In the last few years, Venezuela has been in the international headlines for all the wrong reasons. The South American country, once the richest of the region, is beset by continuous violence, economic mismanagement and political turbulence. After the death…
Cryptocurrency Investment Strategies: Trade Actively or HODL?
Cryptocurrencies are known for their extreme volatility. Double-digit percentage moves within a 24-hour period are frequent, often giving traders large sudden profits or losses. At the same time, the spectacular performance of most cryptos in 2017, with Bitcoin rising 20-fold…
Market Mayhem — What’s Next for Crypto Investors?
The last few days have seen tremendous volatility in worldwide markets. The S&P 500 has lost more than 6% in the last 5 days alone, with similar falls seen in Europe: Japan and the other Asian markets were hit even…
Trading on the Falling Market: How to Short-Sell Bitcoin and Other Cryptos
Cryptos have been on fire in the last 12 months. Bitcoin went up 20 times in 2017. Ripple by far eclipsed this, by rising from less than $0.01 in January 2017 to over $3.8 a few weeks ago (an investment…
Digital Options – A Trading Revolution
IQ Option stands as a leader in cryptocurrency and options trading. The award-winning IQ Option interface has been recognized worldwide as a user-friendly, intuitive and sophisticated platform for beginners and advanced traders alike. IQ Option has now introduced Digital Options…
National Cryptocurrencies – The Future of Global Money?
As Bitcoin continues to reach new price records, investors are paying more and more attention to it. At the same time, the proliferation of cryptocurrencies has not gone unnoticed by the world’s governments either. The initial reaction has been mixed.…
The UK Economy Loses It’s Top 5 Ranking – What’s Next?
The UK is now officially only the 6th largest economy in the world, losing the 5th spot to France. The news was not surprising to many observers who have warned that the Brexit effect would slow down investment and GDP…
Bitcoin Breaks New Records (Again) – Is $10,000 the Next Stop?
Bitcoin has been literally unstoppable in the last few weeks. On November 16th the price broke above $8,000 for the first time ever, having been below $6,000 as recently as November 11th. Bitcoin started 2017 at $970, making the price…
5 Top Reasons Why the Windows Phone Is Dead
On July 11th, 2017, Microsoft put an end to support for Windows Phone 8.1, the most widely-used version of its Windows Phone operating system. To many users and tech observers, this hardly came as news. It looked more like the…
What Can You Buy With Bitcoin? The Most Unique Products From 6 Countries
Bitcoin, the “emperor” of digital currencies is growing in popularity day by day. Part of this is due to its unique characteristics as a fungible, anonymous and easily transferrable cryptocurrency. The other part is its excellent price performance, which has…