Hello everyone, in the last year I gather and bookmarked interesting good crypto guides and resources, and thought it would be good to share them with you all.

 
TGuide: You now have several million in crypto. How do you cash out?


Crypto.com Lays Off More than 2,000 Employees


A record 55,000 Bitcoin, or over $1.1 billion, was just withdrawn from Binance


The Complete Security Guide to keep you, your computer, and your crypto safeOC


El Salvador President: If Our BTC Experiment Succeeds, Many Countries Will Follow


Blockchain And Cryptocurrency: A Comprehensive Guide


Blockchain Marketing – Everything You Need to Know


Kattana: Pro Trading Candlestick Guide

I hope you find it useful, feel free to comment and add stuff you found helpful/interesting and I will edit and add them

Hello guys, many things happen this year, a lot has changed and a lot has happened, so I wanted to create a list of guides, info, and news of what happened to the market, and important stuff I think any crypto user need to know


Let's start with Elon who affected our market a lot:

Elon Musk Tweet


Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin. We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin Mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel.

Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a promising future, but this cannot come at a great cost to the environment.

Tesla will not be selling any Bitcoin and we intend to use it for transactions as soon as mining transitions to more sustainable energy. We are also looking at other Cryptocurrencies that use <1% of Bitcoin's energy/transaction


Elon Musk Effect on Cryptocurreny? How Tesla CEO Moves Bitcoin, Dodgecoin with Just a Tweet


Beginner's Guide for NFTs


Quick Beginner's Guide for Creating and Listing NFTs


Banks (Not Bitcoin) in Australia Laundered $387,000,000 for Latin American Drug Cartel


Gaming retailer GameStop is building an NFT platform on Ethereum


Absolute beginners guide to crypto


Blockchain PR – Everything You Need to Know


Crypto Trading Bots: Beginner's Guide(a little advance but worth checking)


Everything about crypto taxes




Hope you guys found it interesting

Hello everyone, I like to bookmark and keep articles and resources I found interesting/useful, and as you all know, 2021 was a crazy year, so there were plenty of highlights and amazing news. Those are some of my favorites


I  want to start with one of my favorite coin plz

Ethereum Miners Have Become A Digital Cancer, As They Attempt To Halt Update That Would Help Lower Everyone's Transaction Fees

Introducing Neo N3 — the next evolution of the Neo blockchain

PayPal, Processor of $936 Billion in 2020, Allows Payment in BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH

Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT

As bond yields fall, Bitcoin is above $ 55,000

Blockchain PR – Everything You Need to Know

hark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Reverses Stance on Bitcoin, Says Crypto Is Here to Stay, Invests 3% of His Portfolio

Announcing General Availability of Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain

Crypto passive income guide

Hope you guys will find it interesting, feel free to add more info and I will add it 

Yea apparently some of them are not working anymore, i will soon update the new list

Hello everyone, happy Sunday:) I decided to share with you a list of useful guides/articles I gather since I got into the crypto world, i know its kinda weird but if i read something I like I bookmarked it and keep it. Hope you found it interesting

Useful crypto resources I gather during the years
A Guide to Crypto Currencies

How bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) actually work?

What is even blockchain?

Blockchain PR – Everything You Need to Know

Perry G Mehrling [Columbia], (free) course on coursera called  

Economics of Money and Banking

A Whale's Guide to Crypto Trading (2014) [pdf]

Crypto Taxes in 2020: Tax Guide with Real Scenarios

How does Ethereum work

Crypto Investing Guide

TLDR of the top 30 cryptocurrencies. Hopefully, this can help guide your research


I have a few more but i will keep them for next time, enjoy:)

According to the National Post media outlet, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has recently made a formal request to a judge of the Federal Court of Canada to compel the Coinsquare Canadian crypto trading platform to provide information and certain documents regarding all its customers starting from 2013.

Full article https://blockchain.news/news/canadian-tax-agency-coinsquare-crypto-exchange-hand-clients-personal-data

I really dont care, I just like what he is doing right now, enjoy this, sell some and keep lean back and enjoy this amazing time

Hello everyone, I decided to gather the most interesting article and info I encounter in the last few months, some of them are just articles, some of them are guides, and there are some photos as well. I personally found them very interesting, so I decided to share it with you. Hope you guys found something you like here

I want to start with this

If you lost money on Bitcoin you either bought in the red or you didn't hodl



This is very relaxing for me tbh, this market, keep growing and growing.


