BINANCE LAUNCHES RUBLE TRADING Just over a week ago, massive crypto exchange, Binance announced via Twitter that they would be offering trading of the Russian Ruble and cryptocurrency pairings on its platforms whilst attending a Government led event “Open Innovations Forum” in Moscow. Honestly, I find this pretty surprising news given the cryptocurrency industry in...Continue Reading

BLOCKFI CHASING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BlockFi is a cryptocurrency lending start-up that raised $18.3 million USD in series A funding back in August of this year. Among the funding parties, contributions were made by Winklevoss capital, Galaxy Digital and Morgan Creek. BTCMANAGER reported this week,  BlockFi is intending to launch Institutional Services, a new platform specifically...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...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...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...Continue Reading

MiningStore’s Weekly Rundown A SLOW WEEK WITH NEW OPPORTUNITY The crypto market cooled down a bit this week. Bitcoin led the downturn by coming off the $14K USD high to retrace about 43% (down to $10K USD) over five days. With bitcoin’s impressive performance skyrocketing to a 170% increase over 58 days at its peak...Continue Reading

This paper was written to provide an entry level understanding of blockchain projects and cryptocurrency. Beginners to cryptocurrency may find it difficult to understand where a digital asset derives its value from. However, by understanding the key properties of digital assets including decentralisation and encryption, and making clear comparisons to the current centralised monetary system,...Continue Reading

Bitcoin (₿) is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user-to-user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called...Continue Reading

What is LOKI? LOKI was a decentralised, open-source privacy project and encrypted messenger built on the CryptoNote protocol, the same base that underpins Monero. It was founded in early 2018 by an Australian team and raised a reported US$9 million in a private sale that year. The coin became mineable on the CryptoNight Heavy algorithm...Continue Reading

The Coinbase Lesson on Buying Bitcoin in a Bear Market Back in 2018, one statistic cut through the gloom of a brutal crypto winter. Despite the market shedding most of its value across the year, Coinbase was still one of the busiest on-ramps in the industry. The figure was eye-catching, but the lesson behind it...Continue Reading