Why Is Bitcoin More Expensive On P2P Exchanges?
Today millions of dollars worth of bitcoin are bought and sold on markets worldwide; in the last ten years, we’ve seen massive leaps forward in the efficiency of secondary fiat to bitcoin markets and the ability to clear transactions between bitcoin and any fiat currency. Despite the improvement in access to capital markets, these large […]
What Are The Tax Implications of Bitcoin?
With the staggering rise and fall of bitcoin, we’ve seen the network settle billions in transactions each year, be that from paying salaries, trading, donations and gifting. As more value flows into bitcoin and value is exchanged on the network and adjacent networks like exchanges, bitcoin holders, investors, and traders may have serious tax questions […]
What Are Unregistered Securities?
As an investor looking to preserve your purchasing power, you will need to explore different asset classes and investment opportunities, a path that will lead you towards owning financial securities, be that directly or indirectly. Securities represent the most common investment contracts. When saving for retirement, most people choose to put a portion of their […]
What Is Bitcoin Options Trading?
The last few years have seen bitcoin start to find its way into the portfolios of institutional investors, and as the asset matures, so will the products built around it. The larger bitcoin gets, the more interest there will be in trading not only the asset but claims and contracts pegged to the asset. Bitcoin […]
What Is Bitcoin Liquidity?
Investing in a brand new asset class like bitcoin can be a daunting undertaking, but the market for bitcoin has matured, and with it comes certain benefits. For one, you no longer have to purchase it from rather dingy-looking websites with arbitrary limits on how much you can purchase. Today we have large centralised exchanges […]
What Are Exchange Proof Of Reserves?
Despite bitcoin’s peer-to-peer nature and the ability to trade the asset without the need for third parties or custodial escrow, the irony is a majority of bitcoin transactions happen on custodial services such as cryptocurrency exchanges. These exchanges are the platforms where the tradeable bitcoin float resides and is exchanged between various investors settling on […]
Buy Bitcoin With An FNB eWallet
It’s no secret that your Rands aren’t going as far as they used to. Despite interest rates from savings accounts and government bonds, very few South Africans can admit to not feeling the pinch when it comes to their spending and maintaining a certain standard of living year after year. The purchasing power of the […]
What Is A Bitcoin Fire Sale?
For many of us, our first interaction with bitcoin will be with a centralised exchange; you would create an account, fund your exchange wallet and purchase your first bitcoin at a price you think is a good entry point. From there, you can choose to leave your funds on an exchange hoping to sell it […]
What Is GBTC?
Bitcoin is a digital bearer asset that anyone can purchase or mine and hold in self-custody, which is the safest way to store the asset since you eliminate counterparty risk. The best way to buy bitcoin is to find an exchange or a person willing to trade you for bitcoin and immediately redeem that bitcoin […]
How To Get Wrecked Trading Bitcoin
When you first hear about bitcoin, you’re probably going to take an interest in the asset due to the price movements and high volatility. The idea that markets can move 5, 10 even 50% in a day means there is ample opportunity to pocket big spreads if you can correctly time the market. That is […]