Steve Wozniak suing Youtube for failing to crack down on Bitcoin scams using his image


In 2009 Lily Allen turned down 200,000 Bitcoin in return for playing a concert in Second Life - now they would be worth $1.8 BILLION


This tweet of Mark Ross



The Second-Largest Bitcoin Whale in Existence Moves Staggering $1,146,000,000 in BTC


South Korean Highways Will Have Blockchain-Powered Toll Payments


Americans are “pouring” cash, stimulus checks into Bitcoin and gold


Earn Crypto by gaming - a beginners guide to Angry Warlord


Crypto Trading Bots: Beginner's Guide


Crypto Wallet Backup: Beginner's Guide


short info about all the coins and Blockchain Assets.


Blockchain PR The Definitive Guide 2020


Noob friendly guide on how to verify the message about Craig Wright XD


Percentage Based Crypto Portfolio Template


Everything about BTC miming


Cryptocurrency Security Guide For Beginners

Ok, those are my favorite crypto-related content I encounter in the last few months if you have something you want me to add feel free to comment or pm me and I will add it, enjoy:)

he guide is divided into a few chapters:

 this guide will include real use cases of blockchain PR from around the web and will explore the pros and cons of each article.

1 What is Blockchain PR
2 Why Your Blockchain PR campaign is not working:
3 Blockchain PR Costs?
4 Blockchain PR Challenges
5 Running a Blockchain PR Campaign that’s SEO Oriented:
6 Blockchain PR KPI’s

The full blockchain marketing guide

Maybe it does not address to all of you, but still, it is a very interesting piece of info, and you can find knowledge there about how this all process work, how project advertising themself a much it cost, and what to look

Enjoy

A few years ago blockchain and ICOS was in its prime, and the marketing and pr campaigns were relatively easy, companies raise millions of dollars, and if we are being honest without a lot of work.

The market grew a lot in this time, but since then a lot has changed, the same methods that use to work are now obsolete, and simply not working anymore

The goal of PR is to establish your brand and to drive authority and traffic to your site, therefore, your website, social media, and company needs to look legit.

Good PR and marketing need to show your brand in legit light and drive quality traffic to your website. Your website, blog, social media and company need to look legit, well written and understandable

It must be built to convert, so the people who get to your website from your blockchain PR campaign won’t go to waste.

What this guide is covering?

Why most PR articles aren’t getting any shares and views

How to deliver real value to the readers

How much does Blockchain PR even cost

The updated challenges blockchain companies facing in their campaigns

How to launch a blockchain PR campaign with SEO in mind?

What are the KPIs of Blockchain PR

How to find where to publish your product

The full blockchain marketing guide

Hope some of you would found it interesting and I love to hear what you guys think

I don't know if you all of you know but the gambling industry experienced massive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. However, the current lottery model is severely outdated and it seems many users are switching to decentralized platforms in search of efficiency and

As the global economy continues to deal with the economic fallout, companies are coming to terms with the fact that normalcy may not return for quite a while.  Many economists are wondering how the business landscape will look a year or more from now.  It’s certainly possible that many businesses, such as retailers and restaurants, may be unable to survive the current downturn.  But while some businesses will falter, others will emerge stronger than ever

Current Lottery Model is Severely Outdated
It’s safe to say that nearly every human that has ever walked the earth has fantasized about winning the massive jackpot that would completely change their life.  These dreams have turned the global lottery industry into a $302 billion market that is expected to reach $380 billion by 2025.  Despite this predicted growth, the industry suffers from a variety of problems that are preventing it from really exploding.

Perhaps the biggest problem is that traditional lotteries are centralized. 

Because of this, there is essentially no oversight on what a lottery provider may or may not do.  This lack of transparency leads to high levels of fraud and hidden costs that cause a great deal of trust issues among the lottery participants.  In addition, players often have to deal with highly restrictive limits on withdrawals that can be burdensome to deal with.

More info and numbers here

Personally I don't trust the current Systems, and the number I don’t play the lottery is because I don’t believe them. It’s government-run. If it was on a smart contract (eth chain) that I can read then I would be more inclined to throw my money away playing the lottery.

