Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Thursday, October 7, 2021
https://blogs.imf.org/2021/10/01/crypto-boom-poses-new-challenges-to-financial-stability/
Crypto Boom Poses New Challenges to Financial Stability
The Crypto Ecosystem—What Is It, What’s at Risk?
The total market value of all the crypto assets surpassed $2 trillion as of September 2021—a 10-fold increase since early 2020. An entire ecosystem is also flourishing, replete with exchanges, wallets, miners, and stablecoin issuers.
Many of these entities lack strong operational, governance, and risk practices. Crypto exchanges, for instance, have faced significant disruptions during periods of market turbulence. There are also several high-profile cases of hacking-related thefts of customer funds. So far, these incidents have not had a significant impact on financial stability. However, as crypto assets become more mainstream, their importance in terms of potential implications for the wider economy is set to increase.
Saturday, October 2, 2021
El Salvador is successfully mining bitcoin from volcanic energy. It’s not the first country to do so, but it is the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, and that’s why this is critical for the crypto community.https://www.ntd.com/el-salvador-uses-volcanoes-to-mine-bitcoin_683635.html
Friday, October 1, 2021
Four Altcoins Surge 76% or More in Just One Week in Defiance of Crypto Market Correction
While most of the crypto market continued to suffer through a correction over the past week, a handful of low-cap altcoins skyrocketed in value.
DESO, the native token for Decentralized Social, surged by more than 90% over the past seven days. The 75th-ranked asset by market cap is trading at $140.16 at time of writing, according to CoinGecko.
According to the project website, Decentralized Social aims to be a “blockchain custom built from the ground up to power and scale a new category of decentralized social applications to one billion users.”
Last week when DESO launched, entrepreneur and software engineer Nadir Al-Naji revealed he was also the creator of BitCloud, and previously known only as Diamondhands, The Block reports.
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/cryptocurrency/articles/4-altcoins-to-watch-closely-in-october/
Discover four new coins to add to your watch list.
After a promising August, September was a choppy month in crypto. China's latest cryptocurrency ban combined with regulatory fears to push the total crypto market cap back below the $2 trillion mark.
But so far, the correction has not been anywhere near as dramatic as what happened in May. And there are several positive signs -- such as the continued trend toward mainstream adoption. AMC Theatres said it will accept crypto payments before the end of the year, and most recently, Verifone -- one of the largest providers of merchant payment terminals globally -- announced a deal with BitPay to offer crypto payment processing.
LONDON: A group of central banks sketched out a potential operating manual for digital cash on Thursday as they aim to strike a balance between keeping up with cryptocurrencies and concerns that the new technology could upend commercial lenders.
Worried that the explosion of bitcoin and its ilk could weaken their control of money, policymakers from Beijing to Washington are exploring central bank digital currencies, known as CBDCs.
And while a widely-used digital dollar or euro may still be years away, work by central banks is gathering pace as consumers increasingly ditch coins and notes in favour of digital payments on debit or credit cards and mobile phones.
The seven central banks - including those in the United States, Britain and the ECB in the euro zone, but not China - said publicly-used "retail" CBDC must harness both public and private players to mesh with existing payment systems.
The tech should be useable with existing domestic payments systems, with strategies for adoption tailored to on-the-ground economic conditions, said the central banks, working alongside the Bank for International Settlements.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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Saturday, May 22, 2021
Developing A Successful Trading Strategy
Anyone who knows anything about stock trading or day trading has heard the term ‘trading strategy.’ A trading strategy is a simple concept – it’s basically the roadmap that a trader follows while trading the markets. A trading strategy is governed by a set of rules that do not deviate for anything other than market action. Faithfully following a sound trading strategy will provide you with your greatest weapon against your worst enemy – your emotions. With a trading strategy, you’ll know exactly when to buy and when to sell, regardless of what the market does or what your emotions are telling you.
About Day Trading Strategies
Every profitable trader will tell you that the key to trading success is an effective, reliable trading strategy. You, as a trader, need to identify a winning system, implement it, and have the discipline to stick to it. Though it would be possible for you to develop a unique trading strategy, it probably wouldn’t be that practical. The best – and most efficient – approach would be to adopt an existing strategy, one which has been used by other traders in the industry and which has already proven to be successful.
Just remember, whether the strategy you’re using is your own or someone else’s, it is critical that you have a thorough understanding of it, especially its entry and exit signals. Do not fall prey to the pitfalls of following untested trading “advice,” especially the free advice available in numerous trading forums and chat rooms. Advice that you receive in these types of venues is likely to be opinion rather than fact, and in the market, opinions are not worth anything. What you NEED is a proven and effective trading strategy, one that will work in any market, under any market condition.
Because of this need for solid strategies, more and more traders are looking for trading success through technical approaches to the markets. One of these approaches is Welles Wilder’s RSI indicator. The general idea behind using the RSI is to buy when the RSI crosses above 30 and to sell when the RSI crosses below 70. As you can see, these rules are clearly defined and don’t leave much room for interpretation. This is EXACTLY what you want from a trading strategy. In trading, you’ll need to make big decisions in mere seconds. There’s simply no time to rethink, or try to interpret the unknown signals and information that come your way. Following a set of simple, easy-to-understand rules – and having a trading strategy that regulates all of your signals and indicators efficiently – is the major key to trading success.
Though the rules of trading are very important, they are not the most essential element of trading success. The most essential element is YOU. The best trading strategy in the world will be useless if you lose your head in the market and panic. You need to remain calm at all times, executing your trading strategy efficiently, without hesitation.
How to Find a Good Day Trading Strategy
So, you’re convinced that trading strategies are important. Now, how do you find one that works for you? Obviously, day trading strategies don’t grow on trees. You’ll need to do some research and either develop a strategy yourself, or find one that is easy to understand and has been proven to be successful. Take your time and do your research. Your strategy is an important step towards financial success, and it’s more than worth the investment of time and energy. There are plenty of books and helpful websites to guide you along your way.
Also, be on the lookout for scams. There are a lot of “educational companies” out there, each selling their own trading systems and strategies, and each claiming that their system works better than their competitors’. Be wary of these companies. Don’t fall into the trap of believing that you can buy a solid trading strategy for $97 and then make thousands in a short period of time. This is a lie.
More recently, some of the “educational companies” mentioned above started offering “free local workshops” in nice hotels. These free workshops, which are typically advertised in late night infomercials, are another danger sign. Most of them are merely a sales pitch for the company’s actual product, and the learning that takes place at the “workshop” is minimal. You’d be better off spending that time researching the trading market on your own.
To avoid scam artists and faulty systems and strategies, you need to educate yourself. Your trading education should focus on exploring and familiarizing yourself with several different strategies; these ought to teach you to take advantage of price direction. You won’t be able to get a solid education after reading only one book or watching a single 60-minute webinar on the Internet. True education takes more time and effort than that.
Fortunately, there are many ways to get a good trading education these days, and your best source of trading information and research is online.
Education and training play a vital role in the molding of a successful trader. If you want to be profitable in the trading market, you shouldn’t be cheap when it comes to high-quality trading education. Find a company that has a proven track record. Check the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to learn about their reputation. Research the internet for company information, especially handy sites like www.ripoffreport.com and www.badbusinessbureau.com.
Get Researching So You Can Get Trading!