Bringing Bitcoin To Casual Investors

With bitcoin gaining prominence as an alternative currency, it stands widely recognized across the world. The digital currency introduced in 2009 is instrumental in bringing change to the fintech sector. Blockchain, the distributed open ledger technology powering bitcoin transactions across the network is now being used for developing applications that caters to various industries. Bitcoin is also known for being the most preferred currency of the criminals. They prefer to use bitcoin over fiat currency as it offers a certain degree of anonymity, the same reason why bitcoin is being widely....

Big Fish Games has teamed up with Coinbase to bring bitcoin payments to its extensive line-up of casual games. This small, private company is a relatively big player in the casual gaming arena and is the publisher of the Mystery Case franchise and Big Fish Casino, along with over 3,000 casual games from more than 500 developers. Although the company isn't as big as Zynga, it serves over 1,500,000 downloads a day and it has 700 employees. Big Fish Games allows users to try the games before they make the purchase and many of its games allow traders to buy and sell virtual items. Cutting....

But security tokens are not ready to take over the world quite yet. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor's noteTechnology is by and large not the major barrier — though many in the industry have a decent bit of hubris about it. More important is that people, whenever their money is on the line, get mighty conservative. Which is not necessarily greedy or unreasonable, but it is why it was easier for lawmakers to greenlight email than electronic signatures. Conservatism surrounding money also means that....

Although decentralized finance has taken the cryptocurrency markets by storm in recent months, DeFi protocols can still be hard for the casual investor to understand. An often dangerous mix of complex concepts and never-before-seen levels of return on investment can attract many everyday investors into risky positions that ultimately result in them losing their hard-earned money. With complicated user interfaces and opaque business models creating barriers for entry for investors, decentralized finance protocols will only […]

Examine how Polkadot's ecosystem and Substrate platform can be compared to Ethereum’s upcoming upgrade as the race toward Web3 gathers momentum. For most casual digital asset investors, the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade promises to be a game-changing event that will improve efficiency, reduce network costs and propel the entire blockchain and crypto space closer to a Web3 reality.Ethereum has been struggling with a lack of scalability and skyrocketing gas fees, and since it serves as the largest smart contract and DApp development platform, the move to a more reliable and scalable proof-of-stake....