Japan’s GDP Grows Due to Bitcoin Wealth Effect

Analysts Yoshiyuki Suimon and Kazuki Miyamoto claim bitcoin will assist Japan in a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) boost of 0.3% heading into the first three months of 2018. At the end of 2017, the cryptocurrency boasted a ¥12 trillion market capitalization, and if trends continue into early this year, that could translate into lifting Japanese … Read more

South Korean Exchanges Revise Policies to Comply with Crypto Regulation

South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchanges have implemented changes to comply with the government’s mandates announced last week. In addition to restricting certain customers from trading cryptocurrencies, the exchanges have stopped issuing new virtual accounts in accordance with the regulators’ real-name requirements. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Government’s Mandates … Read more

Bitcoin, Why You Should Own a Bit

The crisis of 2008, which nearly crippled the financial world, was a loud and clear warning that our financial system had become a house of cards. Its integrity depended on the continued solvency of over-leveraged financial institutions. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article At the time, I was working as a Senior Data Architect in … Read more

Venezuela Unveils Mining, Trading, and Launch Details of National Cryptocurrency

The Venezuelan government has published a decree outlining the operation of Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro. It details the government’s plans for the new currency, including its issuance, mining, and trading. In addition, the Petro will be backed by 5 billion barrels of crude oil. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, … Read more

2017: The Year of Altcoins, Forks, and Five Digit Bitcoin Prices

On December 30th, 2016 the price of bitcoin (BTC) was $960 USD, and since then the price had risen 1,941 percent 350 days later to an all-time high of $19,600 across global exchanges. Now the price rests at roughly $13-14K but a lot more has changed this year besides the significant price rises of bitcoin … Read more

Why is Experience Points Valued at $400 Million?

Anyone who took a look into Experience Points (XP) over the summer is undoubtedly wondering how the project grew from the tiny $350,000 market cap over 1000 times to what it is currently trading at. XP is currently trading at a price of about 1/5 of a penny, and sits at rank 61 on Coinmarketcap. Experience … Read more