Due to its young age and exponential profit potential, the cryptocurrency market is subject to manipulation by traders, investors, and even financial institutions. Inexperienced market participants often lose their funds, becoming hostage to manipulation and unexpected market behavior, which is not only caused by their own mistakes but also due to the influence of mass media, social networks, or fake news.

In today’s article, we will talk about these market manipulation tactics as a means of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), which is often used to manipulate market prices. …

There is no denying it: non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are on the rise. In 2020, the number of transactions involving NFTs had tripled to reach more than $250 million. While a study by the Nonfungible analytics company suggests that the trading volume for the first quarter of 2021 has risen 131-times year-over-year. And while the concept for NFTs has been around since 2017, it was the recent bitcoin rally and DeFi boom that has made them flourish.

The NFT market is vigorously discussed in the cryptocurrency space and beyond, and the debate over the use of these tokens and whether their…

Before the advent of the Internet, the telephone was every trader’s hottest tool. Because automatic trading did not yet exist, a phone call to your stock broker was necessary to place a trade on the market. However, with the development of new technologies, trading quickly moved into cyberspace, where API interfaces became the new paradigm. Today, we will discuss how APIs are used in crypto trading and how 3Commas can help you automate your trading strategies.

What is an API?

An API (Application Programming Interface) allows different applications to communicate with one another. APIs are becoming increasingly popular tools, with companies such as Facebook…

A halo of myths has formed around bitcoin mining and its energy usage, forcing even the most experienced crypto enthusiasts to doubt its efficiency and environmental footprint. Bitcoin is currently being bombarded by numerous attacks and criticisms from eco-activists and Wall Street executives alike. According to these myths, bitcoin mining causes serious harm to the environment due to its massive energy consumption. When examined in a vacuum, the current consumption of the bitcoin blockchain is comparable to the total energy consumption of the Netherlands. But, is bitcoin mining as harmful to the environment as it seems? …

Options can be quite complex financial instruments to understand, and this is especially true for decentralized Options. Luckily, the delta.theta team has made options trading easy to understand for beginners and professionals alike.

In this article, we will go over important features of the new delta.theta Options protocol and how it differs from other decentralized Options.

The decentralized Options market is still developing, and there are more and more projects working on new products in this space each day. Some current decentralized Options platforms include Hegic, Opyn, Opiym, and Vega, among others. However, all of these projects have a serious…

Over the past few years, Cardano (ADA) became one of the fastest-growing blockchain platforms in the entire cryptocurrency industry. ADA is one of the top-ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and has already exceeded investors’ expectations numerous times since its launch in 2015. The project’s ecosystem is rapidly evolving on the path toward a fully operational blockchain platform. Just recently, its developers announced the release of an update that includes smart contracts and tools which will integrate ADA into decentralized finance (DeFi) space.

Cardano’s major advancements lie in the unique mathematical principles at the base of its consensus mechanism and multi-level…

When considering cryptocurrencies as a medium to long-term investment, many investors face the problem of choosing a suitable investment strategy. Each investor is different in their time horizon, risk profile, and capital. However, for most investors, there is one strategy that is almost always of use.

Instead of making one single purchase using large amounts of capital, it is arguably better to buy digital assets gradually and build up a position over time. This type of investing strategy is called Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA). …

On December 18th, 2013, a Bitcointalk forum user named GameKyuubi published a post describing the reasons for long-term investment in Bitcoin and how such an investment could payoff in the future. At the time, the crypto market was experiencing another price decline, and GameKyuubi stated that he would hold Bitcoin anyway because he believed in Satoshi Nakamoto’s project. His post would probably have stayed unnoticed if it wasn’t for one detail — the user misspelled the word hold, writing “HODL” instead. That’s how the famous meme was born, which supposedly highlights the success of long-term crypto investments.

Many insist that…