VITALIK STRIVING FOR MOST SECURE CHAIN This week, Vitalik Buterin,Ethereum co-founder, made a bold statement at Devcon 5 that after Ethereum transitions to Proof of Stake (PoS) “…the cost of a potential attack would make Ethereum the safer network of the two”, with bitcoin being the other. The switch from the Ethereum proof of work (PoW) model to a PoS model has been a long time coming and is also a massive talking point in the industry in...Continue Reading
BITCOIN OUTPERFORMS … EVERYTHING The proof is in the numbers. Bitcoin is currently 2019’s best performing asset, even after the recent pullback to $8.2K USD from the high just shy of $13K USD achieved in June. Goldman Sachs deems Bitcoin “the best performing asset class of the year-to-date …(where)… prices have more than doubled in 2019, far outpacing the 31 percent return for the U.S. tech stocks.” Key numbers from MarketWatch to date: Gold 17% S&P 500 21%...Continue Reading
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA (RBA) CUTS INTEREST RATES TO HISTORIC LOW The official interest rate has been cut yet again by the RBA to a new record low of 0.75%. The cut of 0.25% follows similar an earlier cut in July. RBA Governor Philip Lowe highlighted the following points in his post-meeting statement: The decision was made to ‘support employment and income growth and to provide greater confidence that inflation will be consistent with the medium-term target. The...Continue Reading
HASHING IT OUT On 18th September, Blockchain.com reported Bitcoin’s network hashrate hit a record-breaking high of 102 quintillion hashes for the first time ever. Canadian crypto researcher and well-known analyst Kevin Rooke commented that, “Difficulty is projected to grow 60% this quarter, and it was already at an all-time high when Q2 ended”. This increase is a positive sign for the overall security of the blockchain and bodes well for the upcoming Bitcoin halving event next May. If...Continue Reading
18th SEPTEMBER 2019 DOLLAR COST AVERAGE-The Allure I’ve talked about dollar cost average approaches to investment plans before – which refers to assigning a fixed investment at a fixed interval over a long period. For example, $100 a week, every week for two years. This approach can work particularly well for those who either don’t want to be a full-time trader or simply don’t want the stress of playing the highs and lows. I recently came across this...Continue Reading
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