This post will provide my 2019 PGA Championship picks by comparing the odds at Nitgrogen Sports to Bodog. Nitrogen is an online sports book that uses bitcoins and Bodog is an online sports book using US dollars. The PGA Championship… Continue Reading
Its always funny to me to hear people wonder about whether bitcoin will continue to grow, and even whether its a scam, a ponzi scheme, etc. Almost always, these people have no idea what money is, what a blockchain is,… Continue Reading
Shakepay is a app for Canadians to buy and sell cryptocurrency in less than 10 minutes using an Interac e-transfer. Shakepay is the easiest way for Canadians to buy and sell bitcoins and purchasing at least $100 worth of bitcoin… Continue Reading
Recently Kraken, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, launched a futures trading platform. Their new futures contracts include short term and a perpetual contracts. Crypto traders will be familiar with their perpetual contract as its similar to those traded on Deribit and… Continue Reading
Recently QuadrigaCX declared bankruptcy and filed for creditor protection. In the meantime their website is down and the exchange has ceased operating. What are the odds that depositors will receive anything within a year’s time? I’ve posted a fixed odds… Continue Reading
Transferring money back and forth from crypto to fiat can be annoying and expensive, not to mention attempting to follow anti-money laundering (AML) rules. A lot of the headaches can be avoided by using online vouchers. Click here to view… Continue Reading
What makes Deribit useful for investors? Even if you don’t trade futures/options, the information Deribit generates can be used in a variety of ways to help improve your crypto portfolio and understand what’s happening to the crypto economy. Deribit publishes… Continue Reading
Crypto-currencies are volatile, but the market is changing. The volatility of bitcoin has been steadily decreasing throughout 2018 trading, and I expect this trend to continue. This post will evaluate some easy ways to track volatility. When evaluating volatility, we… Continue Reading
Poloniex will disable margin lending and borrowing for US customers by the end of 2018. Part of dealing with a US regulated exchange such as Poloniex is they must be compliant, and this often means less access for customers. Poloniex… Continue Reading
What are “stable coins”? Stable coins are a weird part of the cryptocurrency world. These blockchain based currencies seek to anchor their value with some widely used money such as US dollars (USD). US Dollar Tether (USDT) and US Dollar… Continue Reading
