Rise of the Altcoin Wars
Rise of the Altcoin Wars. The Past, Present and Future of Altcoins. By Mark Rees. The following article illiterates how survival of the fittest and game theory will likely halt bad altcoins from tricking people out of honest money. History: From the "Sacred text of Bitcoin" - Book of Mark, Chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning, a block of data called....
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If nation-states held their reserves in Bitcoin, instead of fiat, they would be less incentivized to go to war, says chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. Alex Gladstein, the chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, says that if Bitcoin was adopted as a global reserve currency, nation-states would be less incentivized to start wars. According to Gladstein, the United States was able to sustain its "forever wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan mainly by borrowing capital. That was possible largely because of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy,....
FuelCoin. FuelCoin is an altcoin with an ambitious mission-to educate the mainstream public about cryptocurrency-and an idealistic motto-"fuel your dreams." Recently, the FuelCoin price has been increasing at a rapid pace. However, investors should be wary of this altcoin price rise. Also Read: Pump and Dump: Know the Signs when Trading Altcoins. FuelCoin Price Steps on the Gas. Since its release in August, the FuelCoin price remained stable at ~400 satoshis, which gave the altcoin a relatively low market cap of ~$80,000. However, recently the FuelCoin price has stepped on the gas-causing....
Star Wars tops entertainment headlines as the perennial favorite gets a thumbs-up from audiences around the world. As a cultural phenomenon with an international audience its record-breaking ticket sales comes at a time of diverging global social mood. Bitcoin’s prospects amid the current mood trend are examined. At the time of writing (Dec 25), Star Wars: The Force Awakens has generated $765mil revenue from worldwide tickets sales after a two-week run in theaters. Although worldwide sales are not setting any record, the movie will release in China during January 2016, and combined with....
This marks the first installment of the CCN Weekly Altcoin News Update, which will profile altcoin news stories that have flown under-the-radar, but deserve coverage. This week's update examines the impressive rise of the Vericoin price, the introduction of Cryptsy USD markets, and a new Peercoin marketing campaign crowdsourced by the community. Vericoin Price Rises Dramatically. Most altcoins are little more than carbon copies of Bitcoin or another popular cryptocurrency. However, Vericoin offers a host of unique features such as Veribit, which enables users to spend Vericoins at stores....
Despite the never-ending chaos and shenanigans surrounding big-name exchanges such as Cryptsy, altcoin scalp trading (aka "altcoin scalping") is on the rise. Altcoin scalp trading is a blazing-fast style of cryptocurrency trading specializing in volatile markets: quick momentum trades for small, albeit consistent profits. As compared to the many hours conventional day trading and swing trading take to get in and out of position, altcoin scalping takes only seconds or minutes to get in or out of position. It's no wonder this style of altcoin volatility trading is becoming more popular by....