I think it's a blessed change, and I cant wait to see how it is going to transform the current system, however, im sure it will take a decent amount of time until people will be really able to adjust.

What do you think?

The gambling industry is experiencing massive growth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. However, there are problems in the traditional online gambling platforms and it seems many users are switching to decentralized platforms in search of efficiency and transparency.


The Problems Of Traditional Lotteries
One of the first and most prevalent issues that have appeared within the lottery sector is a lack of transparency due to the fact that many systems and operations are centralized; the customer does not know what is going on behind the scenes. This lack of transparency has led to regular allegations of fraudulent behavior, specifically: winnings not being paid out to customers, mismanagement of random number generators. This does little to foster trust and repeat custom from users.


Why Blockchain Is The Solution
By running a lottery using a blockchain platform, lottery providers are able to solve almost all of the problems faced by themselves and their customers. Due to blockchain technology’s open distributed ledger system, all transactions and procedures on that blockchain will be transparent.

This helps to foster trust and credibility for a blockchain lottery, which will greatly assist in generating new customers. Also, blockchain technology helps to eliminate the problems of inclusivity that plague many lotteries, due to the fact that anyone with internet access is able to join. As a result of this, blockchain lotteries have the capability to draw on customers from across the globe, increasing usage rate and profits.

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I feel there are so many cases of Lotto scams its crazy, for example, Iowa Hot Lotto scandal, apparently cyber expert fraud $2 million in illegal winnings from five states

The guy later said "It was more of a trying to see if I could do it scenario," he said. "And then it just continued to exist ... the opportunity was there and I took advantage of it." Well I can't blame him, I think blockchain really can help here, what do you think?

The ongoing political instability in the world, combined with the outbreak of COVID-19 in recent months has left traditional economies reeling. The longstanding narrative of Bitcoin being a “safe-haven” asset has also been degrading. Perhaps the most historically important asset in human history has been experiencing difficulty that has not been seen in over thirty years.

People shouldn’t be shocked that both gold and Bitcoin are prone to changes in price. Furthermore, all opportunities and items must be considered for their long-term applications. Bitcoin has managed to invoke more confidence, but there is still a long road ahead. Gold already has proven credentials as an asset; regularly holding up well against inflation. This has led to an increase in gold-backed stablecoins. New innovations are also taking hold in the market.

Why Is Gold So Precious And Valued?

Even now, gold is still in demand from multiple different avenues, from being an investment opportunity, a sign of status and expense for purchasers, or, as an internal and integral part of numerous technologies. Not to mention that gold is still an incredibly popular reserve asset.



these factors have all played a very large role in the fact that gold has more often than not, be more effective than any fiat currency, even in the 20th century. The current trend of gold is one of the most stable stores of value that does not seem to be declining. The main market development organization for this asset, the World Gold Council has even stated that over the previous two decades the demand for gold from investors has climbed by 15% each year.

Gold’s History And Potential On The Blockchain

Even so far back as the 1990s, there were efforts to digitize gold as an asset, which was most notoriously started by the now dead in the water E-Gold. Despite these efforts, it has been eleven years since the Bitcoin Blockchain appeared on the map of digital currencies and we have only recently seen the idea of gold as a digital asset gaining traction.

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Personally I think Bitcoin is acting much in accordance to stock markets while gold goes the opposite direction. I know Bitcoin tries not to act the same way as stock markets, but gold has an advantage: it has no competition. All this while there are at least 100 different cryptocurrencies. Until the people go for investing for a long time and not short-time profit, I honestly think Bitcoin has no chance of acting differently from the stock market.

The cryptocurrency market is very unpredictable and often we doubt its functioning and security. Let us try to understand this fluctuating market from one of the industry leaders and see how his company is changing the preconceived notion surrounding the above-said market.

From an interview with Thor Chan, the CEO of AAX crypto exchange, they talk about the effects of coronavirus pandemic on the cryptocurrency market, prices and more.  

Source and the full interview

How do you judge the right time to invest in the world of digital currencies?

Everything is relative. For example, we will soon be launching our own native exchange token, AAB. In the first three flash sale rounds, we will be offering AAB at a discount - seems like the right time to me.


In addition, AAB will be bought back using 100% of AAX’s futures revenue. The amount of AAB will be shrinking over time. With a deflationary model token, as long as the demand is there, earlier is always better than later.  


