A fintech blockchain hackathon is coming to Barrie Ontario on March 23rd/24th. Developers will be competing for $5,000 cash awarded to the best projects hacked together over the course of the event. Mentors will be available to coach the participants.… Continue Reading
If you have spare bitcoins kicking around, one way to use them is by lending them out to margin traders on an exchange such as Bitfinex. This post will explain how the Bitfinex funding market works, and how you can… Continue Reading
The Lightning Network is a payment system being developed for bitcoin. The Lightning Network hopes to contribute to overcoming some of the bitcoin blockchain’s payment scalability “problems”/costs. The system is currently in testnet, but has been used for a few… Continue Reading
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-22/bitcoin-marijuana-stock-crazes-take-root-in-canada-s-wild-west
The value of bitcoin plunged 20% against the value of USD overnight, and some of the typical outcomes are happening. The rate to borrow/lend USD on Bitfinex is currently around 87%. This means someone holding $100,000 on Bitfinex is earning… Continue Reading
Have you decided to trade bitcoins, or are you looking for the best venue to trade? The post below will review some popular exchanges and describe some of the costs and benefits of each. Before diving into the specifics, it’s… Continue Reading
If you want to buy bitcoins in Canada or sell bitcoins in Canada, you have a few choices. Where is the best place to trade bitcoins in Canada? It depends on what you are trying to do, below I will… Continue Reading
A friend of mine invested in Crypto-Games.net ethereum bankroll a few months ago, and this post will evaluate those returns over this timeframe. He deposited 27.85134771 ether on October 5, 2017 and he now has 28.42479382 ether, a gain of 0.57344611 ether. To… Continue Reading
Augur project aims to be an open source decentralized prediction market running on the ethereum network. Its a really cool idea, but it seems like a long time until its ready for live real money trading, or maybe I’m just… Continue Reading
A friend of mine who is an investor based in Ontario Canada asked me recently to provide him with my thoughts on Hive Blockchain Technologies, which is a TSX listed company based in Vancouver. Below are my thoughts. My process… Continue Reading
