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How Crypto Transforms Prediction Markets
Betting can be used to predict the future. That's the crazy idea behind prediction markets. Here's how they work and where cryptocurrency fits into the picture.
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CME Ethereum Futures, Explained
□ Feb 11 2021 □
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Ethereum futures are now live on the CME exchange. But what does that mean exactly and how do you trade them?
Feb 10 2021
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust: What It Is and How It Works
□ Feb 10 2021 □
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The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is a traditional financial product that allows institutional investors to gain exposure to bitcoin.
Feb 08 2021
Feb 05 2021
What Does Hashrate Mean?
□ Feb 05 2021 □
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Miners must compete using their machines to solve a difficult mathematical problem.
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El camino de Ethereum hacia los USD 2.000: tres razones para ser optimista
Ethereum, la criptomoneda con la segunda capitalización más grande del mercado, alcanzó un nuevo máximo histórico al alcanzar los USD 1.439,33 el 25 de enero. Es la primera vez que este activo digital supera el techo de los USD 1.400 desde el 13 de enero de 2018, y sus retornos acumulan un 76% en lo […]
Jan 26 2021
What Is Guggenheim Partners?
□ Jan 26 2021 □
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Guggenheim Partners is part of the next wave of institutional investment firms looking to step into Bitcoin.
Jan 22 2021
Jan 15 2021
Will Mayor Suarez’s Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?
The entrepreneurial mayor brings his recruitment of tech talent to the crypto space with the potential of a 1% investment of the city’s reserves into BTC.
Dec 30 2020
What Is Proof-of-Stake?
Proof-of-stake is a method of maintaining integrity in a blockchain, ensuring users of a cryptocurrency can’t mint coins they didn’t earn.
Dec 29 2020
Dec 22 2020
What Is an Oracle?
□ Dec 22 2020 □
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An oracle sends data from the outside world to a blockchain so specific data, like temperature, can execute the disbursement of money.
Dec 17 2020
Sure, Bitcoin’s Price Is Cool, but Bitcoin’s Technology Is Hot
Getting bitcoin to the moon requires some serious technology
Dec 16 2020
What Is Proof-of-Work?
Proof-of-work is the blockchain-based algorithm that secures many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.