per coin; a market cap of over $600 billion driven by a 9,000,000% rise in value in the 2010s.

On and on it goes, an endless series of figures forming digital rain like the iconic scene in The Matrix. While bitcoin is about much more than numbers – namely privacy, liberty, and fairness – the world’s favorite cryptocurrency is destined to forever be synonymous with integers.

The question on everyone’s lips, however, is concerned with just one of these numbers: how valuable bitcoin can become. A new paper by AAX Research explores this question at length.

Entitled “Bitcoin in 2021” and ostensibly compiled to provide investors with food for intellectual thought, the 23-page document from AAX summarizes the asset’s history as an investable commodity and analyzes metrics such as trade volume and liquidity to suggest what might be on the horizon. The paper also looks at growing institutional support for the currency, with reference to the actions of major players like Grayscale, PayPal, and Square.

While many readers might understandably sift through the pages in a bid to learn how valuable bitcoin might be a year down the line, such papers are – of course – inexact sciences. Nonetheless, they are useful for providing context and summarizing the various factors that might coalesce to push bitcoin in one direction or another.

Reflecting on the events of 2020, for example, the paper perspicaciously observes that “soon after the first $1,200 stimulus checks were handed out in the U.S. to reduce the immediate impact of mandatory lockdowns, Coinbase and other cryptocurrency exchanges noticed a significant increase in deposits of the exact same amount by US clients.”

As we know, bitcoin enjoyed major highs and lows last year. In March, in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the asset tumbled to a 12-month low of $3,867. At that stage panic was the prevailing sentiment and investors were dumping perceived risk-on assets en masse. For many, the world had unalterably changed and bitcoin’s status as a safe-haven was invalidated overnight.

How quickly those bearish impressions changed. As the AAX paper notes, bitcoin “bounced back by approximately 162% in the 55 days following its mass sell-off,” compared to a 47% rise in the S&P 500. By the end of the year it had surpassed its previous all-time high and surged confidently towards $30,000, a milestone it achieved early in the New Year. So, what’s next?

According to AAX, bitcoin has now entered its “Decade of Adoption,” and citing advancements in accessibility, infrastructure, volume and liquidity – not to mention the sustained resilience of the wider crypto markets – the authors are bullish.

Despite the stock to flow model indicating that bitcoin could hit $100,000 by the end of 2021, they believe this is rather unrealistic, concluding that key targets for 2021 are $36,000 and $55,000. Moreover, they speculate that $55,000 could be hit within the first quarter.

So, what kind of sentiments are being expressed elsewhere? How big a year could bitcoin have in 2021?

According to investment bank JPMorgan Chase, competition with gold could push the cryptocurrency’s market capitalization beyond $2.5 trillion in the long term, implying a theoretical price target of $146,000. The bank’s strategists did, of course, stress that this figure was unlikely to be seen in 2021. A more modest projection was “between $50k-$100k,” though such price levels would prove unsustainable.

Another major Wall Street firm, Citibank, is even more bullish than JPMorgan. According to a leaked report, senior analyst Tom Fitzpatrick believes bitcoin could hit a high of $318,000 by the end of the year. Fitzpatrick echoed a common refrain among bitcoiners by referring to the asset as “21st century gold.”

— The TIE (@TheTIEIO) January 3, 2021

To some, these predictions will seem outlandish. To others, they are reasonable, particularly given the fiat currency debasement that is the logical consequence of stimulus packages on an eye-watering scale. Governments around the world are continuing to print obscene sums of money to prop up economies that are struggling due to enforced shutdowns and supply-chain disruption. To those who enthusiastically endorse six-figure price predictions, bitcoin’s status as digital gold has been confirmed in the wake of such measures.

One thing all analysts seem to agree on when it comes to BTC price modeling: in 2021, number will go up.

with tech giants.

If you bought some LINK coins and plan to hodl them for a longer period of time, moving them away from crypto exchanges and storing them on your own wallet.

Since LINK is an ERC20 token built on the Ethereum blockchain, so you’ll need to look for a wallet that supports these tokens and there is a plenty of options that do so. All of the wallets listed below support storing Ether (ETH) as well as any ERC20 token.

Here is a comprehensive list of LINK wallet options you have at your disposal for safely keeping your coins.

Ledger Nano S is a hardware wallet from a French start-up that is designed for users who want increased security.

It’s like a USB drive that connects to any USB port and acts as another source of protection. Nano S only starts up when plugged into a computer (or mobile device) because it doesn’t have a battery.

This wallet doesn’t come with an anti-tampering sticker. The reason for that is because its cryptographic procedure checks for integrity of the instrument when powered on.

The Ledger also comes with two side buttons for confirming transactions and an OLED screen. The Nano S comes at a very competitive price and is one of the cheapest multi-currency hardware wallet. Read our full Ledger Nano S review here.

When you configure your Ledger as a new device, you have to set up your pin code to secure your wallet. After that, note down your 24-word recovery phrase and store it in a safe place. You can use this recovery phrase anytime to restore your Bitcoins.

With this wallet, you need not worry about the safety of your coins because your private keys are stored offline. You can use the Nano S on any computer, or Android phones with GreenBits or Mycelium.

The current list of Ledger supported cryptocurrencies:

Note: It’s highly recommended that you always use a hardware wallet when you have a lot of Bitcoins or altcoins. 

Pros: Great support, very secure, beginner friendly, competitive price.

Cons: More security = less usability (this is a problem with all cold wallets).

Ledger presented their upgraded “Nano X” in January of 2019 during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  Here is a full review of Ledger Nano X hardware wallet.

Nano X is pretty similar to the older Nano S. Retaining the USB-like design, the device comes with dimensions of 72mm x 18.6mm x 11.75mm and the weight of 34g.

The wallet also comes with CC EAL5+ certified secure chip which stores your sensitive data, as well as built-in Bluetooth capabilities for wireless cryptocurrency management.

Ledger developed its own non-open source highly-secure operating system called BOLOS. This is the operating system seen on the Nano S and Ledger Blue. BOLOS is stored on the certified secure chip within the Ledger Nano X.

The device’s software is compatible with 64-bit desktop computers (Windows 8+, macOS 10.8+, Linux) or smartphones (iOS 9+ or Android 7+). Nano X offers a wide selection of cryptographic support; check out the complete list here.

Ledger Nano X offers Bluetooth connectivity to its users, making it a great solution for people who want to manage their cryptocurrency on the go. The wallet can connect to the smartphone’s Bluetooth and its contents can be monitored/controlled through the Ledger Live downloadable mobile app.

The device lets you install up to 100 cryptocurrency apps so you won’t be able to store every single cryptocurrency out of 1100+ that are currently supported by Ledger.

CoinBox is one of the most reliable and secure exchanges in the crypto world, having the broadest selection of crypto coins. In addition to the top 100 cryptocurrencies, including the most popular ones, like Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and others, CoinBox also supports any ERC20 tokens. In total, the number of available coins that users can buy, sell and exchange, now exceeds 1,500.

CoinBox positions itself as a cloud-based mobile and desktop cryptocurrency storage and exchange app with a focus on security, speed and convenience. This platform creates comfortable conditions for carrying out any operations with cryptocurrency and monitoring prices of all cryptocurrencies and tokens.

The service is ideal for buying, selling, exchanging and storing coins without any restrictions and limits. Recently there was an opportunity to sell crypto to your bank account via SEPA directly from your wallet.

In addition to being available on iOS and Android, customers can use it from the browser. Also, it’s the first app in the world that made cryptotrading available on Apple Watch.

CoinBox offers its users a great customers support. Highly competent and professional staff reply to all the emails instantly and solve issues quickly.

The exchange has a unique affiliate program, which gives the opportunity to receive up to 45% commission of the user’s friends’ transactions. The user just needs to send his referral code to his friends so that they can use it when signing up.

CoinBox boasts multilingualism as it supports 35 languages.

Trezor is the world’s first Bitcoin hardware wallet. Presented by SatoshiLabs, a Czech Republic-based company, Trezor has a reputation for providing top-notch security, protecting against both physical and virtual theft. Trezor is a small device with an OLED screen. It connects via a USB to your personal computer or phone.

This wallet is the perfect solution for storing a large amount of Bitcoins in order to keep them out of harms way, and its fundamental purpose is to store your private keys offline and sign transactions. What Trezor lacks in style, it more than makes up in the security department and it sets the gold standard for crypto security.

The initial setup of Trezor is a bit different from the Nano S. Here is a full guide and review of Trezor hardware wallet.

With Trezor, when you first connect it to your PC, it shows a nine digit pin code on its OLED screen, and you need to enter the same pin code by clicking on your corresponding PC screen. This code is generated randomly every time you connect Trezor, and makes sure that even if your PC is compromised with malware, your private keys will still be safe with Trezor.

You will be asked to write your 24-word recovery seed after entering the pin. Again, your recovery key is the only way to restore your Bitcoins, which means that you need to keep it.

It’s important to note that an additional passphrase can be added to the 24-word seed, which provides extra protection, because anyone who finds someone else’s 24-word seed is free to access the funds. If the optional passphrase is added, then an attacker wouldn’t be able to access funds without both the passphrase and the seed. The passphrase cannot be recovered if it is forgotten.

After that, using Trezor is pretty similar to the Ledger.

Trezor currently supports many cryptocurrencies, including:

Trezor is currently available for OS X (version 10.8 and higher), Windows (version 7 and higher), and Linux. It can also be used with Android devices.

It can be used with apps such as Multibit HD, Mycelium, and TREZOR Wallet.

It costs $99 and is available in 3 colors – black, white, and gray.

Pros: Supports additional wallets and altcoins, easy to use and intuitive interface, extremely secure wallet.

Cons: Expensive relative to its competitor.

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Lumi is a beginner friendly non-custodial, mobile multi-coin wallet that offers support for wide-range of coins, including all major ERC-20 tokens and large and mid-cap cryptocurrencies. Lumi is also a first-of-a-kind wallet supporting collectible tokens (ERC-721) and in-app gaming.

It has both Android and iOS support and is very focused on user and funds safety with PIN, Face ID and Touch ID protection. The code is also open-source which is an additional layer of security and trust for Lumi.

As mentioned before, you control your own keys as Lumi has no access to them.

Lumi also requires no KYC or other forms of identity verification. All in all, a great solution for anyone looking for a reliable mobile wallet that can store a lot of different coins.

Developed by JP Richardson and Daniel Castagnoli, Exodus is a multi-cryptocurrency product that provides a portfolio + exchange + wallet for your digital assets in one package. Looking to spearhead the movement of returning control of people’s assets into their own hands via blockchain, the wallet has seen support from crypto figureheads like ErikVoorhees, Ricardo Spagni and Roger Ver.

The wallet supports almost 100 cryptocurrencies (including Zcash) with more assets in the pipeline and is available for download on Windows, Linux and Mac. Exodus offers some useful features to its users:

Interestingly enough, the wallet themselves published an article called “Top 10 reasons to not use Exodus” in which they decided to reveal their shortcomings for the sake of transparency and honesty. You’ll notice there that there are some weaknesses to the project, namely it being a light wallet, not being 100% open source, not being suitable for professional traders and power users, not being present on mobile platforms, and not offering the ability to exchange crypto into fiat. We can also add its lack of 2FA, fees of 1-3% for transactions and a lack of hardware wallet integration to Exodus’ list of negatives.

Here is a full review of Exodus wallet.

Atomic Wallet works as a decentralized wallet platform for custody-free, immutable, cross-chain, and transparent cryptocurrency trading. The trading takes place on the wallet’s decentralized atomic swap exchange. This exchange lets users operate without the need to register and perform annoying and privacy intruding KYC/AML verifications. It also offers its users the ability to trade their tokens in a more classical manner via integrated ShapeShift/Changelly plug-ins.

Atomic can store over 300 cryptocurrencies (including Zcash) and is currently available for Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora operating systems. Android and iOS versions were also launched recently. The project has some serious names like Konstantin Gladych (co-founder and CEO of Changelly.com) and Charlie Shrem (founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation) behind it. Some of the wallets features include:

The wallet also has some drawbacks. Besides not supporting shielded addresses for Zcash, it has some general flaws like not being open source and not having multisig/2FA features.

Here is a full review of Atomic Wallet.

Coinomi is a popular wallet solution for people who prefer to store their cryptocurrency on mobile devices. It allows you to securely store, manage and exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more than 500 other blockchain assets. It was launched in 2014 by blockchain technology experts with a “proven track record in Fintech, cryptocurrencies and entrepreneurship”. Originally available only for iOS and Android, it saw a desktop version released back at the tail end of 2018. It offers the same features as the wallets above and more:

It does lack some desirable security features like 2FA or PIN/fingerprint locking.

Developed by Anthony Di Iorio, co-founder of Ethereum, Jaxx wallet markets itself as a multi-platform, multi-currency supporting product that among other things lets you store your Zcash. Jaxx Liberty is free for download, currently supports 85 cryptocurrencies (with dozens of fiat reference points) and is available for Android, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Google Chrome (browser extension). It offers some useful features like:

Within the wallet you’ll find aspects like an industry-standard 12-word generation phrase that is portable to and from other wallets, sensitive information like your backup phrase and private keys not being downloaded by the wallet provider (local storage), AES-256 encryption enhanced by 5000 rounds of pbkdf2 password hashing, Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) wallet support, integration with ShapeShift, QR code supported transactions and more. On the flip side the wallet has shown not to be the safest storage option in the past, including this vulnerability and its lack of 2 factor authentication.

