Author: Ryan Tucker

A large part of the crypto market is grounded in speculation and predictions. Cryptocurrency investments can be volatile but at the same time lucrative, which prompts crypto investors to think far ahead and adjust their strategies accordingly. In this article, we’ll speculate on the future price growth of cryptocurrencies. First, we’ll talk about the key […]

The relationship between cryptocurrencies and central banks is more entangled than you would think. Even though cryptos emerged to boot out the banks from the global financial system, ten years later, they’re still a niche payment striving to achieve wider adoption.  On the other hand, these same digital assets are making central banks rethink the […]

When Bitcoin was first introduced in 2009, many in the financial mainstream dismissed it as a joke or a toy. They may have been curious about how it worked, but they thought there was no way it could ever achieve any measure of success. Over a decade later, and with each bitcoin now worth nearly […]

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies grew out of the ashes of the Great Recession, as Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin to overcome the problems inherent with fiat currencies. After a $700 billion bank bailout, an $831 billion stimulus package, and trillions of dollars of quantitative easing, many people realized that the orgy of government spending was not only […]

When Bitcoin was first introduced in 2009, it was a reaction to monetary policies on the part of central banks that flooded the world with cheap money. Around the world, central banks created trillions of dollars worth of new money out of thin air in an attempt to keep asset prices elevated. While those policies […]

The percentage of bitcoins that haven’t moved in over a year is at its highest level in four years. And while at first glance that might seem to be a negative for Bitcoin, it actually isn’t. It’s an indicator that more and more Bitcoin investors are bullish about Bitcoin’s potential future price growth, and they’re […]

With the US government and the Federal Reserve cooperating to pump trillions of dollars into the US economy, fears of inflation are growing every day. The Fed’s balance sheet has grown from $4.3 trillion earlier this year to nearly $7.1 trillion today, an unprecedented gain in such a short amount of time. Because of those […]

When Bitcoin was first introduced, it promised a future free from banks and financial middlemen. From now on, every person was to be his own bank, and financial transactions could be made across borders and between individuals without having to resort to financial intermediaries. But since that time, the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency ecosystem has grown […]

One of the reasons many people are still hesitant to invest in cryptocurrencies is the fact that they don’t know much about cryptocurrencies, how they operate, and which people or firms can be trusted. With stories of fraud abounding, would-be investors are understandably hesitant to put thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of […]

One of the driving factors behind the quick adoption of cryptocurrencies was the fact that they initially operated in a sphere that was largely unregulated. The first users didn’t give a though to anti-money laundering laws, know your customer regulations, banking regulations, or even taxation of cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum were just tokens with […]