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Technical analysis was controversial before crypto trading existed.For the uninitiated: technical analysis, or TA, tries to predict future price movements based on historical price movements. This is done generally by looking for repeatable patterns in price data.

It’s no secret that Ethereum can be prohibitively slow and expensive. The blockchain became virtually unusable for most people at the peak of crypto’s most recent hype cycle, when something as simple as swapping one token for another could have cost upwards of $40. Th

Cryptocurrency has become one of the hottest investments, but has been extremely volatile. Crypto stocks are a great alternative that can have high upside.

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, were first introduced in 2014. But it wasn't until famed auction house Christie's sold Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 Days for $69.3 million that people, beyond a...

With crypto in a lingering bear market, where will Tezos go from here? Read these Tezos price predictions to find out if you should invest in this cryptocurrency.

In our last post, we started to survey the complex regulatory landscape of crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi). Here, we continue to navigate this tough terrain.

Last week, while speaking to Politico, Sam Bankman-Fried, the moptop billionaire founder of FTX and Alameda Research, said he has significantly revised his outlays for political campaign spending. He said his previously stated plan to spend upwards of $1 billion was a “dumb

How could crypto be used the same way as money? What gives it value? These questions confound the crypto-curious. As the World Cup approaches, however, it presents us with a timely metaphor.

There is one thing you can’t do with lending in decentralized finance (DeFi). You can’t borrow more than you can stake. With a few minor and heavily asterisked exceptions, there are no on-chain credit cards, no mortgages, no unsecured loans and no commercial paper in

On Oct. 10, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) bill was passed, with 28 members of the European Union Parliament voting in favor. The new legislation addresses key crypto elements such as consumer protection, anti-money laundering (AML), environmental impact and business account

Bitcoin is a conversation with fiat.It isn't independent. It's contextual. It's relational. Bitcoin is contextualized by the existence of fiat, and hopefully, fiat becomes contextualized by Bitcoin.

Even though decentralized finance (DeFi) is on the right track in terms of growth and adoption, the space is still full of risks, uncertainty and volatility. One of its biggest advantages over centralized finance is the availability and accessibility of financial data. Since tran

Last week, crypto service provider firm Prime Trust agreed to return $17 million in assets to bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius, according to multiple reports, which several experts say is "a...

A disclosure: I have always thought that the price of crypto assets is their least interesting feature. By now any traders reading this are probably howling in disgust, and I don’t disagree with that reaction – my point is that crypto is about so much more than &ldquo

Cryptocurrency has one major drawback for investors: it is highly volatile. A form of crypto with its value tied to a currency reduces this issue. Enter stablecoins.

Your brain can be your worst enemy in trading.You like to think you’re rational and objective about every decision, but that isn’t true. Here’s the problem: Your attention is limited in an increasingly complex world.

As recently as nine months ago, Helium was celebrated as a groundbreaking Web3 application with the potential for widespread use and glowing write-ups in major media outlets. Adoption of the global network of “hotspots that create public, long-range wireless coverage for In

As recently as nine months ago, Helium was celebrated as a groundbreaking Web3 application with the potential for widespread use and glowing write-ups in major media outlets. Adoption of the global network of “hotspots that create public, long-range wireless coverage for In

There is one thing you can’t do with lending in decentralized finance (DeFi). You can’t borrow more than you can stake. With a few minor and heavily asterisked exceptions, there are no on-chain credit cards, no mortgages, no unsecured loans and no commercial paper in

Censorship resistance is fundamental to any functioning cryptocurrency or blockchain project. It’s been a pillar of crypto from the start, one of the biggest reasons the whole movement got started. What it means is this: As long as a participant in the Bitcoin or whatever n