Deribit recently announced they have suffered losses due to liquidations triggered by margin calls. Essentially what happened was as the market prices changed, margin calls and forced liquidations were triggered, and the market did not have enough liquidity to fill… Continue Reading
Now that you’ve opened and verified and also funded your QuadrigaCX account, you are ready to trade some Canadian dollars and US dollars for bitcoins and ethereum. This post will explain how to make a trade on cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. After… Continue Reading
I get asked quite frequently (a few times a day) from friends about which crypto currencies to invest in. The post below provides my current thoughts that I hope will help my friends make better cryptocurrency investment decisions. From my… Continue Reading
Now that you’ve invested in a bunch of crypto currencies, and have tons of profits, how do you report those profits to CRA? The way you report your profits to CRA and potentially pay your taxes depends on the nature… Continue Reading
This morning, the price for Clam Coins on Poloniex took a nose dive (clam/btc down 22%) on a notice that there were delays/errors on the clam network processing times. The actual notice on Poloniex reads: CLAM is currently under maintenance… Continue Reading
Bitcoin holders are keeping an eye on a potential fork that will create “Bitcoin Unlimited“, a proposed new chain that will solve some perceived shortcomings with the current bitcoin “core” network. Bitcoins have the largest market cap of any crypto… Continue Reading
Now that you’ve owned bitcoins and ethereum for the past few years, and you’d like to take some profits, how do you transfer your gains back to Canadian dollars? This post will review a few different ways to make withdrawals… Continue Reading
During its early days, one of purported benefits of bitcoins were cheap transactions. Transfers between bitcoin users could be made peer to peer in a trustless system without transaction fees. The design of the bitcoin blockchain rewards miners who update… Continue Reading
Recently, I purchased some bitcoins using Flexepin and this post describes my experience. I’ve tried a bunch of methods to buy bitcoins over the past few years, I’ve used Coinbase when they had a Canadian payments processor, but now I mostly… Continue Reading
The price if CLAM coins has been rising rapidly lately, and I’ve been getting asked by friends, how they can buy clam coins? Clam coins are a type of crpyto currency, like bitcoins, but instead of being mined by proof… Continue Reading
