What you’ll learn If you’re sequentially following Learn crypto’s section on how to trade cryptocurrency, you’ll be gradually learning about the basic tools for understanding price patterns and signals. Learning how to trade cryptocurrency comes down to how successful you are at doing that, and one of the most fundamental influences of price is volume.Continue reading “Understanding crypto trading volume”
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Where do crypto prices come from?
What you’ll learn? In the first article of this series on how to trade cryptocurrency we distinguished between thinking about risk and opportunity – in terms of short term price volatility and long term asset performance. In general, focus on the long term is considered Investing, while executing strategies over a short time frame is whatContinue reading “Where do crypto prices come from?”
What is cryptocurrency trading?
When we surveyed newcomers to cryptocurrency asking them what aspect they would most like to learn about, one of the most popular answers was how to trade cryptocurrency. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Cryptocurrency is an ideal asset to trade because its short-term price is volatile. In other words, price changes quickly and by significant amounts onContinue reading “What is cryptocurrency trading?”
What are token standards?
1. Why token standards are essential for cryptocurrency? 2. The ERC-20 token standard 3. How do NFTs come into it? 4. What other types of token standards are out there? A globally connected world is only possible with the adoption of shared standards. This can mean how we measure and weigh things, assign financial value, orContinue reading “What are token standards?”
What is Yield Farming?
Yield Farming describes the range of opportunities within DEFI (decentralised finance) to generate a return on your cryptocurrency rather than leave it sitting in a wallet. DEFI is an umbrella term for a new breed of permissionless financial services built on blockchains like Ethereum and Solana. The cryptocurrency ecosystem consists of thousands of coins andContinue reading “What is Yield Farming?”
How does a transaction get into the blockchain?
There are several key steps a transaction must go through before it is added to the blockchain. Today, we’re going to focus on authentication using cryptographic keys, authorisation via proof of work, the role of mining, and the more recent adoption of proof of stake protocols in later blockchain networks. Authentication The original blockchain wasContinue reading “How does a transaction get into the blockchain?”
What’s the difference between blockchain and Bitcoin?
Blockchain is the technology that underpins the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, but Bitcoin is not the only version of a blockchain distributed ledger system in the market. There are several other cryptocurrencies with their own blockchain and distributed ledger architectures. Meanwhile, the decentralisation of the technology has also led to several schisms or forks within the BitcoinContinue reading “What’s the difference between blockchain and Bitcoin?”
What is crypto-currency?
A cryptocurrency is an encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currency. It is monitored and organized by a peer-to-peer network called a blockchain, which also serves as a secure ledger of transactions, e.g., buying, selling, and transferring. Unlike physical money, cryptocurrencies are decentralized, which means they are not issued by governments or otherContinue reading “What is crypto-currency?”
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