bitcoin
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Why I’m Keeping My Bitcoin Despite The Crash
12Early this year, I decided to set up a cryptocurrency investment portfolio, using money I could afford to lose. Since then, the total value of my portfolio has fallen by 60 per cent. Here’s why I’m holding on – and why you might want to consider buying bitcoin while prices are cheap. (Emphasis on ‘might’.)
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Forget Bitcoin: Why Stablecoins Are The Most Exciting Thing In Crypto
A ‘stablecoin’ is a cryptocurrency that’s price is pegged to a real-world asset like gold or the dollar. Here’s a guide to what they’re used for, how they work, and why people are excited about them.
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Is Bitcoin A Scam? Or What?
The emergence of cryptocurrencies as an economic instrument has been one of the biggest tech and finance industry trends of the past five years. From a whitepaper written by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, it has emerged as a valuable commodity that is traded online through exchanges across the world. But is Bitcoin a scam? Is…
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How To Win At Bitcoin, With Aaron Lammer And Jay Caspian Kang
This week our guests are the hosts of Coin Talk, a podcast about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain. Journalists Aaron Lammer and Jay Caspian Kang talk to us about their show, their own adventures trading crypto, and the weird culture of ICOs, conmen and speculators that Aaron calls “Coinworld”.