Right now, Bitcoin is in search of support slightly above $6,000 - of course, it would have been better to buy in at $1, but Bitcoin still has ample room for growth. There is no right time as such, it just depends on your timeframe. This industry is only a decade young. If you believe cryptocurrency will see more adoption over the coming five years, then any day of the week is the right time.

With the crypto-currencies prices fluctuating continuously, especially Bitcoin, what special advice would you like to give to the potential investors?

Let’s first look at the reasons for the bitcoin price plunge recently. Firstly, all financial markets are struggling. Stocks, commodities, bonds, currencies and even gold prices are dropping. Investment managers are busy closing their positions for cash and fund redemptions due to a big drop that caused the downward spiral. That’s the reason US markets got caught in an unstoppable avalanche. It’s a crisis caused by a lack of liquidity.

Secondly, digital assets plunged. People were dumping all kinds of assets, including Bitcoin, to a point that caused a massive amount of liquidations that liquidated low leverage positions escalating the downward spiral. Even worse, Bitmex broke down. This is significant, because BitMex is used by many exchanges, market makers and trading firms to hedge their positions.

Also, many people were trading Bitcoin contracts using Bitcoin for the maintenance margin. When the Bitcoin price dropped, the value of the maintenance margin dropped, people’s position got liquidated even quicker.

Crypto’s volatility is attractive to professional traders and for those engaged in the derivatives markets, but crypto is also about developing a long term view and investing accordingly. It’s all about perspective - recently, with all the commotion happening, $100 billion dollars vanished from the crypto market as institutional investors sought to defend their positions in financial markets. Bitcoin even dropped below $5,000. Some suggested this was proof that Bitcoin was failing, but many others saw this as a great opportunity to expand their Bitcoin holdings in anticipation of the asset’s recovery and the upcoming Halvening. If anything, crypto’s volatility really trains you and almost forces you to go back and revisit the fundamentals - once you formed your view, price fluctuations won’t distract you.

With the stock prices falling fast due to the spread of Coronavirus, how do you see the impact of this scare on the cryptocurrencies?

When Bitcoin plummeted, together with stock markets, some critics were quick to point out that Bitcoin was failing as a hedge. But this is inaccurate. Bitcoin, just like gold and pretty much all other assets, do not perform well when there is global panic. Big companies in the US, including great companies such as Apple, are now greatly undervalued, and it’s no different for Bitcoin. Over the coming weeks, when the liquidity crisis is over, Bitcoin will perform well, just like gold. Over the coming months, as we see interest rates cut, and economies shaking, we will see if Bitcoin will attract more investment and recover faster than the other assets.


I personally think The coronavirus is just getting started, and the crypto market handles it surprisingly well. What do you think will happen?

The US Congress, and later the Senate, approved a $2 Trillion stimulus bill that will cushion American taxpayers as well as businesses, from the devastating effects of the Coronavirus.

The initial draft of the bill had explored the use of a Digital dollar to distribute funds to affected individuals. The bill had floated the idea of banks creating and maintaining digital dollar wallets for individuals and business entities. However, the concept of a digital dollar was left out in the final bill that was later approved by both houses.

Why the Idea of a Digital Dollar is Bullish for Bitcoin
The mentioning of a digital dollar and provision of digital wallets by banks, ignited some excitement amongst crypto enthusiasts who found this move very bullish for Bitcoin (BTC) as shall be explained.
Secondly, the implementation of a digital dollar would open the doors for other countries who will not want to be left behind in digitizing their national currencies beyond internal CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currencies). With the global smartphone penetration estimated at 42% of the global population, roughly 3.2 Billion individuals will potentially have access to Bitcoin as a result.

Thirdly, once global currencies are digitized on the blockchain, other financial products such as securities, bonds and commodities will follow suit en masse. The probability of such tokenized assets being traded alongside Bitcoin is high. Therefore, such exposure would eventually legitimize BTC to many institutional and retail traders who had first considered it a fad or bubble

