Cryptocurrency insights
Cryptocurrency insights

Cryptocurrency insights

A blog that looks at the recent cryptocurrency developments and trends and tries to put them in context.


Learning From Cryptocurrency Hacks

13 Jan 2020 2 minute read 22 comments crypto_mouse

The major cryptocurrency hacks, thefts, insider thefts, frauds and scams that have taken place in the last decade are compiled herein.  What can we learn from the ongoing thefts of cryptocurrencies?  By aggregating the attacks we can find some intere...

The Biggest Crypto Catalysts For This Year

10 Jan 2020 5 minute read 19 comments crypto_mouse

Being aware of the potential near-term catalysts can provide insight whether to buy, add, hold, move, or sell your cryptocurrency positions.  During the next 12 months there are a number of ongoing developments that may drive price action of specific...

DeFi - Best in Class for 2020

9 Jan 2020 2 minute read 14 comments crypto_mouse

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) projects began gaining momentum in just the last few years. In late 2018, fifteen Ethereum-based projects united as a network to build an open, decentralized and independent financial system (a decentralized finance syste...

2020 - The Rise of National Centralized Cryptocurrencies

8 Jan 2020 5 minute read 2 comments crypto_mouse

The increasing use and adoption of cryptocurrencies - as a way to move money within and between nation states by individuals- has resulted in several countries banning (at some point in time) cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency businesses, ICOs and crypto...

Will Bitcoin "Moon" due to the Death of General Qassem Soleimani and Escalation with Iran?

7 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments crypto_mouse

Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN, wrote that if there is a war with Iran then Bitcoin will ‘moon’ because “war in the Middle East” has always made markets move.  The recent US airstrike on Iran which killed its top general is an event where you can defini...

Chainlink Price Predictions – Expert Consensus Suggests Steady Growth

6 Jan 2020 2 minute read 3 comments crypto_mouse

This is the first in a series of articles that I will write summarizing group expert opinions of future cryptocurrency prices for various cryptocoins.  The premise for this series of predicting cryptocurrency price points based on the collective cons...

What can we learn from Cryptocurrency "Bar Chart Racer" graphs?

3 Jan 2020 4 minute read 6 comments crypto_mouse

Several versions of "racer" graphs  or bar chart race graphs are available to watch on YouTube. Bar chart race graphs shows the percentage of total market capitalization (dominance) in the cryptocurrency market. The video shows the top cryptocurrenci...