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Special packages are available for sponsors and exhibit partners.BitMax.io [BTMX.com] and EtherZero [ETZ] established Strategic PartnershipBitcoin SV [BSV] gets hit with another reorg as multiple blocks get orphaned, including a 128 MB blockAMBCrypto is not responsible for the content included in this article. Readers' discretion is required while visiting the links given in the report as AMBCrypto is not responsible for the products or services.Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Over the years, the online casino industry has gone through many changes with new technology allowing for better payment methods and software on the sites. One of the newer additions to online casino sites is blockchain and sites that use this.Here, we are going to discuss whether we think that blockchain casinos are on the rise or not. Keep reading if you’d like to find out more about these casino sites.Blockchain technology is essentially a system that allows digital information not to be copied when it is being distributed. This technology originally started out as a method for Bitcoin which is a cryptocurrency and now is present in many online casinos. Blockchain was first invented in 1992 and since then it has come a long way.A blockchain casino is a safe and secure casino that uses this special technology to pass the information on. There are many new casino sites that are already using blockchain technology but is the number of these still rising?You might be wondering about the advantages of blockchain casinos and why many casino operators are making the switch to this technology. The main reason for this is that there are many advantages to using this technology. Firstly, there is more transparency and trust and there is also a reduced risk of fraud.This is something which is very important to many players at online casinos as they want to make sure that they are not passing their details onto a company that is going to sell it on.When a casino uses blockchain technology, they can also allow players to make payments with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin which are becoming even more popular in recent years. Of course, there are many other advantages of using a blockchain casino both for the player and the operator. For this reason, we have seen a rise in the number of blockchain casinos online right now.There are some minor issues with blockchain casinos that operators are working hard to resolve as soon as possible. The fact that it is new means that there are some general infrastructure issues and the transactions can go through a lot slower than some players would like. 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screenshot from CMC.In this article I decided to focus on Stellar-based projects, I hope you will find this information useful and maybe will check some of them.Cgig is a Crypto-Fiverr, particularly Stellar-based project which uses XLM as inner currency. As crypto-ethusiast I think that we need to have as many crypto-alternatives for established web services as possible. For example for blogging and social media we have Trybe and Steemit, and there are many promising projects in different areas. Cgig is a good application with can become both Fiverr-type of micro-tasks and platform for biggest job opportunities.For example, I listed 2 services, one big marketing package, and another – Twitter-retweet for $5 (you can see it on the first screenshot in the bottom right corner). For the latter service soon I had an order. After completion of it and approval in 2 days, I received payment.I was successfully able to withdraw it instantly (after it appeared on my balance) by clicking on “Telegram” icon and entering my XLM wallet.This is the first Stellar-based project which I heard about. I took part in bounty during the times of ICO. This project is on Coinmarketcap and price of 1 SLT is $3.20 nowAlso I need to tell that Smartlands scammed me on bounty – didn’t pay my tokens. The amount was less than $100 but what I didn’t like is their attitude – they banned me from their Telegram for just asking the question. But as you can see from screenshot below I’m their customer, I opened wallet there, transferred XLM, opened trustline… Maybe it’s topic of another article, but if they scammed me on $100 they can scam you for much bigger amount, so I feel I need to mention it.It’s also example that even if project is more or less well-known – it doesn’t mean they can’t scam you.TERNIO (CoinmarketCap link) claims to provide the scalable and decentralized blockchain framework capable of over 1 million transactions per second. Currently there are 2.Mobius is a mobile wallet (available at AppStore or Google Play) which is designed to store assets and conduct easy crypto-commerce. There is also DApp Store where you can pay with MOBI. For the moment there are 12 Dapps, including Stellarball, Flappy Bird, Crypto Tactic and others. Currently, MOBI price is $0,014925.Repo Coin is a blockchain project focused on the auto lending and repossession industry. Repo provides a solution that will result in the faster, more efficient recovery of assets for auto lenders by bringing together a large community of people to assist in locating delinquent vehicles, motivated by cryptocurrency rewards. Repo Coin mobile app plans to provide license plate scanning and recognition technology to a large community of users across the USA, free of charge and easy to use. They plan to disrupt and transform the $1 billion dollar auto repossession industry with cryptocurrency solution.And what’s more exciting – While many crypto-startups give away merchandise or tokens, Repo is giving away cars! They allocated 1 million of tokens (that’s more than $500 000, right now 1 REPO is $0,536466) for bringing cars to those who need them. The potential winners should make application on the website, explaining why do they need a car, and Repo token holders vote, each month the person who gets most votes – will need a car. That’s one of the most interesting giveaways I’ve seen in blockchain space).SureRemit is an ecosystem of merchants for global non-cash remittances, powered by blockchain technology. Their main target is “You and 250 million other immigrants remit about $600bn annually“.SureRemit App is available on AppStore and Google Pay and token is listed on Coinmarketcap. Currently RMT price is $0,003686.Pedity Platform is decentralized content reward platform powered by Stellar and IPFS. Users can share content, earn rewards, get tipped and also setup goals and get crowdfunded by the community. The alpha version is already live and 0.2 should be coming around February 2019.Main difference from the competition they think is:On Pedity, you get various different rewards that are not based on votes but based on your content such as fixed rewards, recurring rewards, tip rewards and stellar inflation rewards.PEDI costs now $0,000645 (CmC) and although I don’t like the name (it brings me association with Pedigree pet food), I will sign up either for new alpha version or for the beta version in future to check it.SIX aims to be the Internet of Digital Services, providing decentralized solutions for all kinds of transactions in the digital and creative economies. The infrastructure which they build includes SIX Digital Asset Wallet, Decentralized Financial Services, and Wallet-to-Wallet (W2W) Decentralized Commerce, SIX BlockChain Startup Fund.There is also SIX alliance which includes: 40+ digital and creative startups in Thailand, Korea, and Southeast Asian countries, 1M+ content creators, social media influencers, comic writers, VDO producers, actively working in our platforms, 10M+ active users in SIX’s alliances’ platforms.SIX costs now $0,009294 with the capitalization of $2.5+ million (CmC) and their evaluation is over 4 billion USD from SIX’s alliances combined.Factr aims to bring decentralized, immutable Blockchain technologies to the logistics and freight industry, advancing and enhancing supply chain transparency, and enabling trusted global freight, fleet and logistics transactions management.The demo version of FactR is available on the official web-site and FTR is available on several Stellar exchanges.If you have something to add or some Stellar-based project in mind which you suggest – please let me know in comments!Your email address will not be published. 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the largest and most trusted crypto exchanges today.The exchange’s revenue model is primarily driven by trading fees with the maximum fee being 0.1% per trade. A variety of discounts are available to the standard 0.1% fee from periodic promotions, volume based discounts, and most notably use of the Binance token (BNB) to pay fees.Currently, users that pay trading fees with BNB receive a 25% discount, with that number halving each year until it is phased out in 2021. To complement fixed fee trading Binance has been exploring maker-taker trading as another potential option for order execution. Binance pre-mined a total of 200 million BNB tokens prior to its public launch on July 14, 2017 and they intend to buyback and burn 50% (100 million BNB) of the pre-mine token supply over time resulting in a long-term fixed supply of 100 million tokens once the buyback is complete. Buybacks are scheduled to take place quarterly funded by 20% of Binance’s profits. Trust Wallet is non-custodial and easy to use mobile wallet app that allows you to store, receive, and send cryptocurrency tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. It can be downloaded for free directly from the Google Play Store as well as Apple’s App Store.Trust Wallet supports all major coins and almost all ERC-20 and ERC-223 tokens such as Ether (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), OmiseGO (OMG), Qtum (QTUM), Binance Coin (BNB), Maker (MKR), Augur(REP), VeChain (VEN), ICON (ICX), Aeternity (AE), 0x (ZRX), Zilliqa (ZIL) and many others.Notably, for iOS, it is closed source while for android it is open source for security reasons. On the security aspect, Trust wallet does not access information by users. Private keys are stored locally and you do not have to pass any KYC information or register account to use Trust Wallet. Wallet also acts as a mobile web 3.0 browser so you can use it to interact with all dapps that run on Ethereum blockchain.For increased security, you can add multiple layers of security features like biometric marker authentication systems like PIN and fingerprint scanning. Ledger Nano S is a hardware wallet from a French start-up that is designed for users who want increased security.It’s like a USB drive that connects to any USB port and acts as another source of protection. Nano S only starts up when plugged into a computer (or mobile device) because it doesn’t have a battery.This wallet doesn’t come with an anti-tampering sticker. The reason for that is because its cryptographic procedure checks for integrity of the instrument when powered on.The Ledger also comes with two side buttons for confirming transactions and an OLED screen. The Nano S comes at a very competitive price and is one of the cheapest multi-currency hardware wallet. Read our full Ledger Nano S review here.When you configure your Ledger as a new device, you have to set up your pin code to secure your wallet. After that, note down your 24-word recovery phrase and store it in a safe place. You can use this recovery phrase anytime to restore your Bitcoins.With this wallet, you need not worry about the safety of your coins because your private keys are stored offline. You can use the Nano S on any computer, or Android phones with GreenBits or Mycelium.The current list of Ledger supported cryptocurrencies:Note: It’s highly recommended that you always use a hardware wallet when you have a lot of Bitcoins or altcoins. Pros: Great support, very secure, beginner friendly, competitive price.Cons: More security = less usability (this is a problem with all cold wallets).Trezor is the world’s first Bitcoin hardware wallet. Presented by SatoshiLabs, a Czech Republic-based company, Trezor has a reputation for providing top-notch security, protecting against both physical and virtual theft. Trezor is a small device with an OLED screen. It connects via a USB to your personal computer or phone.This wallet is the perfect solution for storing a large amount of Bitcoins in order to keep them out of harms way, and its fundamental purpose is to store your private keys offline and sign transactions. What Trezor lacks in style, it more than makes up in the security department and it sets the gold standard for crypto security.The initial setup of Trezor is a bit different from the Nano S. Here is a full guide and review of Trezor hardware wallet.With Trezor, when you first connect it to your PC, it shows a nine digit pin code on its OLED screen, and you need to enter the same pin code by clicking on your corresponding PC screen. This code is generated randomly every time you connect Trezor, and makes sure that even if your PC is compromised with malware, your private keys will still be safe with Trezor.You will be asked to write your 24-word recovery seed after entering the pin. Again, your recovery key is the only way to restore your Bitcoins, which means that you need to keep it.It’s important to note that an additional passphrase can be added to the 24-word seed, which provides extra protection, because anyone who finds someone else’s 24-word seed is free to access the funds. If the optional passphrase is added, then an attacker wouldn’t be able to access funds without both the passphrase and the seed. The passphrase cannot be recovered if it is forgotten.After that, using Trezor is pretty similar to the Ledger.Trezor currently supports many cryptocurrencies, including:Trezor is currently available for OS X (version 10.8 and higher), Windows (version 7 and higher), and Linux. It can also be used with Android devices.It can be used with apps such as Multibit HD, Mycelium, and TREZOR Wallet.It costs $99 and is available in 3 colors – black, white, and gray.Pros: Supports additional wallets and altcoins, easy to use and intuitive interface, extremely secure wallet.Atomic Wallet works as a decentralized wallet platform for custody-free, immutable, cross-chain, and transparent cryptocurrency trading. The trading takes place on the wallet’s decentralized atomic swap exchange. This exchange lets users operate without the need to register and perform annoying and privacy intruding KYC/AML verifications. It also offers its users the ability to trade their tokens in a more classical manner via integrated ShapeShift/Changelly plug-ins.Atomic can store over 300 cryptocurrencies (including Zcash) and is currently available for Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora operating systems. Android and iOS versions were also launched recently. The project has some serious names like Konstantin Gladych (co-founder and CEO of Changelly.com) and Charlie Shrem (founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation) behind it. Some of the wallets features include:The wallet also has some drawbacks. Besides not supporting shielded addresses for Zcash, it has some general flaws like not being open source and not having multisig/2FA features.Coinomi is a popular wallet solution for people who prefer to store their cryptocurrency on mobile devices. It allows you to securely store, manage and exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more than 500 other blockchain assets, including Zcash. It was launched in 2014 by blockchain technology experts with a “proven track record in Fintech, cryptocurrencies and entrepreneurship”. Originally available only for iOS and Android, it saw a desktop version released back at the tail end of 2018. It offers the same features as the wallets above and more:It does lack some desirable security features like 2FA or PIN/fingerprint locking. At the moment, Coinomi is probably the best mobile-based solution for anyone who wants to store their Zcash in a transparent address.Developed by JP Richardson and Daniel Castagnoli, Exodus is a multi-cryptocurrency product that provides a portfolio + exchange + wallet for your digital assets in one package. Looking to spearhead the movement of returning control of people’s assets into their own hands via blockchain, the wallet has seen support from crypto figureheads like ErikVoorhees, Ricardo Spagni and Roger Ver. The wallet supports almost 100 cryptocurrencies (including Zcash) with more assets in the pipeline and is available for download on Windows, Linux and Mac. Exodus offers some useful features to its users:Interestingly enough, the wallet themselves published an article called “Top 10 reasons to not use Exodus” in which they decided to reveal their shortcomings for the sake of transparency and honesty. You’ll notice there that there are some weaknesses to the project, namely it being a light wallet, not being 100% open source, not being suitable for professional traders and power users, not being present on mobile platforms, and not offering the ability to exchange crypto into fiat. We can also add its lack of 2FA, fees of 1-3% for transactions and a lack of hardware wallet integration to Exodus’ list of negatives.This is of course the least safe option as it means you do not control your own keys and your keys are stored on Binance servers. Even though, Binance has proven to be one of the safest exchanges on the market, it is still a honey pot and under a constant onslaught of hackers trying to steal users’ coins.The Binance architecture includes CCSS and ISO/ICO_27001:2013 security protocols. For account security, the platform offers users the option to activate Google Authenticator and 2FA to verify withdrawals and security modifications. Users must activate one of these features in order to verify an account.Binance’s privacy policy states that the platform does collect user information and stores the data on its servers. Users concerned with privacy can click the “Privacy” tab on the main Binance site if they want to review the details of the Binance policy in full.The only reason it would make sense to store your coins on Binance exchange is if you are an active trader. In that case, you can also use Binance mobile apps, available both for iOS and Android.First and foremost, Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange. But they also offer a standalone mobile app that is a wallet for storing your coins. Coinbase Wallet is an excellent platform for both digital currency experts and beginners.  This wallet requires you to register an account before using it and it can be connected to your Coinbase account (but it is not mandatory). It can also be used a web 3.0 browser so you can interact with Ethereum dapps via Coinbase Wallet. Coinbase Wallet also supports 2FA, which makes it a differentiating feature and another way to keep your digital fortune safe. One big drawback of Coinbase Wallet is that it is a custodial wallet, meaning – your keys are stored on Coinbase servers. This means your coins and your credentials are stored along with many other users’ data, which makes Coinbase a big-time hacking target. If those malcontents ever succeed, then you’ll likely get hurt right along with Coinbase. On the positive side, however, Coinbase is a very well-funded U.S.-based company that has devoted significant resources to maintaining and securing its exchange, so your data is very well protected. Copay Bitcoin Wallet (whose software is free) is an open-source cryptocurrency wallet driven by BitPay, a popular Bitcoin gateway. It offers a simple front end with good support for advanced features, and it does so not only across mobile devices but desktop operating systems (OSes) as well.  Copay is an Hierarchical Deterministic wallet which means that funds in the wallet can be restored using old backups, reducing the risks of losing your coins. The extra layer of security of using different addresses for each bitcoin transaction is also a positive security feature alongside multisignature capabilities. Copay allows users to check prices in over 150 currencies. If we are talking about Ethereum/ERC wallets, there’s no better than EQL Wallet. 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Microsoft. The certificates were leaked unknowingly by D-Link, reported by Threatpost. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Last week networking gear manufacturer D-Link was in the news for the wrong reason. An embarrassing mistake by the company led to the release of private keys that can be used to sign certificates. The keys were found in D-Links open source firmware package. Private keys are used to sign certificates for programs. A program that has a legitimate certificate associated with it easily makes its way past the security scanners of any organization. The mistake by D-Link could, therefore, have had serious consequences. The news was disclosed by a Dutch tech website which reported that private keys used to sign certificates were found in D-Links open source firmware packages. This was confirmed by Fox-IT as well. The keys were found in the firmware that is up for downloading for D-Links DCS-5020L security camera. Passphrases and other information required signing the certificates was also available in the packages. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // In order to make quick amends, Microsoft has said that it has updated its Certificate Trust list by removing trust for the four certificates leaked by D-Link as they could have been used to sign malicious code. Two of the certificates were issued by Symantec which belonged to D-Link and Alpha Networks. The other two were issued by GoDaddy and belonged to TRENDnet and Keebox. Microsoft, though, said that the client versions of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 and the Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 RT, Windows RT, as well as Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 have updaters that will automatically revoke the certificates without requiring the user to do so. Although such a feature is not available for Windows 7, Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, an automatic installer is available for these. Users can either download this installer or install update 2813430. Fox-IT researcher Yonathan Klijnsma said that the issue had resulted from a small mistake by the person who packaged the source code for publishing. Since the keys were available only in a single version of the firmware, he believes it was a simple mistake of not excluding the folder with the private keys in that particular version. Yonathan Klijsma said: I think this was a mistake by whoever packaged the source code for publishing. The code signing certificate was only present in one of the source code packages with a specific version.The version above and below the specific package did not contain the folder in which the code signing certificates resided. A simple mistake of folder exclusion as far as I could see. The certificate for D-Link was published on February 27 and expired on September 3, which means it was available for around six months. Whether or not it was used to sign malware during that time is yet to be found out. Featured image from Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Ali Raza Ali is a freelance journalist, having 5 years of experience in web journalism and marketing. He contributes to various online publications. With a master degree, now he combines his passions for writing about internet security and technology. When he is not working, he loves traveling and playing games. