Content in Part 1:
🔹What is a #Cryptocurrency?
🔹How many Cryptocurrencies are there?
🔹Types of Cryptocurrency
🔹What are real world applications of Crypto?
🔹Pros and Cons of Crypto?
🔹Crypto, the future of Finance?
🔹A cryptocurrency is a form of digital asset based on a network that is distributed across a large number of computers
🔹Decentralization allows them to exist outside the control of governments and central authorities
🔹Cryptocurrencies have many real word applications, i.e. secure payments online
🔹"Crypto" refers to the various encryption algorithms and cryptographic techniques that safeguard the entries
🔹The most widely known Crypto is #Bitcoin
🔹More than 6,700 different cryptocurrencies are traded publicly, according to CoinMarketCap.com
🔹Largest cryptos by market capitalization are:
🔸 #Bitcoin $BTC
🔸 #Ethereum $ETH
🔸 #Binance Coin $BNB
🔸 #Ripple $XRP
🔹Digital asset that is used to finance the network
🔹Delivering decentralized applications (dapps)
🔹Allow stakeholders to collaborate, debate, and vote on how to manage a system
🔹E.g. #Cardano $ADA, #BinanceCoin $BNB
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🔹Digital, liquid contracts for fractions of any asset i.e. real estate or stocks
🔹ST's preserve the investors ownership stake on the distributed ledger
🔹#STO s will superseded traditional financial markets in favor of #DLT models
🔹e.g. #StoBox
-- Transactional / Currency tokens /9 --
🔹Used to transact / exchange or store value
🔹They serve as units of account and are exchanged for goods and services
🔹E.g. #Bitcoin $BTC, #Ethereum $ETH, #Litecoin $LTC
-- Non-Fungible tokens /10 --
🔹#NFT s unique tokens that exist on a blockchain and cannot be replicated
🔹Unlike cryptocurrencies, they cannot be traded or exchanged at equivalency
🔹Can be used to represent real-world items like artwork, peoples identities and real-estate
🔹Supply Chain - transparency makes it easier to audit supply chains, both for efficiency and for accurate reporting
🔹Energy Market - #blockchain makes it possible to buy and sell energy just like many other commodities
-- Some real world applications of #Crypto Cont'd /12 --
🔹Financial Services - providing access to the millions of people around the world who are unbanked
🔹Musician Rights - transform the rights of musicians, providing transparency and preventing theft
-- Some real world applications of #Crypto Cont'd /13 --
🔹Healthcare - make it possible to securely store these medical records in a single spot for all healthcare providers
🔹Voting - a system for electronic voting that ensures anonymity while still allowing for auditing
-- Some real world applications of #Crypto Cont'd /14 --
🔹Asset #Tokenization - assets become easy to trade with others, and to divide up so people can share ownership of an asset. Improves the liquidity of assets & also allows for freer trade & diversification
🔹Pros:
🔸 Unparalleled Transparency
🔸 Instant and 24-hour accessibility
🔸 Protection from inflation
🔸 Self-governed and managed
🔸 Decentralized
🔸 A fast way to transfer funds
🔸 Absolute anonymity
🔹Cons:
🔸 Difficult to comprehend
🔸 Challenges of market fluctuations
🔸 Data losses can cause financial losses
🔸 Can be used for illegal transactions
🔸 Adverse Effects of mining on the environment
🔸 Susceptible to hacks
🔹Crypto will cause mass disruptions to the future of money
🔹Already replacing old world Finance systems
🔹Banks are already adopting crypto as a means of transacting & settlement
🔹Regulation will ensue, but cryptos will prevail
Content in Part 2:
🔹What are STO's ICO's & IEO/IDO's?
🔹Crypto Regulations at a glance
🔹How do i get started buying my first Crypto?
🔹Basic day 1 Crypto investment strategy
🔹Is #BTC/Crypto a Bubble?
🔹Crypto Slang
🔹What next?
-- What are STO's ICO's & IEO/IDO's?? /18--
🔹#STO - Security Token Offering
🔸 An investment contract which is backed by the security token
🔸 Token is asset-backed and represents ownership
🔸 Like a digital certificate much like the real-world stocks and bonds
-- What are STO's ICO's & IEO/IDO's?? Cont'd /19--
🔹#ICO - Initial Coin Offering
🔸 Used to launch a service or product like a new #cryptocurrency token or an app
🔸 Similar to IPO (Initial Public Offering) which is used by a company to raise funds on the stock market
🔹Extremely useful in understanding how over heated the leveraged market is at any one time
🔹Below 0.01% / green are bullish
🔹Above 0.01% / red are bearish
🔹At 0.01% is neutral
-- Trading Resources - Live large trade ticker 3 of 14--
🔹Live cryptocurrency trades visualizer
🔹large orders and liquidations in realtime across multiple exchanges
🔹I have it pined to the left of my screen and set it to notify me large orders
🔹E.g. $BTC $ETH
🔹Features
🔸Immutability - Can't change the ledger
🔸Enhanced Security - near impossible to hack due to distribution
🔸Faster Settlement - Faster than boomer payment systems
🔸Concensus - supports lots of different consensus mechanisms
-- BLOCKCHAIN #2--
🔹How does it work?
🔸Transaction executed
🔸Network node verifies it
🔸Unique hash ID allocated along with transaction hash
🔸IDs are stored on the ledger
🔸Transaction is now immutable
I wanted to take some time to cover some resources I use in my daily $BTC trading. This will be a longer thread, so bear with it you will hopefully find something that will help you also. I will try to keep it concise so if there are any questions please DM me.
1. Funding Rates - bybt.com/FundingRate
Funding rates have proved to be extremely useful in understanding how over heated the leveraged market is at any one time. Funding rates (below 0.01% / green) are bullish. Funding rates (above 0.01%/ red) are bearish.
2. Live large trade ticker - aggr.trade/#
When scalping I like to see the large orders and liquidations in realtime across multiple exchanges. I have Aggr.trade pined to the left of my screen and set it to notify me of orders over specified size.