Analytics Insight presents to you some major differences between digital currency and cryptocurrency.
The whole world is experiencing a drastic shift from traditional wallets to digital wallet through digital transformation.
Crypto and blockchain must accept they have a problem, then lead in sustainability
As the price of bitcoin hits record highs and cryptocurrencies become increasingly mainstream, the industry’s expanding carbon footprint becomes harder to ignore.
Is Cryptocurrency the Same as Owning a Stock?
Many investors are considering adding cryptocurrency to their investment portfolios if they haven’t already. But investors shouldn’t conflate holding cryptocurrency with holding a stock. The two asset classes are very different and behave very differently.
Here’s a simple guide to understanding the buzz around cryptocurrency
Is everyone around you talking about cryptocurrency? It can be nerve-wracking to be a part of such a conversation with nothing to contribute.
How Is Blockchain Used In Cryptocurrency?
The cryptocurrency market is gaining attention like never before. The extent to which cryptocurrencies have grabbed eyeballs for quite some time now is exceptional. When the topic of discussion revolves around cryptocurrencies, how can one not talk about blockchain? Without blockchain, the existence of the cryptocurrency market does not hold any importance.
Bitcoin Is Off About 43% From Its Recent Peak
Bitcoin prices stabilized on Monday, after investors endured another weekend tumble for cryptocurrencies. A Sunday selloff for Bitcoin extended a week of declines following increased scrutiny on the sector by regulators in the U.S. and China.
Pandemic piles pressure onto hedge funds’ cybersecurity
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a sea change in hedge funds’ cybersecurity concerns, with the remote working environment pushing firms to re-evaluate how they safeguard and secure data and privacy in the cloud amid a rise in phishing attacks.
New Ways Of Thinking And Working Necessary To Reap Blockchain Benefits In Capital Markets
The World Economic Forum on Thursday released Digital Assets, Distributed Ledger Technology, and the Future of Capital Markets. Across the capital markets ecosystem, institutions are facing a combination of intensified competitive dynamics and accelerating technology advancements, presenting opportunities and challenges both to incumbents and new entrants.
Blockchain to save retail after the pandemic
In the span of ten years blockchain has grown from a doubted cryptocurrency-focused technology into a secure, widely used method of business process automation. A decentralized ledger allows to perform operations and maintain system privacy at a lower cost due to all data distributed and stored on working stations within the blockchain unlike traditional SAP-based solutions where data is stored outside the system.
This Figure Suggests Cryptocurrencies Are in a Massive Bubble
For more than a century, Wall Street has been unrivaled in the profit column. Although we’ve witnessed short periods where housing and commodities like gold have outperformed equities, stocks have handily surpassed the average annual return of all other assets over the very long run.
Blockchain Could Transform Retail, From Supply Chain And Inventory Management To Product Provenance
Cryptocurrency and blockchain have been inching closer to the mainstream, with Mastercard MA -2.4% MA -2.4% and Paypal PYPL -3.8% PYPL -3.8% announcing they’ll accept tokens such as Bitcoin across their networks in the U.S.
This crypto claims to solve bitcoin's biggest problem
A new crypto called chia says it’s the eco-friendly alternative. Like most digital currencies, chia runs on a decentralized ledger system known as blockchain. But unlike bitcoin, chia, which was founded by the inventor of BitTorrent, claims it has a much smaller carbon footprint with its mining process of verifying and recording transactions.
Cryptocurrency ether rises to new record high over $3,600
Ether , the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency after bitcoin , on Thursday extended a breakaway rally to a new record high of $3,616.10, gathering momentum as investors diverted focus from its main rival.
EU and French cybersecurity heads call for greater cooperation, extra resources
The heads of the European and French cybersecurity agencies, who spoke to French senators on Thursday morning (6 May), called for more cooperation between EU countries and additional resources, pointing to much higher spending on cybersecurity in the United States.
The future of cryptocurrency
Pinsent Masons paralegal Shanelle Mattu tracks the evolution of currency and considers whether crypto assets are the future of money