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Related Topics:D-LinkGoDaddyKeeboxmicrosoftTRENDnet Up Next David Jones Hacked, Customers Information has been Leaked Don't Miss Apps approved by NHS Leaking Personal Data You may like Spectre And Meltdown Madness: What It Means For Ethereum After the Bell: Tech Earnings Crush Forecasts Apple Patent Reveals Siri-Assisted iMessage P2P Payments Platform Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Bets on Open Cloud Computing Silicon Valleys War on Disease: Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Google to End Cancer and Aging Microsoft Shuts Down Controversial Windows 10 Feature Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Cybersecurity NEM Theft Suggests Hacking Is More Lucrative than Mining Published 1 month ago on March 25, 2018 By Sam Bourgi The NEM Foundation has called off its search for the 523 million NEM tokens that were stolen from the Tokyo-based Coincheck exchange. Although the Foundation lauded the effectiveness of the search, the outcome proves yet again that cryptocurrency hackers are benefiting from the dark web, which provides an effective venue for laundering stolen funds. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Search for Stolen Coins Ends In a statement published Mar. 19, the NEM Foundation informed its community that it had disabled the tracking mosaic used to monitor the movement of XEM funds tied to the massive heist of Coincheck in January. According to the post, the search ended on Mar. 18. The statement reads: Beginning March 18, the NEM.io Foundation has disabled the tracking mosaic that was put into place to monitor XEM movements from the Coincheck theft. This effort was effective at reducing the hackers ability to liquidate stolen XEM and provided law enforcement with actionable information. We dont plan to release further details due to the sensitive nature of this investigation. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // On. Jan. 26, hackers successfully made off with $530 million worth of XEM tokens, marking the biggest crypto heist on record. The theft propagated a new investigation into existing crypto exchanges by Japans Financial Services Authority (FSA). Domestic exchanges also announced plans to form a self-governing body to safeguard against illicit activity. Hacked reported earlier this month that the Coincheck attackers had already laundered some 40% of the stolen NEM funds, primarily through the dark web. The stolen coins have reportedly made their way into exchanges in Japan, China and Canada. Crypto Heists: A Growing Phenomenon While the crypto economy has been highly lucrative for early adopters, cyber criminals have managed to steal huge sums of money. Unlike credit card fraud, the theft of major crypto exchanges has reshaped the digital currency market. This was most evident in 2014, when Mt Gox fell prey to a $480 million attack that eventually led to its demise. As the Coincheck hack demonstrated, locating stolen funds and identifying perpetrators are extremely difficult. That said, NEMs efforts to blacklist the tokens probably limited how much money the attackers were able to keep. This brings us to an important question: is hacking more lucrative than legitimate crypto mining? To answer that question, well begin by providing a rundown of the major crypto heists of the last four years. Since 2014, hackers have made off with more than $1.3 billion in stolen coins. The biggest losses are as follows: Coincheck: $530 million (2018) Mt Gox: $480 million (2014) Parity Wallet: $155 million (2017) Bitfinex: $65 million (2016) NiceHash: $63 million (2017) DAO: $50 million (2016) Tether: $31 million (2017) For all of 2017, it is estimated that hackers stole nearly $400 million from ICOs. Thats roughly 10% of the total amount raised for the year. Mining Profitability Cryptocurrency mining has spearheaded a multi-billion-dollar industry. The recent crackdown on mining rigs in China means there is a large void in the market that several jurisdictions, including Canada and India, are rushing to fill. During the height of bitcoins surge, crypto miners earned roughly $240,000 every ten minutes. Miners now earn roughly half that, based on current price levels. Of course, this doesnt factor the cost of electricity, power consumption, hardware, manpower and other fees needed to operate a mining operation. These variables, combined with the unknown trajectory of crypto prices, make profitability a lot harder to gauge. The yearly decline in profitability is also a critical, albeit elusive variable in pricing the success of a mining operation. This variable is tied to the number of miners that join the network a figure that is extremely difficult to predict. Against this backdrop,99bitcoins.com has developed a bitcoin mining calculator that provides simple guidance on whether a certain mining operation is profitable. Other digital currencies provide a potentially more lucrative opportunity to join the mining business. For example, Monero can still be mined with a basic desktop computer. With an average block time of two minutes, users can mine the coin casually using the spare computing power of their home PC. However, it appears that hackers have already taken over the Monero mining business. There are several recent cases of hackers embedding malware to hijack the computing power of other systems. The Australian government was also a victim of this hacking attempt. Cryptomining is such a new phenomenon that there are few guidelines in place to ensure trust. Selecting a company to work with an a fair compensation model are two important questions every potential miner needs to consider. As cryptocurrencies appreciate in value, the allure of cyber crime will continue to grow. As NEM, Mt Gox and other large-scale thefts demonstrate, criminals are succeeding in their quest to compromise online exchanges. With respect to mining, profitability remains an elusive question, especially with the recent downturn in the market. That said, there are many alternative motivations involved in mining digital currency, including supporting the network, influencing the market and using additional revenues to fund other business operations. Disclaimer: The author owns bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but does not engage in short-term or day-trading. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Sam Bourgi 4.5 stars on average, based on 353 rated postsSam Bourgi is Chief Editor to Hacked.com, where he specializes in cryptocurrency, economics and the broader financial markets. Sam has nearly eight years of progressive experience as an analyst, writer and financial market commentator where he has contributed to the world's foremost newscasts. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Cryptocurrencies Spectre And Meltdown Madness: What It Means For Ethereum Published 4 months ago on January 8, 2018 By James Waggoner To anyone who talks in terms of a cryptocurrency bubble, consider the following fun facts. In the short period of a few days following the bombshell announcement of Meltdown and Spectre, crypto prices responded in the following manner: // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Bitcoin +18% ETH +41% Litecoin +30% // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // In my view, this is clear evidence of a market that is responding rationally to information coming from responsible sources. To appreciate what all the noise is about you must appreciate what Meltdown and Spectre are and why they present a danger to the big companies providing cloud storage for the corporate world. Once this is clear, then you will better appreciate why Ethers 41%+ short-term price spike left the others in the dust. But first lets dig into the Meltdown and Spectre situation. The Secret Got Out On January 3 the secret about a new class of security vulnerabilities leaked out to the public. Not only was this seriously bad news but the leak also gave hackers advanced notice before anyone could begin to fix the twin problems. The degree of seriousness is in the fact that almost all major microprocessor chips are vulnerable. This opens the door to hackers stealing information from personal as well as cloud services. Researchers claim that Meltdown can be fixed with a patch. Shortly thereafter about every major player announced their patch. But there are two issues here. Will the patches fully solve they problem? Casting A Cloud Over The Cloud When a corporation becomes a cloud customer, even the largest share machines with other customers. This is the basic flaw in the centralized structure of cloud storage. Contrast this with the decentralized structure of blockchain technology and you begin to appreciate the force behind the sudden price spike in cryptocurrencies that we highlighted above. Even though security tools and protocols are designed to separate customers date, the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre flaws still leave serious vulnerabilities. Meltdown, hackers could rent space on a cloud service, just like any other business customer. Once they were on the service, the flaw would allow them to grab information like passwords from other customers. Secondly, reports on cloud services like Amazon, Google and Microsoft claim that it creates as much as 30% slower computation speeds. That clearly wont make for happy customers. Jerky NetFlix Virtually everyone reviewing the situation believes individual computer users are the least vulnerable. That may be true. Hackers are in the hunt for the biggest prize and that would be the big three cloud companies. But how do you think families are going to react if their Netflix stalls and buffers every few minutes? In the final analysis, the Meltdown flaw affects virtually every computer chip fabricated by Intel in use today. You are talking about 90% of the Internet and business world. But Meltdown is just one flaw. Spectre is the other flaw and this one is the more insidious of the two. There is no known fix. Intel, AMD and others have claimed how complex a project it would be for hackers to breech the Spectre vulnerability. That is pretty hollow comfort. After all, hasnt the FBI security been breeched. Those guys were supposed to be airtight. Boom Days For Blockchain In so many ways, last year marked a tipping point in the spread and acceptance of blockchain technology. The uses for Bitcoin are probably best gauged by its record $20,000 price in December. For Ethereum, it may have been marked by the formation of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) in February and rise to over 300 members at year-end. No sooner has 2018 begun that the Meltdown and Spectre flaws created unexpected excitement for investors in cryptocurrencies. If I were a software salesman out of work, I would be sending my resume to every crypto company offering to peddle their blockchain. It could be the easiest job since selling web design services in 1995. The Ethereum platform with its smart contracts is not the only crypto capable of addressing this newly uncovered opportunity created by Meltdown and Spectre. You can safely bet this will attract many players and for good reason, todays blockchain technology is a long way from fast enough for mass adoption. Blockchain security may be a step or two better in it present form than cloud storage, but it has its security issues as well. Building the Ethereum Moat EEA founder Jeremy Millar is clearly a brand ambassador for Ethereum. He believes that CEOs hear the chatter about blockchain and are pre sold not having a clear picture what can be accomplished or the money saved using this technology. The important thing is for IT departments to have a respected brand to attach to their recommendations. The EEA seeks to connect and inform and through this pioneering process spread the gospel of Ethereum. So far this is beginning to build a brand franchise for Ethereum. The EEA is the largest blockchain body and is committed to using open-source Ethereum technology for enterprise blockchain solutions. EEA expects to see great advances in these areas in 2018 with Ethereum technologies. It also helps when Wall Street banks uncover the potential for billions in savings on the trading desks through the applications of the Ethereum platform. So, if you though the last year held plenty of excitement, the Meltdown and Spectre flaws promise to make this year every bit as much fun. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (14 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... James Waggoner 4.4 stars on average, based on 63 rated postsJames Waggoner is a veteran Wall Street analyst and hedge fund manager who has spent the past few years researching the fintech possibilities of cryptocurrencies. He has a special passion for writing about the future of crypto. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Cybersecurity The Pirate Bay is Hijacking PCs to Stealth-Mine Cryptocurrency Published 6 months ago on October 14, 2017 By Sam Bourgi For the second time in as many months, The Pirate Bay has been caught mining cryptocurrency on your computer without consent. The torrent platform was actually test-driving cryptocurrency mining in your browser no doubt a lucrative revenue stream. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. The Pirates Are At It Again The Pirate Bay has been caught using software called Coinhive, a JavaScript library that essentially serves as a cryptocurrency miner. It basically connects to visitors computers to mine Monero, one of the worlds most profitable cryptocurrencies. The news was later confirmed by Bleeping Computer, which reported that,The Pirate Bay, the internets largest torrent portal, is back at running a cryptocurrency miner after it previously ran a short test in mid-September. Estimates indicate that the scheme has earned the pirates a total of $43,000 over a three-week period. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Users had no way to opt their computers out of being test-driven by the torrent network. Back in September, The Pirate Bay got away by telling people it was just a test. The sites owners cannot use the same excuse this time around. CoinHive advises websites to let their visitors know their browser is being used to mine cryptocurrency. Were a bit saddened to see that some of our customers integrate CoinHive into their pages without disclosing to their users whats going on, let alone asking for their permission, the company said. The good news is most ad-blockers and antivirus programs will block CoinHive, given its recent abuses. That means not all visitors of The Pirate Pay were being used as a conduit for mining Monero. Monero Joins Global Crypto Rally The value of Monero (XMR) shot up nearly 8% on Friday, and was last seen trading at $94.17. With more than 15.2 million XMR tokens in circulation, the total market cap for Monero is $1.4 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Thats enough for ninth on the global cryptocurrency list. Twelve cryptos have now crossed the $1 billion valuation mark. A handful of others have made their way north of $500 million. 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Are cryptocurrency prices really unaffected by Chinese regulations? Prices of cryptocurrencies were up overnight during the Asian trading session, even as news of more regulatory tightening came out of China. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. At midday in Asia, the bitcoin price was up 2.83 percent to $3,767. Though the virtual currency has been posing an overall uptrend since a ban on ICOs from China pushed the bitcoin price to near the $3,000 mark on September 15, it has seen some turbulence along the road. The price of bitcoin price has now remained below $4,000 level for five straight days. The price of ethereum was also pointing higher overnight, having gained 1.35 percent, to change hands at $287 around midday in Asia. Ethereum has closely tracked the trend of bitcoin and has been trading under the $300 level since September 18. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Following the ban on ICOs in mid-September and closure of several bitcoin exchanges, Chinese regulators are reportedly taking an aim at miners mostly based in Southwest Chinas Sichuan Province as they continue to crack down on what they consider to be a risky sector. As of Monday, there has been no official comments on the latest move to target miners, who has enjoyed big support from government policies, categorizing employees in the sector as high-tech workers. While some, including bitcoin pioneer Carlie Shrem, has argued that China would not have a real effect on the future of bitcoin, as we have seen in mid-September, at least short-term price changes are very likely. Main Stock Market Movers Midday Asian Trading Session Indexes Value at Midday Daily Change Japan-Nikkei 225 20,414.93 0.58% China-Shanghai Composite Index 3,340.67 -0.35% Hong Kong Hang Seng 27,591.71 -1.04% South Korea-KOSPI 2,375.71 -0. 54% Australia-ASX 200 5,691.10 0.16% Major Asian indexes were mixed on Monday as investors still digest election results out of Germany and New Zealand. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 tacked on 0.58 percent to 20,414 at midday. In Greater China, stocks were pointing lower. The Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.35 percent to 3,340.67 at midday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index slipped 1.04 percent to 27,591. Share prices of real estate developers both in Hong Kong and on the Mainland bourses saw heavy losses, following fresh measures from some Chinese cities to rein property prices on over the weekend. In South Korea, the KOSPI index slipped 0.54 percent to 2,375. Down under, the ASX 200 was up a slight 0.16 percent to 5,691 at midday. The gain came as the head of Reserve Bank of Australia signaled that Australia doesnt necessary follow other countries in raising interest rates. Asian investors are still digesting the elections results from Germany and New Zealand. In Germany, voters put the most powerful women in politics, Angela Merkel, up for a fourth term as Chancellor, though a far-right party is set to become the first such party to enter the Bundestag since World War II. In New Zealand, Prime Minister Bill English National Party is reported to win the most votes, though he was unable to secure a majority in the parliament. Currencies The Japanese yen lost 0.21 percent against the US dollar at midday Monday to 112.23 per dollar. Big news in politics and the economy is also expected out of Japan today, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to hold a press conference on the election and a stimulus package. The Chinese yuan lost 0.18 percent against the US dollar to 6.6019. The Australian dollar also lost 0.23 percent on the dollar, changing hands at 1.2565 per dollar at midday. Commodities WTI Oil was down 0.24 percent to $50.51 per barrel. Brent Crude was up 0.02 percent to $56.77 per barrel. Gold lost 0.24 percent to $1,293 an ounce. Business News across Asia In China, talks of the government mulling to open up its massive financial market to foreign investors has been emerging, with some top ex policy makers quoted as saying the financial market is lagging behind in terms of opening up to foreign investors. Take away: Sources say regulators are now drafting guidelines to ease restrictions on some areas for foreign investors. Other sources also indicate that some foreign fund managers have already acquired licenses, though they were required to form a joint venture with local Chinese firms. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce a new economic stimulus package of about 2 trillion yen (about 17.8 US dollars) this year, according to local media reports in Japan. Much of the spending will be on child care and education, reports say. Take Away: Abe has been under heavy pressure for the worse-than-expected performance of the so-called Abeconomics. The Prime Minister is also planning to announce a plan to dissolve the Japanese parliament for a general election late next month. Featured image from Flickr. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. 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Related Topics:asian trading sessionBitcoinchinaetherumJapanMarket update Up Next The Cost of Independance Don't Miss Daily Analysis: Yen and Gold Bounce on North Korea Tensions You may like Trade Recommendation: ICON/Bitcoin Pre Market: Short-Covering Bounce Continues but Markets Look Vulnerable Trade Recommendation: Komodo/Bitcoin HODL Chart Trade Recommendation: Tierion/Bitcoin Trade Recommendation: Bitcoin Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Analysis Pre Market: Dollar Up, Stocks Flat as Trump Now Targets OPEC Published 2 days ago on April 20, 2018 By Mate Cser Its been a quiet and neutral session so far in traditional global financial markets, as only cryptocurrencies experienced significant moves. Stocks are slightly lower after the open, with the S&P 500 drifting back to the key support/resistance zone below 2700 that is the mid-point of the consolidation pattern that developed after the February mini-crash. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. S&P 500, 4-Hour Chart Analysis With the economic calendar being empty, Donald Trump is making headlines again, this time attacking the OPEC for pushing oil prices artificially higher. Its hard to argue against the Presidents claim, as the cartel is openly aiming for higher prices with its concerted production cuts, so we just have to wait and see if Trump wants to open another geopolitical front. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Apple, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The trade spat with China continues to make waves as well, but for now, the market is stable despite the technical weakness, with no clear bearish catalyst present. Apple is weighing on the NASDAQ for the second day in a row, as it is down another 3% today just after the opening bell. On a positive note, the largest tech giants decline hasnt been a huge drag on the other crucial stocks like Amazon and Alphabet, and the resilience of the momentum leaders points could be the basis of another leg higher in the post-crash recovery. That said, we maintain our bearish short-term bias, based on technicals and the global divergences between equity markets. Aussie Rolls Over as Dollar Gains across the Board AUD/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The strength thin the USD is pushing commodities (in part thanks to Trump) and related currencies lower today, and as we warned yesterday, the Australian Dollar and the Canadian Dollar have been leading risk assets ever since early February, so should the downtrend in those currencies resume, it would be a bad omen for equities as well. EUR/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Meanwhile, the most traded currency pair is still trading in a broad consolidation pattern after failing near the upper boundary of the formation again, and as the tension in the market grows, a large momentum move could be around the corner, with the long-term trend still being bullish. Featured image from Shutterstock Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Mate Cser 4.5 stars on average, based on 228 rated postsTrader and financial analyst, with 10 years of experience in the field. An expert in technical analysis and risk management, but also an avid practitioner of value investment and passive strategies, with a passion towards anything that is connected to the market. