A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Losing Week The middle of the first month of 2021 did not fare too well, as the market indexes fell. The Dow Jones fell 0.91%, the NASDAQ fell 1.54%, and the S&P 500 fell 1.48%. One reason it fell was because investors felt that […]
Crypto
Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Libra Draws Controversy
Facebook’s announced cryptocurrency, Libra, has made quite the splash since it was first announced. For starters, it is already more well-known among the public than any other crypto besides Bitcoin. That includes staples of the cryptocurrency world, such as Litecoin and Ethereum, both of which have been around for years. While masses sit on the […]
Bitcoin Surges in Recent Weeks
Cryptocurrencies have been on a roll in recent weeks, and Bitcoin is leading the pack. When people think about cryptocurrency, the first thing that comes to mind is Bitcoin. That is because Bitcoin was the first-ever cryptocurrency. Satoshi created Bitcoin in 2009 when he restructured the blockchain to support such digital currencies. Bitcoin’s value, which […]
Facebook to Launch Cryptocurrency
Facebook. This web-based tech giant has become a household name over the past 15 years. Many associate it with social media, photo-sharing, and due to recent events, a danger to personal privacy. However, through acquisitions and mergers, Facebook has bled into multiple other industries, such as fitness, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The February 2019 […]
Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
With 2018’s sudden spike in the value of Bitcoin, many investors and entrepreneurs saw their profits go through the roof. Masses of average people hurried to follow this trend, in hopes of themselves hitting the jackpot. However, this process created a large misconception about Bitcoin to the general public. Many considered Bitcoin to be a […]
The Current State of Crypto
Are bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies back? In short, not fully, but the crypto space still looks promising. This past week, the total market cap of cryptocurrency rose to a high of 183 billion, an increase of approximately 40 billion compared to the previous week. The market cap is the total value of all cryptocurrencies in […]
Ways To Profit from Cryptocurrencies
In the last few months, investors have been looking to cash in on a trend that has made millions for average, DIY investors: cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies have been at the center of a debate as to whether or not it has physical value or not since it resides in the digital wallets of users, not physical wallets. The […]