With the halvening/halving taken place earlier this week, Bitcoin is getting some good press. More people are discovering it every day. Which leads to a new question. How can we buy small quantities easily? By now, many people know you don’t have to spend $9000 and buy an entire BTC. You can buy fractions and … Read more 4 Easy Ways to Buy Small Amounts of Bitcoin in 2020
Later today, A Bitcoin Halving will happen for only the 3rd time in its existence. The number of new Bitcoin issued will get cut in half. Let’s look at what that means. The Mechanics of the Bitcoin Code It’s written into the original Bitcoin code that each new block that’s mined includes the block reward … Read more What Bitcoin Halving Means For You
Last week, I talked about my very simple Nonsense Factor that I use as one tool to separate real, genuine traders with questions from jokers, scammers, and time-wasters. Sadly, on Paxful, there are lots of time wasters. There’s not much they or anyone else can do about it as long they don’t break any rules … Read more Get Better Trades on Paxful with the Trusted Factor
Now that we’ve taken Part 1 and Part 2 on creating a successful trade on Paxful so we can make some profits, we look at how to avoid jokers and scammers. They are on every platform and can never be completely avoided except with 100% diligence 100% of the time. You can’t make money trading … Read more Filter Real Bitcoin P2P Traders From the Jokers With This New Technique
Stuff I’m Currently Reading Cryptocurrencies are a 24/7/365 marketplace thanks to enthusiasts all over the world. So while you may have been indulging in mulled wine, fruitcake, potato latkes, or that yule log, you may have missed some of the important comings and goings in cryptocurrencies. And thanks to some big announcements by countries and … Read more Crypto News You Can Use
Securitizations are providing important liquidity to marketplace lending platforms. And that sucks for us retail investors. Back when marketplace lending was peer to peer lending, retail investors (small investors like you and me) had the promise and the opportunity to pick from many loans. They all came from the fractional loan pool for investment. Since … Read more Marketplace Lending Securitizations are Killing the Retail Investor Market
A recent trend in fintech is that everyone that has a tech platform of some kind and has lots of customer data is offering financial services through that platform. It’s nothing new really. Paypal has been lending to its customer base for years. Square has Square Capital for the exact same thing. But the trend … Read more Fintech News: Partnerships & Earnings
If you haven’t read it yet, please read Part 1, where we go over the mechanics of setting up a trade listing that will be secure and profitable. Today, we will talk about payment methods on Paxful. While there are over 300 different methods, most of them fall into one of these 5 categories. Scammers … Read more How To Create a Successful Trade on Paxful Part 2: Payment Methods
The US Repo market has a big liquidity problem. People seem to think this is a good pro-Bitcoin/crypto argument but is it? Let’s talk about what’s going on and why. This is an important market for the USD to stay stable here and around the world. What is the Repo Market? Repo stands for repurchase … Read more The Repo Market & Bitcoin
Make Your Twitter Feed More Informative w/These Accounts Certain people and industries gravitate to certain social media platforms. For instance, models whether they are professional, amateur, or just aspiring-to-be flock to Instagram. Gamers go to Twitch. And cryptocurrency goes to Twitter, or cryptotwitter as it’s called. I love Twitter for following the cryptoeconomy. Do you … Read more 10 Accounts to Follow on CryptoTwitter (Besides Mine)