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Market Overview Market Update: Consumer Staples Sink S&P 500 Index; Cryptocurrency Prices Rise $16 Billion Published 2 days ago on April 20, 2018 By Sam Bourgi U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, as consumer staples posted heavy losses amid corporate earnings season. Meanwhile, a broad recovery in altcoins led the digital currency market sharply higher. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Stocks Decline All of Wall Streets major indexes headed for losses, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.6% to 2,693.13. Nine of 11 sectors contributed to the decline, with the consumer staples component plunging 3.1%. Within the sector, tobacco plunged 11.5% after Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) posted first-quarter revenue that trailed forecasts. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Information technology shares also fell 1.1%, with Apple among the worst-performing companies in the sector. The technology-driven Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 0.8% at 7,238.06.The Dow Jones Industrial Average also fell 83.18 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 24,664.89. A measure of 30-day volatility known as the CBOE VIX reached a high of 16.92, which was still well below the historic average. The so-called fear index settled at 15.96 for a gain of only 2.3%. If after-hours trading is any indication, volatility could be on the rise on Friday. Several shares plunged after the bell following disappointing corporate earnings. Sketchers (SKX) fell 23%, Atlassian (TEAM) declined 11.3% and E*Trade (ETFC) was down more than 1%. Cryptocurrency Rally Intensifies Crypto assets extended their recovery on Thursday, with the most popular altcoins leading the rally. Ethereum rose 7.8% to $563, Ripple XRP gained 9.4% to $0.77 and bitcoin cash climbed 9.4% to $963.49 (all figures according to CoinMarketCap). Bitcoin also recorded gains, rising 1.4% to $8,287.88.As a result, the total value of the cryptocurrency market reached $358.4 billion, the highest since Mar. 14. The rally coincided with the end of U.S. tax season after the IRS extended the reporting deadline by 24 hours. U.S. cryptocurrency traders may have been on the hook for as much as $25 billion in capital gains taxes, based on recent estimates. However, that number has not been confirmed. The markets impressive recovery comes even as nations such as India introduce new restrictions of digital currency trading. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India banned regulated banks from facilitating cryptocurrency purchases. While India is among the worlds fastest-growing nations, it is a small player in the cryptocurrency market.News of the crackdown sent bitcoin prices to a low of $5,400 on domestic exchanges. Bitcoin is still trading at a discount on Indian exchanges, although the spread is less than $200, based on Unocoin exchange data. Disclaimer: The author owns bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but does not engage in short-term or day-trading. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. 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Continue Reading Analysis Rally Fades in Stocks as Apple Weighs on Nasdaq Published 3 days ago on April 19, 2018 By Mate Cser We warned yesterday that stock markets got vulnerable as the major US indices reached short-term overbought readings, and after a choppy Wednesday session, equities turned lower today in early trading. Apple fell by more than 2% in early trading on asupplier report regarding declining orders from the smartphone giant, and the sliding stock dragged the tech segment lower. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. S&P 500 Futures, 4-Hour Chart Analysis While the short-term technical picture deteriorated, the losses are muted so far, and the rising short-term trendlines are holding up. Volatility ticked higher, with the VIX bouncing off its two-month lows, but the index is well below the levels seen in the beginning of the month, as Syria-related fears continued to ease and the Chinese-US trade spat also took the back seat in the mainstream media. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // DAX, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Stocks finished broadly lower in Europe, while Asian equities reversed their early gains, with trading volumes still being low across the board. The economic calendar was almost empty today, with only the much worse than expected British retail sales figure adding to the string of negative surprises coming out form the UK this week. In the US, the Philly Fed index came in higher than expected, while weekly jobless claims were in line with expectations. Dollar Stable as Short Yields Hit New Highs 2-Year Treasury Yields, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Treasury yields resumed their rise in the quiet environment, and as the short end of the curve continues to outperform the flattening of the yield curve continues in earnest. While forex markets are still mostly flat, the Dollar is drifting higher against most of its peers in US trading. AUD/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Commodity-related currencies are little changed, although both the Aussie and the Canadian Dollar are off their recent highs, and should they roll over, the bullish case would receive another hit. Despite the weakening of the risk rally, crude oil continues to hit multi-year highs, with the WTI contract getting close to the $70 per dollar level today. Gold fell back below $1350, as the choppy consolidation pattern is still intact, and the slight risk-off shift wasnt enough to trigger meaningful safe-haven flows. 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Microsoft. The certificates were leaked unknowingly by D-Link, reported by Threatpost. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Last week networking gear manufacturer D-Link was in the news for the wrong reason. An embarrassing mistake by the company led to the release of private keys that can be used to sign certificates. The keys were found in D-Links open source firmware package. Private keys are used to sign certificates for programs. A program that has a legitimate certificate associated with it easily makes its way past the security scanners of any organization. The mistake by D-Link could, therefore, have had serious consequences. The news was disclosed by a Dutch tech website which reported that private keys used to sign certificates were found in D-Links open source firmware packages. This was confirmed by Fox-IT as well. The keys were found in the firmware that is up for downloading for D-Links DCS-5020L security camera. Passphrases and other information required signing the certificates was also available in the packages. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // In order to make quick amends, Microsoft has said that it has updated its Certificate Trust list by removing trust for the four certificates leaked by D-Link as they could have been used to sign malicious code. Two of the certificates were issued by Symantec which belonged to D-Link and Alpha Networks. The other two were issued by GoDaddy and belonged to TRENDnet and Keebox. Microsoft, though, said that the client versions of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 and the Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 RT, Windows RT, as well as Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 have updaters that will automatically revoke the certificates without requiring the user to do so. Although such a feature is not available for Windows 7, Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, an automatic installer is available for these. Users can either download this installer or install update 2813430. Fox-IT researcher Yonathan Klijnsma said that the issue had resulted from a small mistake by the person who packaged the source code for publishing. Since the keys were available only in a single version of the firmware, he believes it was a simple mistake of not excluding the folder with the private keys in that particular version. Yonathan Klijsma said: I think this was a mistake by whoever packaged the source code for publishing. The code signing certificate was only present in one of the source code packages with a specific version.The version above and below the specific package did not contain the folder in which the code signing certificates resided. A simple mistake of folder exclusion as far as I could see. The certificate for D-Link was published on February 27 and expired on September 3, which means it was available for around six months. Whether or not it was used to sign malware during that time is yet to be found out. Featured image from Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... 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Related Topics:D-LinkGoDaddyKeeboxmicrosoftTRENDnet Up Next David Jones Hacked, Customers Information has been Leaked Don't Miss Apps approved by NHS Leaking Personal Data You may like Spectre And Meltdown Madness: What It Means For Ethereum After the Bell: Tech Earnings Crush Forecasts Apple Patent Reveals Siri-Assisted iMessage P2P Payments Platform Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Bets on Open Cloud Computing Silicon Valleys War on Disease: Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Google to End Cancer and Aging Microsoft Shuts Down Controversial Windows 10 Feature Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Cybersecurity NEM Theft Suggests Hacking Is More Lucrative than Mining Published 1 month ago on March 25, 2018 By Sam Bourgi The NEM Foundation has called off its search for the 523 million NEM tokens that were stolen from the Tokyo-based Coincheck exchange. Although the Foundation lauded the effectiveness of the search, the outcome proves yet again that cryptocurrency hackers are benefiting from the dark web, which provides an effective venue for laundering stolen funds. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Search for Stolen Coins Ends In a statement published Mar. 19, the NEM Foundation informed its community that it had disabled the tracking mosaic used to monitor the movement of XEM funds tied to the massive heist of Coincheck in January. According to the post, the search ended on Mar. 18. The statement reads: Beginning March 18, the NEM.io Foundation has disabled the tracking mosaic that was put into place to monitor XEM movements from the Coincheck theft. This effort was effective at reducing the hackers ability to liquidate stolen XEM and provided law enforcement with actionable information. We dont plan to release further details due to the sensitive nature of this investigation. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // On. Jan. 26, hackers successfully made off with $530 million worth of XEM tokens, marking the biggest crypto heist on record. The theft propagated a new investigation into existing crypto exchanges by Japans Financial Services Authority (FSA). Domestic exchanges also announced plans to form a self-governing body to safeguard against illicit activity. Hacked reported earlier this month that the Coincheck attackers had already laundered some 40% of the stolen NEM funds, primarily through the dark web. The stolen coins have reportedly made their way into exchanges in Japan, China and Canada. Crypto Heists: A Growing Phenomenon While the crypto economy has been highly lucrative for early adopters, cyber criminals have managed to steal huge sums of money. Unlike credit card fraud, the theft of major crypto exchanges has reshaped the digital currency market. This was most evident in 2014, when Mt Gox fell prey to a $480 million attack that eventually led to its demise. As the Coincheck hack demonstrated, locating stolen funds and identifying perpetrators are extremely difficult. That said, NEMs efforts to blacklist the tokens probably limited how much money the attackers were able to keep. This brings us to an important question: is hacking more lucrative than legitimate crypto mining? To answer that question, well begin by providing a rundown of the major crypto heists of the last four years. Since 2014, hackers have made off with more than $1.3 billion in stolen coins. The biggest losses are as follows: Coincheck: $530 million (2018) Mt Gox: $480 million (2014) Parity Wallet: $155 million (2017) Bitfinex: $65 million (2016) NiceHash: $63 million (2017) DAO: $50 million (2016) Tether: $31 million (2017) For all of 2017, it is estimated that hackers stole nearly $400 million from ICOs. Thats roughly 10% of the total amount raised for the year. Mining Profitability Cryptocurrency mining has spearheaded a multi-billion-dollar industry. The recent crackdown on mining rigs in China means there is a large void in the market that several jurisdictions, including Canada and India, are rushing to fill. During the height of bitcoins surge, crypto miners earned roughly $240,000 every ten minutes. Miners now earn roughly half that, based on current price levels. Of course, this doesnt factor the cost of electricity, power consumption, hardware, manpower and other fees needed to operate a mining operation. These variables, combined with the unknown trajectory of crypto prices, make profitability a lot harder to gauge. The yearly decline in profitability is also a critical, albeit elusive variable in pricing the success of a mining operation. This variable is tied to the number of miners that join the network a figure that is extremely difficult to predict. Against this backdrop,99bitcoins.com has developed a bitcoin mining calculator that provides simple guidance on whether a certain mining operation is profitable. Other digital currencies provide a potentially more lucrative opportunity to join the mining business. For example, Monero can still be mined with a basic desktop computer. With an average block time of two minutes, users can mine the coin casually using the spare computing power of their home PC. However, it appears that hackers have already taken over the Monero mining business. There are several recent cases of hackers embedding malware to hijack the computing power of other systems. The Australian government was also a victim of this hacking attempt. Cryptomining is such a new phenomenon that there are few guidelines in place to ensure trust. Selecting a company to work with an a fair compensation model are two important questions every potential miner needs to consider. As cryptocurrencies appreciate in value, the allure of cyber crime will continue to grow. As NEM, Mt Gox and other large-scale thefts demonstrate, criminals are succeeding in their quest to compromise online exchanges. With respect to mining, profitability remains an elusive question, especially with the recent downturn in the market. That said, there are many alternative motivations involved in mining digital currency, including supporting the network, influencing the market and using additional revenues to fund other business operations. Disclaimer: The author owns bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but does not engage in short-term or day-trading. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Sam Bourgi 4.5 stars on average, based on 353 rated postsSam Bourgi is Chief Editor to Hacked.com, where he specializes in cryptocurrency, economics and the broader financial markets. Sam has nearly eight years of progressive experience as an analyst, writer and financial market commentator where he has contributed to the world's foremost newscasts. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Cryptocurrencies Spectre And Meltdown Madness: What It Means For Ethereum Published 4 months ago on January 8, 2018 By James Waggoner To anyone who talks in terms of a cryptocurrency bubble, consider the following fun facts. In the short period of a few days following the bombshell announcement of Meltdown and Spectre, crypto prices responded in the following manner: // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Bitcoin +18% ETH +41% Litecoin +30% // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // In my view, this is clear evidence of a market that is responding rationally to information coming from responsible sources. To appreciate what all the noise is about you must appreciate what Meltdown and Spectre are and why they present a danger to the big companies providing cloud storage for the corporate world. Once this is clear, then you will better appreciate why Ethers 41%+ short-term price spike left the others in the dust. But first lets dig into the Meltdown and Spectre situation. The Secret Got Out On January 3 the secret about a new class of security vulnerabilities leaked out to the public. Not only was this seriously bad news but the leak also gave hackers advanced notice before anyone could begin to fix the twin problems. The degree of seriousness is in the fact that almost all major microprocessor chips are vulnerable. This opens the door to hackers stealing information from personal as well as cloud services. Researchers claim that Meltdown can be fixed with a patch. Shortly thereafter about every major player announced their patch. But there are two issues here. Will the patches fully solve they problem? Casting A Cloud Over The Cloud When a corporation becomes a cloud customer, even the largest share machines with other customers. This is the basic flaw in the centralized structure of cloud storage. Contrast this with the decentralized structure of blockchain technology and you begin to appreciate the force behind the sudden price spike in cryptocurrencies that we highlighted above. Even though security tools and protocols are designed to separate customers date, the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre flaws still leave serious vulnerabilities. Meltdown, hackers could rent space on a cloud service, just like any other business customer. Once they were on the service, the flaw would allow them to grab information like passwords from other customers. Secondly, reports on cloud services like Amazon, Google and Microsoft claim that it creates as much as 30% slower computation speeds. That clearly wont make for happy customers. Jerky NetFlix Virtually everyone reviewing the situation believes individual computer users are the least vulnerable. That may be true. Hackers are in the hunt for the biggest prize and that would be the big three cloud companies. But how do you think families are going to react if their Netflix stalls and buffers every few minutes? In the final analysis, the Meltdown flaw affects virtually every computer chip fabricated by Intel in use today. You are talking about 90% of the Internet and business world. But Meltdown is just one flaw. Spectre is the other flaw and this one is the more insidious of the two. There is no known fix. Intel, AMD and others have claimed how complex a project it would be for hackers to breech the Spectre vulnerability. That is pretty hollow comfort. After all, hasnt the FBI security been breeched. Those guys were supposed to be airtight. Boom Days For Blockchain In so many ways, last year marked a tipping point in the spread and acceptance of blockchain technology. The uses for Bitcoin are probably best gauged by its record $20,000 price in December. For Ethereum, it may have been marked by the formation of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) in February and rise to over 300 members at year-end. No sooner has 2018 begun that the Meltdown and Spectre flaws created unexpected excitement for investors in cryptocurrencies. If I were a software salesman out of work, I would be sending my resume to every crypto company offering to peddle their blockchain. It could be the easiest job since selling web design services in 1995. The Ethereum platform with its smart contracts is not the only crypto capable of addressing this newly uncovered opportunity created by Meltdown and Spectre. You can safely bet this will attract many players and for good reason, todays blockchain technology is a long way from fast enough for mass adoption. Blockchain security may be a step or two better in it present form than cloud storage, but it has its security issues as well. Building the Ethereum Moat EEA founder Jeremy Millar is clearly a brand ambassador for Ethereum. He believes that CEOs hear the chatter about blockchain and are pre sold not having a clear picture what can be accomplished or the money saved using this technology. The important thing is for IT departments to have a respected brand to attach to their recommendations. The EEA seeks to connect and inform and through this pioneering process spread the gospel of Ethereum. So far this is beginning to build a brand franchise for Ethereum. The EEA is the largest blockchain body and is committed to using open-source Ethereum technology for enterprise blockchain solutions. EEA expects to see great advances in these areas in 2018 with Ethereum technologies. It also helps when Wall Street banks uncover the potential for billions in savings on the trading desks through the applications of the Ethereum platform. So, if you though the last year held plenty of excitement, the Meltdown and Spectre flaws promise to make this year every bit as much fun. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. 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The Pirates Are At It Again The Pirate Bay has been caught using software called Coinhive, a JavaScript library that essentially serves as a cryptocurrency miner. It basically connects to visitors computers to mine Monero, one of the worlds most profitable cryptocurrencies. The news was later confirmed by Bleeping Computer, which reported that,The Pirate Bay, the internets largest torrent portal, is back at running a cryptocurrency miner after it previously ran a short test in mid-September. Estimates indicate that the scheme has earned the pirates a total of $43,000 over a three-week period. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Users had no way to opt their computers out of being test-driven by the torrent network. Back in September, The Pirate Bay got away by telling people it was just a test. The sites owners cannot use the same excuse this time around. CoinHive advises websites to let their visitors know their browser is being used to mine cryptocurrency. Were a bit saddened to see that some of our customers integrate CoinHive into their pages without disclosing to their users whats going on, let alone asking for their permission, the company said. The good news is most ad-blockers and antivirus programs will block CoinHive, given its recent abuses. That means not all visitors of The Pirate Pay were being used as a conduit for mining Monero. Monero Joins Global Crypto Rally The value of Monero (XMR) shot up nearly 8% on Friday, and was last seen trading at $94.17. With more than 15.2 million XMR tokens in circulation, the total market cap for Monero is $1.4 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Thats enough for ninth on the global cryptocurrency list. Twelve cryptos have now crossed the $1 billion valuation mark. A handful of others have made their way north of $500 million. 