If you didn’t know, Robinhood is offering new customers a free stock for any application that gets approved. The mystery stock valuation may be priced anywhere between a $3 to $150 stock. Who knows? You may receive a free Facebook or Apple stock just for signing up. Referral Link for Robinhood’s Free Stock Giveaway Robinhood is a commission-free investing mobile application that has grown tremendously in the past couple of years, redefining consumer investing. Robinhood…
As of late, Battle Royale video games have been absolutely killing it. PC video games such as, Fortnite and Player’s Unknown Battlegrounds (PUBG) have been on a tear. The PC gaming scene could not have had experienced a more rapid growth in the video game scene since MOBA favorite, League of Legends or RTS, StarCraft 2. Hunger game-like video games have been put on the spotlight recently and have garnered the attention of many musical artists…
If you’re ready to take control of your finances and give budgeting a go, you might be wondering where to start. In a nutshell, budgeting means planning how you will allocate (spend) your money, then tracking your spending to see how it aligns with your plans. These days, there’s no shortage of budgeting apps and software programs to help you do this. Whether they are free or paid, these budgeting tools are designed to automate…
What is Ripple? Banking technology seems to be moving forward at a snail’s pace compared to other fields. In an age where almost anything is just a few clicks away, money transfers still take days, and exchanging between currencies is even more of a headache. Ripple (XRP) aims to fix that by main transfers nearly instant between any currency pair. Their ultimate goal: build a fast, secure, user-friendly system that has all the benefits of…
What is Robinhood? If you own a smartphone and have had even a passing interest in trading stocks, you’ve probably heard about Robinhood. This no-fee stock-trading app has taken the younger elements of the personal finance world by storm and has recently even gotten into the cryptocurrency game. While most brokerages charge $5-10 per trade (hardly worth it if your investment fund is just a few hundred dollars), this one is completely free. That’s great…
I thought I’d do another infographic for Ethereum seeing how much people like them. I know the title for the infographic is a bit sensationalist, but it was intentional to poke some good fun at crypto memes, jokes and puns on the cryptocurrency that sort of started all the “to the moon” memes. But in all seriousness, the piece was made to highlight some of the reasons why Ethereum has the foundation to grow rapidly…
What is OmiseGO? Founded by a Southeast Asian fintech group operating primarily in Thailand, OmiseGO (OMG) has been generating significant buzz since Vitalik Buterin (creator of Ethereum) declared it his favorite token. The reasons he gave boil down to this: it’s a token with a purpose that goes beyond money replacement and has a clear future value. This purpose, as the company’s slogan says, is to “unbank the banked” by providing a decentralized way to…
What is Verge? Verge (XVG) is a cryptocurrency designed by its developers to be a common currency centered around user privacy. The project revolves around a decentralized currency in XVG, which functions to be an utility token on the open source platform called the Verge network. One thing to note is that there is no central control over the currency. The goal of the project to bring blockchain currency into everyday life for potentially millions of…
What is Cardano? Cardano is a blockchain and cryptocurrency project focused on taking a scientifically tested and peer-reviewed approach to this fast-developing sector—a philosophy that has gained it much recognition in the crypto community since the project’s inception in 2015. One of its major selling points is that rather than being run by a single team, based on a single whitepaper, it is being developed as a collaborative effort between researchers and universities worldwide, based…
