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Crypto in The Community

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Communities shape how people interact, and the crypto community is no exception.During “all time highs” sentiment rises. When we dip, the collective sentiment falls.What remains is the underlying technology.Over the past year, we’ve spoken with community members from various sectors on how they’re using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology on the Blockchain.com Podcast.Charity and volunteeringSave the

Online Shopping With Cryptocurrency: Tips for Beginners

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Introduction While cryptocurrency is a fairly new type of currency that does not rely on any government entity or other central authority, global adoption is growing steadily. In simple terms, cryptocurrencies are a digital currency where all its transactions are verified by a decentralized system that uses cryptography so that the information is safe. Although …

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Where Do You Go To Start Learning About Bitcoin?

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Learning about bitcoin can be daunting. There are many great educators that teach through different lenses to make Bitcoin approachable for everyone.This is an opinion editorial by Peter Conley, a product advocate at Vercel.How does someone start learning about Bitcoin? This is the 21-million-coin question. Learning about Bitcoin can be disorienting. There’s so much content

Accessibility is the main barrier to crypto adoption — Here are the solutions

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Cryptocurrency accessibility is inhibited by a lack of financial and crypto literacy created in part by the wealth gap, technostress and overuse of jargon. Accessibility is a pain point for cryptocurrency adoption that has been discussed for years, yet still, it is pertinent as ever. This issue was most recently recognized by the United States…

Getting Started With Crypto Arbitrage: Basic Strategies To Know

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Introduction While there are many profitable strategies in the cryptocurrency market, crypto arbitrage might be the best to incorporate into your portfolio management. It entails searching for low-priced digital assets, including coins and tokens from one exchange, and selling them in another at an inflated market price. Crypto arbitrage has the potential of making huge …

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Traders know not to ‘go long’ when this classic trading pattern shows up

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Investors watch trading volume and other momentum indicators alongside descending channel patterns to better gauge when to open and close trades. Buying an asset in a downtrend can be a risky maneuver because most investors struggle to spot reversals and as the trend deepens traders take on deep losses. In instances like these, being able…

Pro traders know it’s time to range trade when this classic pattern shows up

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Traders analyze bearish and bullish rectangles to spot trend changes and range trade stocks and cryptocurrencies. A bull trend is formed when demand exceeds supply and a bear trend occurs when sellers overpower the buyers. When the bulls and bears hold their ground without budging, it results in the formation of a trading range.Sometimes, this…

Here’s how Bitcoin’s impending death cross could be a contrarian buy signal

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Bitcoin traders are sitting on their hands after spotting a death cross on the daily chart but could this be a buy signal for contrarian investors? Bitcoin’s (BTC) succession of sharp corrections from its all-time high at $64,900 has turned investor sentiment negative, at least for the short-term. While some analysts believe the bottom may…

Here’s 5 ways investors can use the MACD indicator to make better trades

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Traders use the MACD indicator to identify turning points, facilitate entries on pullbacks and capture the larger part of a move until the trend starts to reverse course. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence, also called the MACD, is a trend-following momentum indicator used widely by traders. Although the MACD is a lagging indicator, it can…

New ASEAN blockchain consortium targets cross-border cooperation

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The new ASEAN Blockchain Consortium aims to engage with regulators to ensure compliance and raise industry awareness. Blockchain associations from Australia and five Southeast Asian nations are joining forces to promote blockchain development and education.Blockchain organizations from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to promote blockchain collaboration…

Bitcoin book breaks into the top 3 on Amazon’s macroeconomics

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It appears that more people are reading about Bitcoin these days. A new book on Bitcoin (BTC) has catapulted into the top-3 on Amazon’s macroeconomics bestseller list, offering more evidence that digital assets are piquing peoples’ interest. Released on Dec. 2, 2020, “Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can’t F*ck With: Why bitcoin will be the next…

University of York Confirms Recent Data Breach Was Caused by Ransomware

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A UK-based university is investigating the slow response to a ransomware attack that took place in May. The University of York has confirmed that a ransomware attack from an unnamed gang took place in May. Vulnerabilities from their third-party service provider led to the data breach.According to an announcement via the University’s website, Blackbaud, one…

Foul Play Alleged at Bitcoin.org by the Site’s Long-Time Overseer

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A recent message from one of Bitcoin.org’s overseers hints at foul play. Will Binns, one of Bitcoin.org’s overseers, said he has lost access to the site, claiming a breach may have occurred. “Bitcoin.org, where many people also download the latest version of Bitcoin Core software, is now in danger of becoming compromised, if it hasn’t just…

Michigan State University Hit by Ransomware, Refuses to Pay Criminals

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MSU officials stated that the ransomware gang won’t receive any payments following the attack. In early June, media outlets reported that the NetWalker ransomware gang had attacked Michigan State University, or MSU. At the time, the gang threatened to leak students’ records and financial documents. The university’s officials now have said that they will not…

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