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The company is marketing its service at people who would like to purchase items at Amazon using bitcoin, which the retail giant doesn't yet accept. But integral to its solution are those who want to obtain bitcoin using a credit card, perhaps in areas where exchanges are not available. By matching these two markets, Purse.io is able to able to offer bitcoin purchases on Amazon, powered by a kind of bitcoin exchange that uses a buyers' discount to incentivise bitcoin owners to 'sell' their digital currency. This process is similar to a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace, where Purse.io acts as an intermediary, offering users the platform, bitcoin wallet and escrow for transactions. Andrew Lee, co-founder of Purse.io, told CoinDesk: "I think people that try it and realize they just saved 25% on Amazon are excited about that possibility. For the first time, they've been able to do something useful with bitcoin [rather than just buy and hold]." Firstly, when someone - Alice, say - wants to use bitcoin to purchase items for a discount from Amazon, she deposits bitcoin in her Purse.io account. Then, using a 'share' URL, she imports her Amazon 'wish list' into Purse.io and indicates what level of discount she would like for the items. When complete, the listing is posted on the Purse.io marketplace. Next, someone looking to obtain bitcoin for a similar amount, we'll call them Bob, accepts the transaction and purchases the items on Alice's wish list using a credit card. Soon after, the items are shipped to Alice. Once the items have been received, Alice notifies Purse.io, at which point her bitcoin is released from escrow and is sent to Bob (see the company's explanatory video below). "It's kind of like an exchange, but with that Amazon layer," explained Kent Liu, the second founder of the company. It is worth noting that while there is a recommended 25% 'maximum' discount, in fact, the user sets the amount and transactions have been accepted with discounts as high as 45%. However, Liu explained that there is a 'sweet spot' for item price compared to percentage discount that is likely to make the transaction quickly accepted: "Anything below 15% at $500 [total price], [...] will get taken." Liu said that he came up with the idea for Purse.io about a year ago, when bitcoin's price had risen to a level not previously seen before, and as a result there were a number of new BTC-related services appearing. "People were excited to spend bitcoin," he said. The problem, at least from Liu's perspective, is that every service charged fees. Why not give people an incentive to unload bitcoin, allowing others improved access to the cryptocurrency? "It is difficult to buy bitcoin. It is really, really hard," said Liu. "Our market is people who cannot overcome that difficulty. [And] the difficulty is not going to decrease that easily anytime soon." Instead of charging bitcoin buyers on Purse.io, the company levies a 1% fee on those selling the bitcoin and getting an Amazon discount. Globally, it is still not easy to buy bitcoin. While, in the US, users that have a checking account can easily convert dollars into bitcoin using exchanges like Coinbase, in many countries, there is no way to convert the local fiat currency into digital currency without jumping through a lot of hoops. The top liquid markets for bitcoin are in USD, EUR, HKD and CNY. Source: Bitcoincharts Doing so might mean exchanging one fiat currency into USD, then wiring it to a company such as Bitstamp, which will exchange it into bitcoin. At every step of the way a fee is charged. However, someone with an international credit card can purchase items on Amazon from pretty much anywhere. So, essentially, anyone living in a country that does not have a viable bitcoin exchange could be a potential customer for Purse.io. It's a better value proposition to for many, and furthermore, the fact that affiliates of Amazon receive a certain amount of credits that must be spent on the website may boost take-up of the service. Someone in India, for example, may want to convert those credits into bitcoin rather than Amazon items, or even rupees. Purse.io founders Andrew Lee (left) and Kent Liu (right). So what would Purse.io do if Amazon shut them down? The founders have thought about that, but believe that for the time being they are providing a service that is in demand. "We think we're helping [Amazon]," said Lee. "They don't want to take bitcoin now. They're not ready for it." In April, an Amazon executive said that the company decided against accepting bitcoin due to weak customer demand. Furthermore, there is added complexity for the company compared with other retailers that currently accept the digital currency. According to Purse.io, Amazon's marketplace strategy is problematic: having so many third-party sellers, a good portion of products on the retailer's website are not sourced from Amazon itself, creating complexity that the likes of TigerDirect and Overstock don't have to deal with. "I don't think we've seen a real big retailer accept bitcoin that has a marketplace," Lee explained. Some of the companies currently accepting bitcoin. Source: CoinDesk Q1 2014 Report Although Purse.io provides a wallet for users to store the bitcoin they have acquired, Liu said the company would prefer to not store substantial customer funds: "Right now, we are holding people's money. But we don't want to do that." However, by holding funds until the Amazon items are delivered, Purse.io has positioned itself in the digital currency escrow business, which could be a promising strategy. A recent FinCEN ruling indicated digital currency escrow is not a money transmission business, which is likely to mean less regulatory scrutiny for the company as more authorities issue guidance. In the future, the company plans to offer multi-signature transactions that have three keys: one for the buyer, one for the seller and one for Purse.io, creating a trustless form of escrow. "None of us hold enough keys [in this model]," said Liu. "Nobody has control over [the funds], unless two people agree." For several months, Purse.io has been working on its product at the Plug and Play Technology Center in Sunnyvale, California, since being accepted as one of several bitcoin startups in its accelerator scheme. At a recent bitcoin meetup at the centre, which provides assistance to new tech startups, the company talked to Patrick Murck, General Counsel of the Bitcoin Foundation. "He told us we're pretty good from a regulatory standpoint," Liu said. Both Gyft and Purse.io give people incentive to spend bitcoin. Lee and Liu have now brought in some extra hands as far as development goes and they hope to raise more funding, in addition to the seeding that Plug and Play provided. The plan is to focus on product and building out the multi-signature escrow, with the possibility of adding further retailers and building Purse.io's own marketplace with the userbase it is developing. Amazon will likely, at some point, accept bitcoin. Until then, though, Purse.io is going to take advantage of its growing following, said Lee: "We're generating that userbase as long as this Amazon window is open. At the same time, we're continuing to develop new services we can offer to these users." Amazon icon via Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. EscrowAmazonWalletsMulti-signaturePurse.io Meet the Bots That Let You Trade Bitcoin in Your Sleep CryptoLocker Crimewave Halted as Global Authorities Disable... rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; Mar 15, 2018 at 15:30 | Nikhilesh De Abra Adds 18 New Cryptos for Mobile Investing Mobile wallet startup Abra has today announced it is expanding the number of cryptocurrencies it supports to 20 from just two currently. 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Can good earnings justify the high valuations? Major stock indexes in Asia traded higher on the last trading day of the week as strong earnings from US tech giants Google, Microsoft, and Amazon beat market expectations and rallied on Wall Street yesterday. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. The gains in tech also contributed to gains in the overall S&P 500 Index, tacking on 0.1 percent to trade near its all-time-high from last week. Meanwhile, the euro took a hit against most other major currencies as the European Central Bank announced that loose monetary policy will be coming to an end, although at a much slower pace than markets had expected. As a consequence, the euro had its biggest one-day drop against the dollar in 16 months. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 surged 1.24 percent to 22,008 after midday, following the positive note from Wall Street the day before. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // In China, the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3 percent to 3,419, while shares in Hong Kongs Hang Seng Index tacked on 0.33 percent to 28,422. South Koreas Kospi Index rose 0.71 percent after midday, trading at 2,498. As the only looser among the major stock markets in Asia-Pacific, Australias ASX 200 lost a slight 0.22 percent to 5,903 at the end of the trading day in Australia. Main Market Movers Mid-day Asian Trading Session Indexes Value at Midday Daily Change Japan- Nikkei 225 22,008 1.24% China-Shanghai Composite Index 3,419 0.3% South Korea-KOSPI 2,498 0.71% Hong Kong Hang Seng 28,422 0.33% Australia-ASX 200 5,903 -0.22% Cryptocurrencies Prices of the main cryptocurrencies were not much changed Friday morning in the Asian trading session with only minor changes seen in bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum. At midday in Asia, bitcoin was down by a slight 0.85 percent to $5,825, following gains on Wednesday and Thursday. Ethereum traded on a positive note Friday morning, gaining a slight 0.85 percent to just below the $300 level. Ethereum briefly traded above $300 on Tuesday, but has since fallen back and consolidated just below that level. Currencies The Japanese yen lost 0.14 percent against the US dollar at midday Friday, trading at 114.80 per dollar. The Chinese yuan lost 0.27 percent against the US dollar, trading at 6.6546 per dollar. The Australian dollar lost 0.24 percent on the dollar, changing hands at 1.389 per dollar at the end of the trading day in Australia. The Aussie dollar has now been stuck in a strong downtrend against the US dollar since Monday this week. Commodities WTI Oil was down 0.23 percent to $52.56 per barrel. Brent Crude lost 0.32 percent to $59.25 per barrel. Gold lost 0.09 percent to $1,265 an ounce Business News across Asia In Singapore, media is reporting that Asia now has more billionaires than the United States. According to a report from UBS, Asia now has a total of 637 billionaires, while the US has 563. China, unsurprisingly, led the growth in the number of billionaires with an increase of 27 percent from last year. Singapore came in second with an increase of 24 percent from the year before. People familiar with Singapore will probably guess that the large increase is mostly due to immigration of high net-worth individuals, largely from Mainland China, meaning that China is by far the top producer of new billionaires in the world. Featured image from Wikimedia Commons. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... 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Analysis Pre Market: Dollar Up, Stocks Flat as Trump Now Targets OPEC Published 10 hours ago on April 20, 2018 By Mate Cser Its been a quiet and neutral session so far in traditional global financial markets, as only cryptocurrencies experienced significant moves. Stocks are slightly lower after the open, with the S&P 500 drifting back to the key support/resistance zone below 2700 that is the mid-point of the consolidation pattern that developed after the February mini-crash. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. S&P 500, 4-Hour Chart Analysis With the economic calendar being empty, Donald Trump is making headlines again, this time attacking the OPEC for pushing oil prices artificially higher. Its hard to argue against the Presidents claim, as the cartel is openly aiming for higher prices with its concerted production cuts, so we just have to wait and see if Trump wants to open another geopolitical front. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Apple, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The trade spat with China continues to make waves as well, but for now, the market is stable despite the technical weakness, with no clear bearish catalyst present. Apple is weighing on the NASDAQ for the second day in a row, as it is down another 3% today just after the opening bell. On a positive note, the largest tech giants decline hasnt been a huge drag on the other crucial stocks like Amazon and Alphabet, and the resilience of the momentum leaders points could be the basis of another leg higher in the post-crash recovery. That said, we maintain our bearish short-term bias, based on technicals and the global divergences between equity markets. Aussie Rolls Over as Dollar Gains across the Board AUD/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The strength thin the USD is pushing commodities (in part thanks to Trump) and related currencies lower today, and as we warned yesterday, the Australian Dollar and the Canadian Dollar have been leading risk assets ever since early February, so should the downtrend in those currencies resume, it would be a bad omen for equities as well. EUR/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Meanwhile, the most traded currency pair is still trading in a broad consolidation pattern after failing near the upper boundary of the formation again, and as the tension in the market grows, a large momentum move could be around the corner, with the long-term trend still being bullish. Featured image from Shutterstock Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Mate Cser 4.5 stars on average, based on 227 rated postsTrader and financial analyst, with 10 years of experience in the field. An expert in technical analysis and risk management, but also an avid practitioner of value investment and passive strategies, with a passion towards anything that is connected to the market. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Market Overview Market Update: Consumer Staples Sink S&P 500 Index; Cryptocurrency Prices Rise $16 Billion Published 1 day ago on April 20, 2018 By Sam Bourgi U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, as consumer staples posted heavy losses amid corporate earnings season. Meanwhile, a broad recovery in altcoins led the digital currency market sharply higher. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Stocks Decline All of Wall Streets major indexes headed for losses, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.6% to 2,693.13. Nine of 11 sectors contributed to the decline, with the consumer staples component plunging 3.1%. Within the sector, tobacco plunged 11.5% after Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) posted first-quarter revenue that trailed forecasts. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Information technology shares also fell 1.1%, with Apple among the worst-performing companies in the sector. The technology-driven Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 0.8% at 7,238.06.The Dow Jones Industrial Average also fell 83.18 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 24,664.89. A measure of 30-day volatility known as the CBOE VIX reached a high of 16.92, which was still well below the historic average. The so-called fear index settled at 15.96 for a gain of only 2.3%. If after-hours trading is any indication, volatility could be on the rise on Friday. Several shares plunged after the bell following disappointing corporate earnings. Sketchers (SKX) fell 23%, Atlassian (TEAM) declined 11.3% and E*Trade (ETFC) was down more than 1%. Cryptocurrency Rally Intensifies Crypto assets extended their recovery on Thursday, with the most popular altcoins leading the rally. Ethereum rose 7.8% to $563, Ripple XRP gained 9.4% to $0.77 and bitcoin cash climbed 9.4% to $963.49 (all figures according to CoinMarketCap). Bitcoin also recorded gains, rising 1.4% to $8,287.88.As a result, the total value of the cryptocurrency market reached $358.4 billion, the highest since Mar. 14. The rally coincided with the end of U.S. tax season after the IRS extended the reporting deadline by 24 hours. U.S. cryptocurrency traders may have been on the hook for as much as $25 billion in capital gains taxes, based on recent estimates. However, that number has not been confirmed. The markets impressive recovery comes even as nations such as India introduce new restrictions of digital currency trading. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India banned regulated banks from facilitating cryptocurrency purchases. While India is among the worlds fastest-growing nations, it is a small player in the cryptocurrency market.News of the crackdown sent bitcoin prices to a low of $5,400 on domestic exchanges. Bitcoin is still trading at a discount on Indian exchanges, although the spread is less than $200, based on Unocoin exchange data. Disclaimer: The author owns bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but does not engage in short-term or day-trading. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. 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cryptocurrency space with IBM, Oracle, and Amazon and other multi-billion dollar companies trying to capitalize on the disruptive technology. Now, it’s time to find out what major Blockchain trends will define the current year.    Security tokens (STOs) have been a hot topic in the crypto space, and it looks like they will continue to be hot now that Overstock’s tZERO announced the launch of the new STO platform on Jan. 21. The Blockchain-powered platform will provide any company with the opportunity to raise funds by launching its own STOs. Prior to that, the startup made an announcement about the completion of its utility token distribution. STOs, which combine the best features of the stock market and cryptocurrencies, arose as a fully regulated alternative to ICOs, which turned out to be the passing fad of 2017.   The launch of the Estonia-based DEX, which buys the shares of the biggest companies in the world in the form of ERC20 tokens, proved that 2019 is all about tokenization. The Ethereum-powered startup will allow non-US investors to engage in the US stock market without any limitations pertaining to their location or investment amount.   Crypto startup Zilliqa also recently introduced Hg Exchange, a fully regulated exchange that allows accredited investors to buy US stocks.   Tokenization already became a pervasive trend in 2018, going far beyond the stock market, but this is the year when pretty much everything will be tokenized – art, wine, real estate, etc. 💼 Related ArticleBlockchain in the Supply Chain: Applications, Benefits, and Prospects Going Forward 🔥 Hot 1 month 1 week256 Back in January, leading digital security company Gemalto released a report that states that 23 percent of responders think that Blockchain technology could be a boon for securing IoT-powered devices. Meanwhile, almost 91 percent of businesses who do not utilize Blockchain consider making use of the technology in the future. The number of IoT-powered devices is expected to reach 26.66 bln in 2019, but less than half of all businesses can detect whether their device experienced a security breach.    IBM also illustrated the benefits for this convergence with the help of their game-changing platform Watson IoT. Apart from bringing more security to the table, Blockchain significantly simplifies the task of managing different devices and increases the efficiency of the transaction. 💼 Related ArticleBitcoin Profit Review: Too Good to Be True 🔥 Hot 3 months 2 weeks256 The fact that cryptocurrency prices took a nosedive in 2018 doesn’t mean that the global financial industry is going to suddenly give up on Blockchain. As U.Today reported earlier, Bakkt, the ICE-backed exchange, was supposed to go live in January, but its launch was eventually delayed due to the longest government shutdown in history. Speaking of other ‘big-fish’ players, NASDAQ and the NYSE plan to launch Bitcoin futures while also being keen on Blockchain. Since the crypto hub died down, there is a good reason to believe that 2019 will be the year of exciting developments in the Blockchain space. Decentralized exchanges, while actually living up to Satoshi’s vision, have numerous usability issues that take a toll on their popularity. There is no centralized authority that manages the users’ funds, but it’s also a double-edged sword problem – there is no way to revert a certain transaction if private keys are stolen or lost. Keep in mind that there are certain degrees of centralization. Case in point: the Bancor DEX, which suffered from a $13.5 mln hack, though Charlie Lee later claimed that no decentralized exchange can lose its funds.    With that being said, major crypto startups – from Binance to Tron – have launched their own DEXs in order to spearhead the shift towards decentralization in the crypto world.     The wide variety of Blockchain applications are being explored by governments across the globe (even those ones who are openly hawkish towards cryptocurrencies). China cracked down on Bitcoin, but this country is hell-bent on becoming the leader in the Blockchain race. Shanghai, Guangzhou and other major cities are all supporting Blockchain developments. As reported by U.Today, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched an initiative to incentivize business who are working with the DLT technology. Moreover, there are specific Blockchain guides in China for educating government officials. Estonia is yet another country that is focused on the e-Estonia program that will digitize the government. Meanwhile, Dubai could become the very first government that is powered by Blockchain. The implementation of Blockchain could help Dubai save up to $1.5 bln per year by cutting the red herring and creating a fully paperless government. 💼 Related ArticleBlockchain Certification: How to Get Certified in Blockchain Technology 🔥 Hot 1 week256 Africa, where a substantial part of the population remains unbaked, represents a breeding ground for different startups that utilize Blockchain technology in order to increase economic inclusiveness. The Rohingya Project went even further by using Blockchain to restore the identity of stateless Rohingyas and give them access to banking services.   It is worth noting that Blockchain is the most disruptive technology of the last decade, but it remains unknown to the general public. Yes, along with Bitcoin, Blockchain was one of the buzzwords in the tech space, but it’s all about real-world adoption. According to PwC research, 84 percent of companies have dipped their toes into Blockchain, but they are not ready to embrace it due to numerous ‘trust issues.’ Those who will be able to integrate Blockchain into their businesses will turn out to be the true winners of 2019. Without a doubt, scalability is one of the major bottlenecks of Blockchain, which poses a major hindrance to mainstream adoption. That became very evident when CryptoKitties, one of the best-known dApps, created congestion on the Ethereum network. Bitcoin and Ethereum are only able to handle seven and 25 TPS (this level of scalability doesn’t hold a candle to mainstream payment processors in the likes of VISA). Hence, many promising solutions, such as sharding and sidechains, are expected to be implemented in 2019. Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN), for example, is witnessing growing popularity with major industry players, with an eye-popping 830 percent surge in half a year. LN will significantly boost Bitcoin adoption while solving scalability pain points.   Despite Bitcoin, the major use case of Blockchain, taking a hammering in 2018, the number of Blockchain-related jobs continued to grow throughout the year. Moreover, as reported by CNBC, the salaries of Blockchain engineers skyrocketed to $175,000 per year, which means that they receive the highest salaries in the software development niche on par with AI specialists. According to Hired CEO Mehul Patel, ‘there’s a ton of demand for Blockchain.’ On top of that, Upwork, the leading freelance platform, had a 35,000 percent uptick in the number of Blockchain freelancers (it’s the fastest-growing freelance sector). However, earning a six-figure salary is not an easy feat. Blockchain developers have to code in numerous languages, including Go and Solidity. As mentioned above, major companies do not want to miss the boat on Blockchain, so they are striving to hire talented programmers.Mining in recent years has become an everyday occurrence. Someone sets up a home PC, someone opens farms or buys specialized expensive devices such as ASIC-miners.Today, lots of mining programs exist with extensive functionality. In addition to their direct responsibilities, which includes mining of coins, many of them also allow to monitor the status of the equipment, in particular, using temperature indicators and acceleration of video cards. There are both universal programs with the help of which different types of cryptocurrencies are mined. Some of them are intended for beginner-miners and have an intuitive interface, others are more for professionals – first of all, these are console versions.In general, while choosing the way of mining, it is necessary to take into account the following factors:Experienced miners prefer to use sophisticated software with much more nodes and functions. Such programs can be better adapted to a specific computer, which allows you to use its computing power to the maximum. Complex mining programs for Bitcoin mining include: CGMiner, Phoenix, DiabloMiner, Ufasoft Miner, BFGMiner. Working with them requires knowledge of MS DOS commands.For beginners, it is better to use software with a simple graphic design and a minimal additional options. They require less setup time and immediately focus on mining of cryptocurrency. In this case, you can use the next programs: GUI Miner, 50Miner, Easyminer, Bitminter. They have an intuitive interface and do not require special skills.In this article, we will analyze the best ways for Bitcoin mining in 2019.To facilitate the process of cryptocurrency mining, many applications have been created with a simple graphical interface, which are add-ons for more complex mining programs. One of the first such applications is GUIMiner. This is one of the mining programs which you can use for Bitcoin mining and it is especially popular among beginners.Designed for cryptocurrency mining on NVIDIA, AMD video cards, and processorsSolo mining is supported using the PoW algorithm with the SHA-256 hash functionAn important advantage is the automatic detection of PC components. In addition, there is the possibility of a high-speed transition of calculations to the integrated into the processor core. 💼 Related Article10 Best Cloud Mining Sites in 2019 🔥 Hot 1 week 2 days256 Before you start mining, you need to install the latest drivers for Nvidia video cards with support for CUDA technology, and for AMD video accelerators, the Stream SDK package or drivers with OpenCL support.To start the program, you need to double-click the application icon in the folder where it is located.To mine cryptocurrency with GUIMiner, you need to register on the pool, where the wallet address is indicated for the calculation of the mined coins.Then, in the main application window, select the required pool by clicking the “Server” drop-down menu, or select the Other line and enter your host information (network address and port for connection). In addition, one should enter the username and password specified during registration on the pool.After that, the mining rate is selected by selecting the CPU Affinity value (from 0 to 3 in our case). If you wish to use several devices at once, you can launch several miner windows and choose the necessary hardware in each of them.Manual settings made by Guiminer can be saved for future use via the file menu by selecting ‘save settings’. Then press the start button, after which the mining process begins.Overall, GUIMiner can immediately launch a large number of mining processes, which helps to significantly increase profit. Statistics are shown in one window for all users. In addition, it can be used to learn the basics of mining on old hardware.Besides GUIMiner, there are many other alternatives. So, let's analyze popular programs for Bitcoin mining.This is one of the most used and profitable mining programs with a fairly simple interface. The Bitminter Mining Pool exists since 2011. Its founder, Geir Hansen, is also the creator of one of the best graphic clients for Bitcoin mining. In addition, the Bitminter client can work with any GPU.The dial on the left displays the hash power. A user only needs to press the “Start Engine’’ to start mining.You can track the progress 24/7 by analyzing the statistics in the appropriate section, for example, the amount of evidence of work accepted and rejected by the server and the time spent on work.The Bitminter client also has a text console at the bottom of the window that provides information about the time and type of activated hardware, as well as connection to the mining pool.The software only operates with the Bitminter mining pool. This means that you need to create an account on the website. The company's servers are located in the USA and Europe, and the company generously shares remuneration with miners.CGMiner is one of the first applications developed by Con Kolivas and Andrew Smith for mining cryptocurrency. This is an open source application that has several versions for mining with GPU, CPU, ASICs on Windows, OSX, and Linux.The latest version of CGMiner was released on August 16, 2018, and is intended to work solely on FPGA and ASICs.CGMiner is especially popular with professional miners. There are a lot of different settings that help optimize the performance of the entire mining system. As a result, everyone gets a very high performance.Many parameters for settings. They optimize the operation of the system so that cryptocurrency mining becomes as efficient as possible.Very simple setup. Every newcomer who runs the program for the first time will figure out the interface in 10 to 15 minutes. You can very easily and simply evaluate all the benefits of the program.The software has integrated special stop-signals. Their task: warn about the presence of any critical errors, such as overheating, crashes, etc. The main thing is to keep your hardware in order so that it works as efficiently in the future as it did at the beginning. 💼 Related ArticleBest Cryptocurrency Mining Hardware in 2019 🔥 Hot 1 month 1 week256 In recent versions, mining with GPU has been discontinued.Inexperienced users find it difficult to configure.Less mining efficiency compared to programs with closed code.CGMiner used to be very popular among miners. Now it is not relevant for mining cryptocurrency with modern GPUs, but can be used on some ASICs. Developers can use this open source program to improve programming skills and create more advanced cryptocurrency applications.NiceHash is an open source software that allows users who do not have their own equipment to get Bitcoin. Everyone is able to rent computing power to earn BTC, LTC and other altcoins without buying hardware.NiceHash Miner works on the principle of cloud mining sites; customers are offered short-term contracts for the rental of computing power. This format of cooperation is extremely convenient and is also characterized by the absence of any risks. You do not have to pay fabulous electricity bills.This is not the cloud mining in the traditional sense, under the terms of which users pay for computing power belonging to the service. Rather, it is a capacity exchange.In terms of profitability, NiceHash is absolutely not inferior to the popular cloud mining services but only provided that the user understands how everything is arranged here. The risk of losing your money is still present, short-term contracts are a lottery in the hands of a beginner, and for a professional, on the contrary, it is a tool for making money.NiceHash platform can be identified as an exchange platform, respectively, here you can not only acquire but also sell computing power.Users of this service are engaged in mining cryptocurrency. First, the equipment is selected, then the pool, and then the algorithm.The intuitive interface allows you to quickly understand the functionality of the software. After a brief acquaintance with the software, you can get to work.Currently, there are only two versions of the program. Beginners should use Miner, designed to work with NVIDIA graphics cards. Compressed functionality allows you to quickly understand how the platform operates and start mining with GPU.The second option is NiceHash Miner Legacy, which in contrast to the old version, has enhanced functionality. The software can be used to work with equipment from AMD and NVIDIA.Inexperienced miners may encounter a huge number of different menus and buttons, as a result of which they will get confused and have difficulty setting up Miner Legacy, so it’s best to start with the first option.To ensure that the software functions correctly, follow the instructions provided.First, disable the antivirus, because it often becomes the cause of blocking the download of software. Also, antivirus can cause all sorts of errors in the program.It is necessary to download NiceHash from the official site or GitHub. Downloading software from the unknown sources is dangerous and the user exposes himself to the unjustified risk of installing malware. In the future, this may cause the loss of money earned by the miner.When the archive is downloaded, you need to extract its contents into a separate folder. Go to this directory and run the installation file (extension .exe). Once the installation menu opens, select the language and tick, confirming its agreement with all the rules of using NiceHash.Additional procedural norms are opened, they also need to be read and agreed.The system requirements of NiceHash Miner are minimal, so it is not necessary to have a powerful computer to work with this program. Installing and adjusting the miner takes relatively little time.When the program is installed to start mining, you must select the nearest localization. After that, click on the “Benchmark” button.As a result, the software will test the video card and select the most suitable cryptocurrency. The calculation process takes into account the power of the video card, the complexity of generating blocks and the current rate of cryptocurrency.While checking is done, we create a Bitcoin wallet. You also need to register for NiceHash Miner. You can create a wallet by installing a mobile application, a desktop program, or by creating an account on one of the online services. Also, the wallet can be registered on the cryptocurrency exchange. Then, you need to insert the wallet address into the appropriate section of the program, but this can be done only after the end of the check.To earn digital currency, you must first perform the steps described previously. After testing is complete, close the “Benchmark”. Then click the “Start” button, after which a special menu will open.The command line displays the available video cards and computing power. Dual mining is possible, which significantly increases the productivity of cryptocurrency mining. The service offers both GPU graphics cards and CPU processors for rent.The second window displays directly NiceHash Miner. Here you can see the daily yield. A little higher, namely in the tab “Bets / Groups / Device”, you can see the total speed of the hardware. The system will select the most profitable algorithm for your video card.If you click “Check Statistic” button in the browser, a page with static indicators will open. Here you can explore the profitability and efficiency of workers. 💼 Related ArticleWhat Cryptocurrency Can You Still Mine with GPU/CPU on Your PC in 2019? 🔥 Hot 2 weeks 3 days256 BFGMiner is one of the most popular software mining programs today. It was created specifically for ASIC-miners and it can work with some GPU, but you can hardly get a profit from them.BFG Miner is not difficult to set up. Using the instructions below, you can quickly configure everything correctly and start successful mining.The possibility of mining not only on graphics accelerators but also on CPUs, as well as on specialized FPGA-systems.The user is given quite a few keys to start, so you can make more detailed settings in the work.You can easily control and assign the fan speed in the cooling system.Slightly higher performance in comparison with many other mining programs.Work with many pools and quick switching between them.To download  BFGMiner, go to the official project website.You should not count on maximum performance unless the full potential of hardware is fully utilized. In this regard, not all miners can reveal the computer hardware to its full potential. However, BFGMiner is able to do it.BFGMiner can be run even on Raspberry Pi minicomputers. It functions perfectly not only on Windows but also on Linux.As a disadvantage, BFGMiner does not have a graphical shell. Any control actions are performed using the text command line. The user must keep in mind all the necessary keys and parameters. However, after some work with the program, everything seems quite simple and understandable.Before setting up the program, you need to select the cryptocurrency for mining (Bitcoin in our case). You will also need to open a cryptocurrency wallet and register on some pool.After you registered on the pool and got the wallet address, you will need to download the program archive from the official site. Developers strongly recommend downloading BFGMiner only from official sources.Having unpacked the archive in the right place, you need to create a bat-file to run the program. This is done, as a rule, with the help of a regular notebook. The name of the file can be given differently. The main thing is that the user should not forget it, so it is most often called start.bat or run.bat. 💼 Related ArticlePolice Mistake Mining Farm for Drug House, Break In, Owner Demands Compensation 🔥 Hot 2 weeks 3 days256 BFGMiner will be an excellent choice in many cases. This software allows you to make numerous settings through the command line. This option will suit more experienced users. In the case of BFGMiner, a variety of hardware can be used, not just graphics cards.Beginner miners can be recommended to run BFGMiner in a pair with the MultiMiner, which is more convenient with its graphical environment.An additional advantage of BFGMiner can certainly be considered the ability to monitor the system and adjust the speed of rotation of coolers. Moreover, management can be carried out even through a remote interface, being at any distance from the workstation.Even with the minimum necessary settings, the program will be able to work quite successfully. But here it is designed at most for AMD cards. Owners of Nvidia need to search for other applications.The mining program has a fairly simple interface, so it is very convenient for beginners. The client displays your daily expected profit when using current mining equipment.During installation, the resource asks you to send 1% of the profits to the developer’s purse as a present for creating this unique resource.MultiMiner is available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The application makes it easy to switch individual devices (GPU, ASIC, FPGA) between cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin. The program uses the basic engine (BFGMiner) to detect available hardware design tools and then provides an intuitive screen for selecting coins you would like to use.MultiMiner is designed to serve both new miners and experienced users, and also has a simple installation and lots of features.An intuitive interface allows users to quickly master itAbility to customize the strategy for the automatic launch of currenciesBuilt proxy Stratum allows you to find other miners in MultiMinerIntegration with online services ensures that information about available tokens is always relevantAvailability of direct access to the main arguments of mining analysis and API settingsAutomatic detection, monitoring, and control of autonomous miners (AntMiner, Avalon, and KnC)Remote monitoring, configuration, and management of any installation MultiMinerThe age of Bitcoin has already crossed the ten-year mark. In the beginning, almost no one knew about it, but over the past few years, the situation has changed.In 2017, creators of ASICs, for example, Bitmain, obtained hyper-profit from their products. But in 2019 it is vice versa. The rate of BTC does not allow users to purchase new equipment and the cost of electricity negates all payback wallets. Ledger Nano S is a first-class crypto wallet with great security functions. Since it’s an offline wallet, it is a great deal more secure than its counterparts. It leverages 2-step verification, which means no one can access the LTC depositary except its owner. Also, all personal information of the client is stored in a safe place thanks to private keys.Backup and restoration options. If you used to back up your funds regularly, this device will ease the task for you. It generates reserved copies and stores them in a separate recovery list – backups are very easy to activate and restore your funds.This is an LTC depositary for anybody to manage their crypto assets and check their balance. You can utilize the wallet to monitor your digital money online from anyplace.You don’t have to sign in to Rahakott using your email address, phone number or a nickname: one mnemonic phrase is enough to become a happy owner of the wallet. The framework is powered by two-factor validation. You can also utilize Rahakott to make several wallets from one account – for instance, if you need separate wallets for certain business tasks.  Rahakott wallets are "algoristic". According to the study of NewsBTC, this is a safer approach, as new addresses are generated for every new crypto transfer – it ensures anonymity.If you want to enjoy simple and easy control over your Litecoin wallet, pay utmost attention to the Atomic wallet – it’s a decent option for traders.The swap function enables you to make consistent and anonymous payments and exchange major cryptocurrencies. While so-called decentralized exchanges appear to be half-centralized, atomic swaps enabled by the platform are run by a smart contract. It is the warranty of excellent speed and reliability.Anyway, you don't need to be a specialist to benefit from them. Atomic Wallet has a clean UI and a comprehensible menu, so even beginners will feel comfortable while using it. The primary concern is the absence of integration with hardware wallets, but the platform creators promise to add this function soon.  All in all, Atomic Wallet is a superb option for those who need instant access to their digital money without a hitch. It’s an easy, comprehensible solution for both starters and professionals. 💼 Related ArticleLitecoin is Dead? Price Prediction LTC 2018 🔥 Hot 8 months256 You can store LTC four various ways – each kind of wallet has its own benefits, peculiarities, and disadvantages.Today, this is the most secure variation you can discover. A hardware wallet is a gadget on which you can store digital currency staying disconnected from the Internet, protecting it against hackers and malware. Scared of losing or harming your hardware wallet? The vast majority of such devices enable the client to restore his funds on such occasions. The primary downside of such wallet is that you need its physical presence to deal with your assets. Also, such a device costs about $99 and higher.Online wallets are the most common choice of crypto asset proprietors: they are free and very simple in use, don't need space on the client's PC, and some even offer multi-currency support. You can get access to an online wallet from any place where you have an Internet connection. However, online wallets are far not the most secure option around – they frequently become the target of hackers, and no website can guarantee you 100% protection against attacks.  