Tokenization of Commodities

To begin with, such a move would familiarize every American citizen with the concept of a digital wallet on their smartphone, desktop or web browser. It is a known fact that the whole concept of digital assets is complex for the average individual and this is the reason many do not venture into crypto. Therefore, having an incentive from the government of redeeming $1,200 via a digital wallet will surely help in familiarizing more potential investors with Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies.
Tokenization of Commodities
Further exploring the tokenization of commodities, we have seen a few crypto exchanges such as Bitfinex and AAX.com, explore new ways of tokenizing precious metals and in particular, imilarly, AAX.com launched PhiGold (PGX): a token linked to an innovative mining venture. This token is not only pegged to the real price of gold, but it allows investors to get involved early before the actual precious metal is extracted from the ground. This aspect provides investors with an opportunity of funding the process of extraction at the PhiGold Barobo gold mine in the Philippines. Each PGX token represents 1/100th of an ounce of gold and can be redeemed for the physical metal, crypto or fiat after a certain period.
It seems to me that this crisis changes everything that we know. Firstly the fact that a lot of industries can work from home, then this. The fact that the US government takes this into consideration speaks for itself. If this lasts long enough we will see other aspects of our lives being remodeled

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We need a new Internet which is not owned by a few centralized companies. We need an Internet co-owned by all of us, where everyone is equal, where everyone owns their own data. An Internet which is much more green, which is available everywhere in the world.

An Internet which goes back to where it all started – a network, connecting people who can freely communicate, who are not manipulated, and who can use this network to build out their digital lives in all freedom and neutrality.

This Internet needs to be self-driving & self-healing. It's the only way how a global network of capacity can be created. Since people are not needed to manage the network, the costs are lower and security is much stronger.

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Interview with Kristof De Spiegeleer(CEO/Founder - ThreeFold): The Current Internet Has Never Been Designed With Security In Mind

Kristof is a successful entrepreneur and the co-founder of the ThreeFold Foundation. He is building the next generation of blockchain-based IT infrastructure. We discussed his journey building tech companies, problems with current IT systems, and what he believes is the future of modern technologies.

Question 1.  Let’s get to meet you. Tell me a bit about your background.

Since I was 9 years old I have been obsessed by computers & programming. I guess you can call me a nerd. I always had a lot more interest in my computer and the sheer endless possibilities than normal childhood. Fast forward to when I came out of university, I had a hard time finding a job. Lucky for me I found a good business mentor who allowed me to build out my first business which was a networking and IT integration business. This was back in 1994 when we were still messing around with coax networks and a super immature IT ecosystem.

Around 2014, my life seriously changed. My wife Isabelle was very sick at that time and almost died. Doing something meaningful for the world became really important to us. This is where we started with the current projects going from conscious technology, trying to create a new Internet, and organizing healing retreats on the Nile.]


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In every creation there will be someone trying to exploit it, this is just how humans are, what do you think?

Since 2009 There Was A 500% Increase In Internet Traffic. Today, The Average Household Has More Than 7 Internet-Connected Devices, By 2020 There Will Be 6.58 Connected Devices Per Person. With A 7.5 Billion Global Population, That’s 50 Billion Devices.

Huge Pressure after a 500% Increase since 2009
The Average home has 7 Internet Connected Devices

And yet we still expect and need more from the internet with data consumption still surging 22% a year. We’re 20 years into the internet Millenium, the .com bubble is a distant blip on the radar, but for many people, the internet remains temperamental, slow and expensive.

Sure we can use the telephone at the same time as the internet, god bless broadband. Despite this, we still experience slow delivery of data especially when the whole country is online. The Demand is indeed exponentially growing as is expected and with a current infrastructure built on a patchwork of copper wire, fiber and satellite, demand is

People want more internet and more cloud storage. We don’t use floppy disks, cd ROMs or even external hard drives to store our data anymore. Data is heavy, precious and entrusted to large centralized data centers. With all this demand these centers can’t cope. Users can’t access their data with simultaneous efficiency. outstripping growth blockchain companies are looking to provide an answer



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So, I assume most of you familiar with the lame facebook cryptocurrency project.

Some background: In January 2018, Facebook announced that it was banning advertising related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The ban was expansive, and it included Facebook, Instagram, and its Audience Network that sells ads on third-party apps

So, one month before launching Libra, Facebook literally lifted its ban on cryptocurrency ads, demonstrating hypocrisy in its prime. They simply imposed the ban until it directly benefited them.

These companies serve as the gatekeepers of innovation and progress, creating pathways and implementing prohibitions in ways that are worth our attention and consideration. This is especially true for the nascent crypto industry that is continually becoming more popular and is



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