept revolving around financial institutions first, Stellar focuses on a bottom-up model. In other words, Stellar's main focus is on the consumer from micropayments similar to today's Venmo. You may be saying to yourself,
The Ripple hype has been crazy the past few weeks. The last time I posted about Ripple XRP, it was $0.70. Now, Ripple has doubled and is trending around $1.44 today. The question you may be asking yourself is why has it gone up so fast and if the boat has sailed. I personally stand
A frequent question I get is how to buy Ripple XRP with money in a safe transaction with as little fees as possible. It has been about two weeks since I've blogged about Why I Invested in Ripple XRP. Since then, Ripple has tripled in price. As I am typing this blog post out right
What exactly is Ripple? There are two things to consider. Ripple, the cryptocurrency (XRP) and Ripple, the global settlement network. You may be asking why I am dividing these two things when it is critical to know the difference upon investing in Ripple. Ripple the technology is a global settlement network set to make wiring,