These wallets are pretty much the same as online wallets, with one difference: they are installed right on the user’s device and should rather be used by tech-savvy folks. This is the primary kind of wallet that was introduced before all else. Desktop wallets are not widespread today since they require much space on a client's PC: an uploaded blockchain can weigh hundreds of gigabytes.There are also mobile wallets: they take space on users’ smartphones, but not so much (up to 100 Mb depending on the application used). This is a good alternative for traders who prefer managing their crypto riches on the go. The vast majority of such apps are intuitive and simple. However, it’s far from being the safest solution, so don’t store large sums of LTC using a mobile crypto wallet – there’s always the risk of hacking or losing your device.These are simply bits of paper on which you have private keys printed. This kind of wallet is regularly utilized together with safe boxes at banks, where financial specialists store valuable papers. Sound senseless? Don’t hurry to judge — the Winklevoss twins used to keep their private keys in safe deposit boxes. It was a smart decision, wasn’t it?Now that you know how to choose an LTC wallet and which solutions are worth consideration, it's time to register and transfer your crypto assets. The amount of available Litecoin wallets is overwhelming, but don't let it confuse you. With this guide, you will definitely make the right choice. Going to be involved in active trading? Online and mobile wallets are best suited for that: you will enjoy instant access to trading platforms and quick transactions.Want a highly reliable solution for long-term storage? Opt for hardware and paper wallets, especially when it comes to huge amounts of Litecoin.As for the security of storage, you cannot rely on the wallet alone. No matter which solution you choose, you always remain responsible for the safety of your private keys. So make sure it's stored in a safe place that no one else can get access to.How to choose a cryptocurrency that will be profitable in the future? This is a difficult question and must be approached with the utmost seriousness. Besides Bitcoin, there are dozens of other promising coins, and sometimes when the rate of the main cryptocurrency falls, the prices of altcoins increase. To predict what digital asset will grow in 2019, you need to understand the structure of the market.First of all, you should study all the offers on the market and choose the most top-rated currencies. We conducted an analysis and identified 10 altcoins that, in our opinion, are the most profitable for investment today. So let's consider the most promising digital assets on the market.The EOS platform is one of Ethereum's competitors, which promises to solve the scaling problem by providing a more reliable set of tools for building and running applications. The capitalization of the token makes up about 3 billion US dollars, and it ranks fourth on the list of top cryptocurrencies.The platform has moved from the Ethereum blockchain to its own.On May 6, 2018, a new version of the software for the EOS blockchain called Dawn 4.0 was released.Reputation of the team. All three developers - Dan Larimer, Brendan Blümer and Brock Pierce - have launched successful platforms and businesses in the past. Dan, a technical director, created the Bitshares and Steemit coins, which entered the top 50 coins by market capitalization. In addition, he worked on the technology of Graphene blockchains. Brendan and Brock also have impressive experience in creating successful startups.Taken together, the positive news is pushing the cost of the token up, despite the decline of Bitcoin and other digital assets.It is impossible to make a rating of promising cryptocurrencies in 2019 without Ethereum, which is a part of the platform for developing decentralized applications.The first thing to note is that the forecasts for 2017 turned out to be even more pessimistic. Many assumed that by the end of the year the rate of ETH would be about $1,000. However, the cost of 1 coin was higher by almost $300. Moreover, there were suggestions that the price of $1K would be reached only by 2019. No one excludes the possibility that the rate will grow and then fall to these values, although a number of analysts suggest a further increase in the cost of Ethereum. At the same time, many people do not forget to remind that any cryptocurrency is characterized by strong fluctuations in exchange rate, therefore regular kickbacks in cost are quite likely.It is only important to choose the right moment to understand whether it is worth continuing to hold money in this currency or whether it is time to sell it. Many expect the cost of one coin in the range of 5,000-7,000 dollars. Currently, Ethereum is the second cryptocurrency after Bitcoin by capitalization.On April 30, 2018, Buterin announced the introduction of Sharding into the blockchain of the main network and a partial transition to the PoS confirmation algorithm.Developers are constantly testing new features and implement successful ones. For example, a Metropolis update was released, which improved throughput, and soon Constantinople will be implemented.Despite the fact that now ICOs are not as popular a trend as they were in 2017, around 90% of blockchain startups conduct token sales on the Ethereum platform.Cardano is an Ethereum rival and is designed to operate with smart contracts. It is a promising cryptocurrency aimed at the democratization of finance and the formation of a decentralized economy.One of the creators of Cardano is Charles Hoskinson, who participated in the development of Ethereum. Cardano’s platform code is one of the most secure. The project also works very closely with government regulatory authorities, in particular to fight against money laundering. The high level of confidence in the developers made it possible for this project to raise a whopping $500 million in investment for its ICO. Cardano is currently 11th in the cryptocurrency rating on capitalization.New exchange listings. Binance expanded the number of trading pairs by adding ADA/BNB and ADA/USDT. Also, Huobi added the coin to its listings. This has already had a positive effect on the cost of the token.Compatibility with other platforms for working with smart-contracts.Experts note the similar features of the cryptocurrency with Bitcoin and Ethereum, so the success and development of Cardano depends on the scale of its adoption throughout the world.In 2018, the company produced and delivered ATMs throughout Japan, which made Cardano more popular in Japan and Asia. 💼 Related Article5 Most Promising Cryptocurrencies with High Potential in 2019 🔥 Hot 1 week 5 days256 Many people have already paid attention to Ripple, which is connected not so much with the advantages of the coin, as with its features. The bottom line is that the currency is not even an altcoin since it was not created on blockchain technology, but as a completely independent monetary system.The project cannot boast a stable rate, but it has a large number of partners who have successfully implemented its technology. Today, such giants as the National Park of Abu Dhabi, UBS, and Santander cooperate with this cryptocurrency.Last year, XPR showed stunning dynamics, its rate has increased almost 600 times. The coin has great prospects of becoming a mediator that connects the cryptocurrency industry and the banking sector. In this case, the rate of the token token can reach new highs.Also, it is worth noting that the Ripple project is being developed under the strict guidance of world banks. This means that it is in the largest regulatory field, compared with other cryptocurrencies. Therefore, its growth can be faster than the growth of other coins.It is a token of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, which has the same name. It gives the opportunity to receive discounts on commissions in the amount of 50%, but every year this number will decrease.The popularity of the currency is ensured by the demand for the exchange, which now occupies the first place in the daily trading volume of Ethereum, 4th place — Bitcoin, 3rd place — Bitcoin Cash, 2nd place — Litecoin, 1st place — Neo. As the exchange grows and develops, its token also increases in value. In addition, the site’s management buys back a portion of the coin in order to increase the value of the remaining ones. This is another feature that will positively affect the value of the asset.In general, the coin is very strongly tied to the exchange. However, the value of it has increased by more than 100 times in 2018, and in the future, an even greater increase in the price of the asset is expected.BNB cryptocurrency is available for trading on the following popular exchanges: Binance, LBank, Exrates, Gate.io, HitBTC, and Bancor Network.This is a Bitcoin fork, an improved counterpart. It has very low commissions and scalability. Its functionality is identical to that of Bitcoin, although there are a number of improvements.  For example, the SegWit update to increase block size was integrated into Litecoin before Bitcoin. Litecoin creator Charlie Lee recently proposed the best method for calculating the cost of a transaction commission. According to him, the correct assessment of the commission will solve the problem of some BTC wallets when the network is overloaded. Lee wants this solution to appear first in Litecoin and then implemented in Bitcoin. Litecoin is trying to separate itself from associations with BTC with a new logo and vision for the future. But it is obvious that it will continue to maintain close ties with the Bitcoin network.Litecoin is a good choice for long-term investment for the following reasons:The number of payment terminals accepting Litecoin for payment is growing. In Argentina, there will be more than 4,000.Cryptocurrency has been added to new exchanges. In 2018, it has been already included in the listing of large platforms: Korbit, Gemini, ZebPay and others.On July 2, 2017, BTC China (one of the largest mining pools) added the possibility of Litecoin mining.Cooperation with financial organizations. An agreement has been signed with the Aliant processing center.Very low fees. For example, a $0.4 commission was paid for a transaction of LTC 700,000 thousand ($100 million). A transaction was confirmed in 2.5 minutes. An ordinary bank transfer takes a few days and costs much more. 💼 Related ArticleEthereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin or Ripple: What’s The Most Eligible $100 Investment in 2019? 🔥 Hot 1 month 1 week256 The basis of the TRON project is the implementation of a fully decentralized Internet. In this network, any user can share any content and perform completely secure transactions without being tied to a specific site. The result is the merging of various ideas from popular blockchains on the TRON network.Using this platform, users can publish and, in the future, store program and information data, distribute them online, as well as promote their content through the release and distribution of digital assets.At its core, the Tron platform resembles Google Play and the App Store. However, it has a number of advantages that are associated with the use of blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency market as a whole. TRX, the project’s cryptocurrency, is in the top 10 popular cryptocurrencies, with a capitalization of 1.6 billion US dollars.The platform has already switched to its own blockchain. TRX has become a coin and will no longer be considered an ERC20 token.Project founder Justin Sun said that he would use all his connections to conclude a contract with Alibaba, where he had previously worked.The main investors of the cryptocurrency are Chinese users, confirming the coin’s prospects since China is one of the largest entertainment centers.Tron collaborates with large IT and blockchain companies such as Bitmain, ICO-365, Bixin, Gravityless, and OpenLedger, which adds weight to the project within the crypto community.Additionally, in 2019, the Tron Foundation will have its own accelerator: Tron Accelerator, an incubator program for financing the creation of a dApp, which will inevitably have a positive impact on TRX.The Tron Foundation has many plans for 2019. In addition to events, the company intends to open access to smart-contracts for ICOs, which will also allow the same platform to be used for crowdfunding. Thus, it is hoped that the year 2019 will be completely “bullish” for Tron (TRX).This platform (and cryptocurrency) is a development for a very fast-growing segment of the Internet of Things. We, in particular, are talking about everyday life devices (refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, stoves, toothbrushes, kettles, components of a smart home, various sensors, etc.), which are increasingly able to go online to complement and simplify our lives.The goal of the IOTA project is a unified infrastructure for Internet things, with the possibility of fast transactions without fees and data exchange with a high degree of protection.The community is increasingly interested not in speculation, but in real working technologies.The Internet of Things is only at the beginning of its journey, but it is evolving with increasing speed.The reputation of the project is more than positive.The team has many plans to expand the functionality of the platform.The IOTA blockchain solves immediate scalability and transaction speed issues.The team does its best to promote the product. One of the most relevant events with their participation was at the second annual blockchain week (the largest event in Asia) in January 2019. 💼 Related ArticleIOTA Price Prediction 2018- How Much Will the Cost of IOTA be? 🔥 Hot 7 months 2 weeks256 Based on the above, we can assume that 2019 should be a turning point for the cryptocurrency and for the entire project. Among many projects that offer ideas for the Internet of things, IOTA has the most thorough technical and organizational base. Accordingly, the popularity of the token will grow. Achieving a price of $1 per coin is the goal of the first half of 2019. Further growth is possible, but not on such a scale.If you focus on the entire market, then in 2019 the coin should return to the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.NEO was launched in 2014, and in 2017 it experienced a complete rebranding. The crypto community calls the platform NEO “Chinese Ethereum.” Such a comparison is acceptable because these projects have the same functionality — they are designed to develop decentralized applications. An important difference between NEO and Ethereum is their target users. It is worth mentioning that NEO is designed for Chinese developers of decentralized applications. The capitalization of the coin is about $600 million, and it ranks 17 on the list of the most popular cryptocurrencies.NEO is a promising cryptocurrency for investment for the following reasons:A number of major exchanges have already listed this coin: Binance, LiveCoin, HitBtc, Bittrex, and Cryptopia.Fast speed of operations, which provides the lowest cost of commission and gives the opportunity for micro-transactions using smart contracts.In 2018, the cost of the cryptocurrency reached its maximum — $180, after which it began to decline. The success of this project will directly depend on two factors: the loyalty of the Chinese government and the general recovery of the market.According to our observations, the potential for growth of NEO is large because after reaching a maximum, the value of the coin decreased 25 times. Most likely, in 2019, we will be able to see the coin approaching the new peaks.Stellar is a decentralized platform for fast and cheap transactions. It is the fork of Ripple with the removed flaws. The main pros of Stellar can be considered the scalability and openness of its source code. The indicative point of this cryptocurrency system is that it is able to cope with thousands of transactions carried out within one second without problems. In this case, the confirmation of a transaction takes no more than 5 seconds, which is an unattainable result for modern cryptocurrencies. Similar characteristics of Stellar allow it to compete on equal terms with money transfer bank services.Also, one of the most important advantages of the coin is the presence of support for SCP technology, which allows network participants to engage in the exchange of cryptocurrency, fiat money, and tokens and other assets without any restrictions. Thus, this technology compares favorably to the more common PoW software protocol.At the same time, it is impossible not to mention the support of the possibility of using smart contracts, as well as multi-signatures. This makes it possible to significantly expand the functional component of this coin.It is likely that these positive features of Stellar will allow it to quickly gain a dedicated user audience that appreciates constant technical innovations that can improve the work inside the crypto network.The capitalization of XLM is 1.7 billion US dollars, and it ranks 8 in the overall ranking.Solving the issue with scaling. Lightning has already been tested on the blockchain.Growth in the number of projects conducting ICOs on the Stellar platform.Expansion of the list of exchanges where the coin is traded.Stellar is a promising coin for cooperation with financial institutions. This is an important point to determine the path of movement of cryptocurrency: the more banks start working with it, the more it will grow in value.There are a large number of different cryptocurrency projects on the market, but not all of them have a future. Bitcoin remains the most popular one. This is partly due to the fact that it was the very first cryptocurrency. But gradually, users are seeing the many benefits of altcoins, and that is why they are growing in value. In order to feel more comfortable in this not very predictable market, it is best to diversify your risks and purchase 10-20 different coins. Such an approach will help protect your investment from large losses.There is a real cryptocurrency conundrum when it comes to Bitcoin adoption given that many people hold Bitcoin without actually spending it. However, Bitcoin debit cards are poised to be a game-changer that will bridge the two rivaling industries to alleviate the task of making crypto payments. Hence, U.Today presents our ten picks for the best Bitcoin debit cards.      Wirex is a London-based cryptocurrency-oriented company with offices around the globe. The startup, which appeared on the market back in 2014, has a cryptocurrency debit card among its most significant offers.    The Visa-powered debit card supports multiple major altcoins apart from Bitcoin. On Jan. 10, Wirex also added WAVES to the list of digital assets that can be seamlessly converted to fiat money.Wirex is certainly a top-of-mind option for anyone who wants to spend their digital assets anywhere in the world where VISA cards are accepted. Those who complete their identity verification can spend up to $10,000 per day without any additional limits being imposed. Wirex users have to shell out a 1 percent monthly maintenance fee. The startup is focused on the European market, but Wirex announced its plans about its expansion into the US and Asia in the future.US residents can opt for another established industry player — BitPay. BitPay is one of the most popular cryptocurrency payment providers in the world that now has more than 10,000 merchants onboard (the lion’s share of them come from North America). The company’s debit card is available nationwide, which also gives it an edge over competitors who struggle with regulations in separate states. After initially starting with BTC, BitPay announced its support for BCH in March 2018. So far, BTC and BCH remain the only cryptocurrencies that can be used for topping up your bank account. Notably, cryptocurrency balances on the BitPay card remain in US dollars, which may serve as a hedging mechanism in the mercurial industry.   The card costs $9.95 (it takes about a week to be delivered), but keep in mind that there is no maintenance fee and no transaction fee. US residents have to pay a 2 percent commission for ATM withdrawals (3 percent for withdrawing funds outside of the US).Just like Wirex, Cryptopay is yet another London-based startup that is designed for European customers. As of now, Cryptopay is also in talks to bring its payment service to Singapore.    The startup allows you to order a plastic card that will arrive in three to eight weeks or get a virtual card. The latter only costs $2.50 in stark contrast to the $15.00 you will have to fork out in order to buy the plastic card.Cryptopay issues plastic prepaid cards in EUR, GBP, USD, and RUB. It supports four digital assets.A wider range of available currencies comes at a price. Unlike Bitpay, Cryptopay has a $1 maintenance fee, and the ATM fee is also a tad costlier — $2.50 for domestic transactions and $3.50 for international ones. 💼 Related Article5 Best Bitcoin Debit Cards 2018: Safe, Fast and Reliable 🔥 Hot 3 months 3 weeks256 Shift is a debit card for US customers that was rolled out by San Francisco-based cryptocurrency giant Coinbase to give the exchange’s users the possibility to easily spend Bitcoin. After depositing your Bitcoin, the debit card will be linked to your Coinbase wallet. Hence, the card balance will be denominated in BTC. Shift will record the spot Bitcoin price on the exchange when you make a transaction).With the Shift Bitcoin debit card, the hefty $20 insurance fee might be disappointing, but it’s only a one-time payment, and Shift eliminates exchange fees and transaction fees. Although, ATM withdrawals are pricey – it offers the same rates as Cryptopay (a flat $2.5 withdrawal fee for US customers and a $3.5 fee for those who want to cash out Bitcoin abroad).   NB! Keep in mind that the card is not available in all US states (you can check the whole list here).This is an exclusive offer from the European banking startup Revolut. The elegant metal cryptocurrency debit card with 1 percent cashback will set you back £12.99 per month or £120 per year, but it comes with numerous advantages. However, those who withdraw less than £600 in a month are not supposed to pay any fees.    The state-of-the-art card supports Bitcoin and other five major cryptocurrencies that can be converted into more than 150 fiat currencies. Moreover, as U.Today reported earlier, Revolut customers will get access to such services for free:  Uquid definitely stands out from the pack since it offers more than 75 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and major altcoins.  It is a pre-loadable credit card that accepts such fiat currencies as EUR, GPD, and USD. Even those who don’t have a bank account can use the card nonetheless.The startup offers you two types of accounts: silver and gold. If you choose the first option, your daily spending limit will be set at $150 worth of cryptocurrencies. In order to increase this limit, you will have to upgrade your account to gold by verifying your identity. The verification procedure requires you to provide the scans of your ID, driving license, proof of residence, etc. With a gold account, you will be able to make unlimited purchases (the same applies to maximum ATM withdrawals).  NB! Uquid also has its own cryptocurrency called Uquid Coin (UQC) that can be used for paying trading fees, bills, mobile top-ups, etc.      💼 Related ArticleBest Cryptocurrency Investment Strategy for 2019: Surviving the Bear Market Edition 🔥 Hot 2 weeks256 SpectroCoin is yet another popular debit card that can be denominated in USD and EUR. Just like Uquid, it offers a great variety of digital currencies, so that altcoin lovers do not have to limit themselves to Bitcoin and a few major coins. The Lithuania-based startup can deliver its physical Bitcoin cards to practically any country, but the shipping will cost you $50.00. However, SpectroCoin offers a virtual card as well for €9.00 with instant delivery.There is a 3 percent exchange fee that is coupled with a monthly $1.00 service fee. On top of that, there is a flat $2.5 fee if you would like to cash out your Bitcoin.          It is mandatory for SpectroCoin debit card users to be KYC verified, but you still will not be allowed to deposit more than $250 per day. Only those who obtain the VIP status after submitting their ID and utility bill will increase their withdrawal limits to $5,000.FuzeX is a cryptocurrency card that can store up to 40 digital assets and exchange with the help of any of 40 mln ATMs around the globe with a real-time exchange rate. It is worth noting that they snubbed Bitcoin and went Bitcoin Cash instead, but they later added Ethereum and their native token. The physical card will be suitable for conducting contactless payments (you simply have to hand your card to the merchant who will process your payment as an ordinary one).     💼 Related Article5 Most Promising Cryptocurrencies with High Potential in 2019 🔥 Hot 1 week 5 days256 AdvCash offers payments in USD, GBP, EUR, and RUB, but it won’t ship its card to more than 50 countries (the Middle Eastern countries, Venezuela and even the US). You can use the AdvCash debit card anonymously, but the withdrawal limit for unverified users is set at 500 USD (those who opt for identity verification could go for $3,000). You can get your card shipped for as little as $4.99 if the order is shipped right after the registration. There are no fees to top up your e-wallet, but transferring funds from the wallet incurs a flat fee ($0.99).They also have competitive withdrawal fees — only $1.99 for withdrawing Bitcoin converted to the fiat currency of your choice. It doesn’t stop there — AdvCash won’t charge service fees, which means that you will save that dollar every month.Bitwala is a relatively new debit card that also boasts support for multiple cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin + more than 40 other options). However, as expected, its flexibility comes with a hardly competitive fee schedule that is similar to that of SpectroCoin. You can order to the card on the official website, but resents beware: Bitwala doesn’t operate in the US. The card can be shipped in only five business days if you are ready to shell out a €69 fee.

many interesting and exciting opportunities presenting themselves: NXT COMMUNITY IGNIS Logo Bounty: 3000 NXT The Nxt Giveaways Continue NXT and Ardor Available in Payza Exchange NXT AE Janus Summary & TradeMimic Claim your Adelphoi Tokens! NXT Asset SilverCoin ICO Begins DEVELOPMENT Smart Phasing with Ardor Weekly Reminder PRICE EVOLUTION TradingView NXT Cup and Handle Pattern (Possibly Down) TradingView NXTBTC Buy Set Up TradingView ARD we Missed the Plane but Weekly NXT/ARDR Price Evolution This weeks newsletter is put together by apenzl, jagd, rubenbcand Jose. NXT COMMUNITY IGNIS logo Lets Create One Together! We need your assistance Nxters! One of the best aspects of the Nxt community is our amazingly dedicated members. Wonderful members have been working on the creation of a suitable logo for IGNIS, the first child chain to be issued on the Ardor Platform. Our unstoppable Ardor forging platform needs a suitably awesome and iconic logo for the first child chain. With that in mind, we have a new incentive, a bounty if you will. Excerpts of the framework are as follows: Marenkar: A couple of notes () after speaking with some others: 1) We would need the logo icon to be able to work when squared, as in being put in a frame with four equal sides. Sorry for not stating this earlier. 2) The word IGNIS is not required to be part of the logo, but it can be there. Bounty The designer of the selected entry will receive for their efforts 3000 NXT, which is about 500 USD with current exchange rates. one-together!/ (Back to the Index) The Nxt Giveaways Continue Easier hunt this week, 30 redeemable beer assets hanging on the blockchain to celebrate life, summer and the raising awareness of Nxt and Ardor, released for you at block height 1364704. My Round. #OpEasterEgg pic.twitter.com/cVaNWxwlTz EasterEggs (@OPeasterEggs) June 22, 2017 Not planning a visit to Copenhagen? You can transfer the asset to a friend instead. INT. KATES JOINT, COPENHAGEN N EVENING First NxtBeer claimed, redeemed for an ecological pilsner from rbk Brewery. A new Easter egg hunt starts this week, and of course, takes place on the Nxt blockchain. Actually, can any other blockchain offer its users the ability to set up a treasure hunt via its Client GUI? To get access to the EastereggsNxt account and to learn about the hunts, read back.Is there a nicer way to learn about Nxt and Ardor child chains? Nxters, please help spread the word, plus follow https://twitter.com/OPeasterEggs. Now get to work, Travin! (Back to the Index) NXT and Ardor Available in Payza Exchange The Payza Exchange continues to grow the list of altcoins accepted as deposit options on the exchange, and this includes Nxt and Ardor. Cryptocurrencies continue to grow and gain mainstream acceptance. This is significant for us because it means that it will be very easy for Payza and other exchanges to add any asset of Monetary System that is issued on the Nxt or Ardor blockchain. Members in most countries can now sell Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, Zcash and dozens of other cryptocurrencies to Payza. Recently, Payza announced full Bitcoin support. Now, Payza has added altcoins as a deposit option, letting verified members sell the most popular Bitcoin alternatives. Over 50 different altcoins can now be exchanged with Payza, the full list can be found by accessing the altcoin deposit option within your Payza Account. In the future, Payza members will also be able to buy altcoins, similar to how they can currently buy Bitcoin from Payza. ereum-ripple-litecoin-more-sell-altcoins-payza/ (Back to the Index) NXT AE Janus Summary & TradeMimic Bjorn, the marketing director of Janus, has announced that he will now put forth 100% of his energy into Janus business work and to kick off TradeMimic.com. Hello everyone, recently our team had a meeting (which we do almost weekly). This one however, focused on the priority of work and business direction. The past 5-6 weeks Ive been working on a side project for both the Janus and Ethereum classic community. I believe that its very helpful for our future growth and opens many doors and new opportunities for JNS investment. The one drawback in our timeline is there is simply too much work with regards to upcoming business for me to finish, package, launch, and market the project Ive been consumed with the past weeks. We identified the overwhelming need to focus much harder on our business work instead. So from this point, the work Ive been doing which expanded our blockchain presence, will be put on hold until 4 things that take priority over it are completed. This will actually benefit the side project and overall health of potential success in business and meeting timelines in a much better fashion. So at this point we have basically 1. Wrap up etcbets.com little issues. 2. Upgrade BetterBets to new framework and games. 3. Finish content scraper site while testing potentially 1-2 new developers. (This is a side business that may or may not feed back to Janus tokens depending on their success rate) 4. Focus entirely on the creation, marketing, and launch of trademimic.com Work and Janus team focus will be in that order, holding company creation should fall somewhere between action items #3-#4 Thank you for understanding, in my ambition sometimes I can become nearsighted to business need. And it was my team who reminded me of value focus before anything else.So big thank you to @ascendus @lobos and @almo3ree23 That, Nxters, in my humble opinion, is will, insight and showing respect towards ones ecosystem at its highest. Dividend incoming In case you hold JNS on exchanges, remember to have your Janus tokens in your Nxt wallet or on Stock.exchange by July 1st to receive Janus profit sharing. Sporting Janus https://twitter.com/Janus_Token/status/878965249675808768 Taking the #Janus project mainstream will be done in several steps, in public and online. #nolimits #business $NXT $BTC $JNS $ETC pic.twitter.com/iFWE2DzeKw Luis_Batista (@FloatingLamps) June 21, 2017 More information: #janusproject (JoinNxtchat on Slack)| Twitter History and news: https://www.nxter.org/ae-janus-4348103880042995903 (Back to the Index) Claim your Adelphoi Tokens! Adel, the forward moving blockchain incubator recently ICOed their Adelphoi (ADL) token and raised more than a million Euro. The Nxt based ADL token gives voting rights to individuals (members) that hold more than 2BTC equivalent (1BTC for initial investors). ADL is trading on the free and decentralized global Asset Exhange as well as on Stocks.exchange, and the Adel team and community is currently working on getting ADL listed on more exchanges. The distribution to initial investors is ongoing. Claim now gdusil: Over 200 Stakeholders still need to get their ADL coins. Reminders have been sent to confirm + validate your account if you havent done so already. Here is the guide, in case you missed it: n/ Members only livecalls We have over 25 project submission ideas and voting members are now being offered monthly live calls (to dial-in by audio or video) to give you updates on Adel, and hosted by top minds in business, blockchain and crypto. The goal is to establish a process for new idea submissions and to educate you on best practices for business planning, promotion and incubation. Our first members only meeting is scheduled for July 3, 2017 at 20:00 CEST (UTC +2). More information: www.adelphoi.io Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Reddit (Back to the Index) NXT Asset Silvercoin ICO Begins Silvercoins ICO went live on June 21 and runs until July 19. No bonus for early birds to miss as the price of Silvercoins (SVC) is fixed at a 0.00003 BTC equivalent per coin during the crowdsale. Purchases can be made with NXT, BTC, credit cards, bank transfers etc. Silvercoins creators proclaim in their whitepaper that the asset will Solve the main problem facing independent website owners while solving the main problem facing the planet at the same time. Dont take our word for it, here is an excerpt: Those problems are named as Lack Of Website Monetization and Centralized Information. The solution is SilverCoin, the universal web monetization and community engagement platform that rewards you for sharing information and enabling others to do the same. Its based on the Proof-of-Change (POC) protocol, where the more information you share and the more people you reach the more you earn, and the more you change the world. With the result being an exponentially growing global peer-to-peer decentralized web information network. This Proof-of-Change crypto-affiliate protocol is incentivized by a blockchain-secured deflationary rewards structure, which offers a truly equal opportunity to all people. Another blockquote explains how the team will utilize Nxt/Ardor: SilverCoin will initially be built using a modular integrative design that utilizes the best technologies currently available. The three major technologies to be integrated into SilverCoins POC protocol (NXT, PAP, SMS) are all real world tested, arguably the best in their field and all are built around APIs and Plugins and are specifically designed for integration. NXT was selected as the core blockchain tech for SilverCoin because in addition to the secure blockchain it provides many others features required by SilverCoin, including a decentralized asset exchange, marketplace, voting and cloud storage. By using NXT/Ardor, our blockchain is maintained, secured and upgraded by some of the most-qualified blockchain devs on the planet, the NXT team. Post Affiliate Pro (PAP) is the top affiliate tracking software available today. It contains multiple levels of tracking such as Browser cookies, HTML5 cookies, Flash cookies and IP address tracking. It provides lifetime and multi-level commissions, as well as multilingual support, banner ads, a secure dashboard, encrypted commission tracking and detailed reporting. Its also a one-time cost for a lifetime license with continual updates and it comes with full dev. support, pay as you go and is designed for platform integration. SMS verification provides an effective and low cost method to authenticate users at signup by having them verify that they are a real person, which is an essential internet-independent component in negating sign-up fraud. But what gives Silvercoin its value, one could ask? At first glance, it appears as if their method is building a viral marketing network around their asset and having a paid SilverPlan. From the whitepaper: [A] major aspect of SilverPlan is the Marketplace where you will be able to exchange your silvercoins for products and services. The 2 products planned to roll out first will be silver bullion coins and affordable website design packages. SilverPlan will also include advanced video series on marketing, trading and wellness. In addition, it will act as a bridge connecting the Internet to Maidsafes Safenet. SilverPlan will require its own whitepaper before development begins. So, it seems they want SVC to become a coin with real value inside the ecosystem they build.Maybe the way to obtain changes in this world really is by giving people the tools, as humans, no matter who they are, to become damn cool marketers and work together as a decentralized force in a fight for spreading truthful non-governmental approved information throughout the world. Incentivized by SVC coin bounties, and a building urge to learn more, do more, grow, help others grow, become the breathing outreaching starfish to be named: Proof. Of. Change. The setup seems unorthodox, to say the least. Unfortunately, we have not yet had a chance to interview the creators behind the project and coin offering. Anticipate us doing so very soon! SVC can be bought on the Nxt Asset Exchange with NXT and from c-cex.com with BTC, at your own risk. Source and more information: https://silvercoin.io/ https://www.nxter.org/ae https://c-cex.com/?p=svc-btc (Back to the Index) DEVELOPMENT Smart Phasing with Ardor Nxt Phasing is the ability to split a Nxt transaction up into 2 phases (broadcasting it > executing it) and to set multiple conditions (up to 10) before the transaction is executed. Riker announces that Phasing will be even smarter on Ardor: To support more advanced phasing logic, we now added to Ardor the ability to create Composite voting models. A composite model defines the voting models building blocks and the logic to bind them into an Approve or Reject decision. The composite model supports the AND (&), OR (|) and NOT (!) logical operators and defines an expression which applies these operators on a combination of simple voting models. Examples: Using a NOT operator, allows you to setup a dead man switch so that funds are transferred to another account only in case an account did not approve this transaction until a certain height i.e. the account owner is assumed dead. Using a NOT and AND operators, you can define that a transaction is approved at certain height only if none of the accounts in the whitelist has voted against it. You can also define more complex conditions like approve a transaction only in case an account from a whitelist (i.e. a regulator, manager, judge etc) has approved it OR an account holding a certain number of tokens approved it i.e a user a stake holder etc. The feature is not yet on testnet. Credits goes to petko for developing the server side logic. hasing/msg233226/?topicseen#msg233226 Links: https://nxter.org/tutorials https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-nxt-great-1-phasing-bas-wisselink (Back to the Index) Weekly Reminder This new section is dedicated to the technical side of our platform. We are often asked questions about Nxt, Ardor, IGNIS, and blockchains that have been previously answered.So, just in case you have forgotten, or in case you are brand new to this scene and want to easily and efficiently learn to become a Nxter a very sacred community we present to you the inaugural section of the Weekly Reminder. About BTC and fiat on the Ardor Platform From Riker, a platform core dev for both Nxt and Ardor: We are working on an Ardor child chain pegged to BTC where the peg is ensured by a 3rd party business such as crypto exchange. Youll be able to convert real BTC to child chain BTC at 1:1 ratio and then exchange these BTC using the on blockchain coin exchange to Ardor or Ignis or youll be able to trade existing assets directly against these child chain BTC so that asset price is denominated in BTC. Similarly we are planning an EUR pegged chain and perhaps also a USD one. Last weeks newsletter had vital information about our genesis and ICO.Like tokens on our platform, news travel very fast and it is easy to forget what the important basics that make up the foundation of our platform and our success are. (Back to the Index) PRICE EVOLUTION TradingView NXT Cup and Handle Pattern (Possibly Down) Jun 18 when i was re create my chart of nxt change it to per day. i found that NXT its look like a handle and cup pattern. so i try to figure it out what price it should be the benchmark. from my perspective i would take 0.0000585 and 0.00004322 Feel free to comment ! Note : STR 1.17% Give away will be held at 27 june this month. it will surely effect to the market. Jun 19 Comment: Resistance at 7k Jun 19 Trade active: Resistance broke. Trading active Fasten your sit belt see you on the moon ! TP at 0.000011xx Source: attern-possibly-down/ (Back to the Index) TradingView NXTBTC Buy Set Up t-Up/ (Back to the Index) Trading View ARD we Missed the Plane but Jun 19 ARD we Missed the Plane but We Have 2 Trades Short Trade Buy Limit @ 0.00009339 Target=0.00011344 Gain 20 % Sec Buy Long Buy limit @0.00007732 Target = 0.00015257 Gain 100 % We recommend Capital Management We ask Allaah to reconcile and repay Jun 20 Trade active: We ask Allaah to reconcile and repay Jun 20 Comment: Move Short Target to 0.00011144 Jun 20 Comment: active and gain profit Direct alhmdllah Jun 21 Trade closed manually: Close short Trade @0.00010720 Gain 15 % alhmd llah Jun 21 Comment: Sec Buy Still Limit Sec Buy Long Buy limit @0.00007732 Target = 0.00015257 Gain 100 % d-the-Plane-but/ (Back to the Index) Weekly NXT/ARDR Price Evolution The following graphic shows the NXT / Bitcoin exchange price at Poloniex over this past week: The following graphic shows the ARDR / Bitcoin exchange price at Poloniex over this past week: (Back to the Index) And that is it for this week! 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over. Andrej Babis is also known locally as the Czech Trump not only because of his personal wealth but also because of his Czech First anti-establishment populist views. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Unlike in the USA however, winning an election in a Parliamentary system doesnt necessarily guarantee control. Babiss ANO (Yes) party has won 29% of the vote so they will need to partner up with one or more of the other eight parties in order to form a majority coalition. The task will not be simple, especially since Babis has already stated that he will not work with some of the parties and vice versa. These type of negotiations can sometimes go on for quite a while. For example, the Netherlands is only just getting their government in place this week after a deadlock elections more than seven months ago. Over in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel isnt expected to settle on a Government until some time next year. In Japan, on the other hand, Shinzo Abe has won a two-thirds majority so will have no need for wheeling and dealing. He now holds more power than the emperor himself and is free to continue on his stated mission to aggressively devalue the Yen. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // @MatiGreenspan eToro, Senior Market Analyst Please note: All data, figures & graphs are valid as of October 23rd. All trading carries risk. Only risk capital you can afford to lose. Market Overview After the bloody referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia, things have not died down. In fact, tensions have continued to heat up. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has now stated that he will soon strip the Catalonian Government of their power and hold a new election to replace the separatist local government of Carles Puigdemont. The ball is now in the Catalans court. Puigdemont has several options. He can himself call for a snap election in Catalonia or he can simply accept the one that Rajoy has forced on him. A third option would be to make a more aggressive push for independence claiming that Spain has just again violated their rights. No matter what he decides to do it is unlikely to bring calm as the doors for negotiation are now shut. The EURUSD is sinking this morning and now holding tight to temporary support (yellow) at 1.1750, if it passes there it could likely meet key resistance (red) at 1.1650. More Powerful ECB Of course, all the political updates weve mentioned above are minuscule when compared to the power of the European Central Bank. The ECBs monthly injections of 60 Billion per month have been propping up the stock markets and keeping the Euro down for the past three years. This Thursday, the ECB is largely expected to give some sort of guidance on the future of their massive stimulus package. We know that they have been talking internally about reducing the injections to 30 Billion as of January and to keep the program going at least until September. In normal market conditions, its easy for them to leak these type of internal discussions to see their effect on the markets. But with all of the political uncertainty, their usual tactics may be less effective. Here we can see the German Dax Index hesitating near its all time highest levels. Is the hesitation due to governmental negotiations or the rumors of less stimulus going forward? Bitcoin ATH Celebrations could be seen across the eToro network over the weekend as Bitcoin reached another all time record high of more than $6,000 per coin. The overall market cap (price per coin times number of coins in circulation) has for the first time surpassed $100 Billion before pulling back. This very significant milestone clearly cements the role of bitcoin in the future of our global economy. As more people learn about the technology and how to use it, the more useful and valuable it will become. For those that say blockchain without bitcoin just take a look at this chart showing bitcoins dominance over all the other cryptocurrencies in circulation The bitcoin network is all about consensus and at this time, the consensus is all about bitcoin. Lets have an amazing week ahead! This content is provided for information and educational purposes only and should not be considered to be investment advice or recommendation. The outlook presented is a personal opinion of the analyst and does not represent an official position of eToro. Past performance is not an indication of future results. All trading involves risk; only risk capital you are prepared to lose. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Mati Greenspan 4.6 stars on average, based on 68 rated postsSenior Market Analyst at Etoro.com. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Related Topics:BitcoinCataloniaeurusdJapan election Up Next U.S. Stocks Snap Six-Day Winning Streak as Volatility Spikes Don't Miss Asian Market Update Monday: Tokyo Gains after Election Landslide, Minor Losses in China, S. Korea You may like Trade Recommendation: ICON/Bitcoin Trade Recommendation: Komodo/Bitcoin HODL Chart Trade Recommendation: Tierion/Bitcoin Trade Recommendation: Bitcoin Trade Recommendation: Stellar Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Analysis Pre Market: Dollar Up, Stocks Flat as Trump Now Targets OPEC Published 21 hours ago on April 20, 2018 By Mate Cser Its been a quiet and neutral session so far in traditional global financial markets, as only cryptocurrencies experienced significant moves. Stocks are slightly lower after the open, with the S&P 500 drifting back to the key support/resistance zone below 2700 that is the mid-point of the consolidation pattern that developed after the February mini-crash. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. S&P 500, 4-Hour Chart Analysis With the economic calendar being empty, Donald Trump is making headlines again, this time attacking the OPEC for pushing oil prices artificially higher. Its hard to argue against the Presidents claim, as the cartel is openly aiming for higher prices with its concerted production cuts, so we just have to wait and see if Trump wants to open another geopolitical front. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Apple, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The trade spat with China continues to make waves as well, but for now, the market is stable despite the technical weakness, with no clear bearish catalyst present. Apple is weighing on the NASDAQ for the second day in a row, as it is down another 3% today just after the opening bell. On a positive note, the largest tech giants decline hasnt been a huge drag on the other crucial stocks like Amazon and Alphabet, and the resilience of the momentum leaders points could be the basis of another leg higher in the post-crash recovery. That said, we maintain our bearish short-term bias, based on technicals and the global divergences between equity markets. Aussie Rolls Over as Dollar Gains across the Board AUD/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The strength thin the USD is pushing commodities (in part thanks to Trump) and related currencies lower today, and as we warned yesterday, the Australian Dollar and the Canadian Dollar have been leading risk assets ever since early February, so should the downtrend in those currencies resume, it would be a bad omen for equities as well. EUR/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Meanwhile, the most traded currency pair is still trading in a broad consolidation pattern after failing near the upper boundary of the formation again, and as the tension in the market grows, a large momentum move could be around the corner, with the long-term trend still being bullish. Featured image from Shutterstock Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Mate Cser 4.5 stars on average, based on 227 rated postsTrader and financial analyst, with 10 years of experience in the field. An expert in technical analysis and risk management, but also an avid practitioner of value investment and passive strategies, with a passion towards anything that is connected to the market. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Market Overview Market Update: Consumer Staples Sink S&P 500 Index; Cryptocurrency Prices Rise $16 Billion Published 2 days ago on April 20, 2018 By Sam Bourgi U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, as consumer staples posted heavy losses amid corporate earnings season. Meanwhile, a broad recovery in altcoins led the digital currency market sharply higher. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. Stocks Decline All of Wall Streets major indexes headed for losses, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.6% to 2,693.13. Nine of 11 sectors contributed to the decline, with the consumer staples component plunging 3.1%. Within the sector, tobacco plunged 11.5% after Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) posted first-quarter revenue that trailed forecasts. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // Information technology shares also fell 1.1%, with Apple among the worst-performing companies in the sector. The technology-driven Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 0.8% at 7,238.06.The Dow Jones Industrial Average also fell 83.18 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 24,664.89. A measure of 30-day volatility known as the CBOE VIX reached a high of 16.92, which was still well below the historic average. The so-called fear index settled at 15.96 for a gain of only 2.3%. If after-hours trading is any indication, volatility could be on the rise on Friday. Several shares plunged after the bell following disappointing corporate earnings. Sketchers (SKX) fell 23%, Atlassian (TEAM) declined 11.3% and E*Trade (ETFC) was down more than 1%. Cryptocurrency Rally Intensifies Crypto assets extended their recovery on Thursday, with the most popular altcoins leading the rally. Ethereum rose 7.8% to $563, Ripple XRP gained 9.4% to $0.77 and bitcoin cash climbed 9.4% to $963.49 (all figures according to CoinMarketCap). Bitcoin also recorded gains, rising 1.4% to $8,287.88.As a result, the total value of the cryptocurrency market reached $358.4 billion, the highest since Mar. 14. The rally coincided with the end of U.S. tax season after the IRS extended the reporting deadline by 24 hours. U.S. cryptocurrency traders may have been on the hook for as much as $25 billion in capital gains taxes, based on recent estimates. However, that number has not been confirmed. The markets impressive recovery comes even as nations such as India introduce new restrictions of digital currency trading. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India banned regulated banks from facilitating cryptocurrency purchases. While India is among the worlds fastest-growing nations, it is a small player in the cryptocurrency market.News of the crackdown sent bitcoin prices to a low of $5,400 on domestic exchanges. Bitcoin is still trading at a discount on Indian exchanges, although the spread is less than $200, based on Unocoin exchange data. Disclaimer: The author owns bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but does not engage in short-term or day-trading. Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock. Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Sam Bourgi 4.5 stars on average, based on 338 rated postsSam Bourgi is Chief Editor to Hacked.com, where he specializes in cryptocurrency, economics and the broader financial markets. Sam has nearly eight years of progressive experience as an analyst, writer and financial market commentator where he has contributed to the world's foremost newscasts. Follow @HackedCom Feedback or Requests? Continue Reading Analysis Rally Fades in Stocks as Apple Weighs on Nasdaq Published 2 days ago on April 19, 2018 By Mate Cser We warned yesterday that stock markets got vulnerable as the major US indices reached short-term overbought readings, and after a choppy Wednesday session, equities turned lower today in early trading. Apple fell by more than 2% in early trading on asupplier report regarding declining orders from the smartphone giant, and the sliding stock dragged the tech segment lower. // -- Discuss and ask questions in our community on Workplace. S&P 500 Futures, 4-Hour Chart Analysis While the short-term technical picture deteriorated, the losses are muted so far, and the rising short-term trendlines are holding up. Volatility ticked higher, with the VIX bouncing off its two-month lows, but the index is well below the levels seen in the beginning of the month, as Syria-related fears continued to ease and the Chinese-US trade spat also took the back seat in the mainstream media. // -- Become a yearly Platinum Member and save 69 USD and get access to our secret group on Workplace. Click here to change your current membership -- // DAX, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Stocks finished broadly lower in Europe, while Asian equities reversed their early gains, with trading volumes still being low across the board. The economic calendar was almost empty today, with only the much worse than expected British retail sales figure adding to the string of negative surprises coming out form the UK this week. In the US, the Philly Fed index came in higher than expected, while weekly jobless claims were in line with expectations. Dollar Stable as Short Yields Hit New Highs 2-Year Treasury Yields, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Treasury yields resumed their rise in the quiet environment, and as the short end of the curve continues to outperform the flattening of the yield curve continues in earnest. While forex markets are still mostly flat, the Dollar is drifting higher against most of its peers in US trading. AUD/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis Commodity-related currencies are little changed, although both the Aussie and the Canadian Dollar are off their recent highs, and should they roll over, the bullish case would receive another hit. Despite the weakening of the risk rally, crude oil continues to hit multi-year highs, with the WTI contract getting close to the $70 per dollar level today. Gold fell back below $1350, as the choppy consolidation pattern is still intact, and the slight risk-off shift wasnt enough to trigger meaningful safe-haven flows. Featured image from Shutterstock Important: Never invest (trade with) money you can't afford to comfortably lose. Always do your own research and due diligence before placing a trade. Read our Terms & Conditions here. Trade recommendations and analysis are written by our analysts which might have different opinions. Read my 6 Golden Steps to Financial Freedom here. Best regards, Jonas Borchgrevink. Rate this post: Important for improving the service. Please add a comment in the comment field below explaining what you rated and why you gave it that rate. Failed Trade Recommendations should not be rated as that is considered a failure either way. (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this. Loading... Mate Cser 4.5 stars on average, based on 227 rated postsTrader and financial analyst, with 10 years of experience in the field. 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