It's no secret that war is expensive. Besides the monetary costs - lives lost, families devastated, and futures permanently altered. What about the war's other, less visible costs?

The last few weeks have been sobering moments for the world, and the cryptocurrency space has not been exempted. The Russian-Ukraine war took almost everyone by surprise, but the aftermath has not been that subtle. While the direct impact of the conflict may be felt more most in Ukraine, it has also sent shockwaves through the global digital currency markets.

The world was shocked when Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine. In the wake of the first attack, global markets responded accordingly, and the fragile American economy, which had been battling a 7% inflation rate, staggered. If there's anything we have learned, it is that conflicts have far-reaching consequences, no matter how local they may seem at first glance.

The US and the EU responded with tough economic sanctions targeted at crippling the Russian economy and isolating it from global commerce. By seizing several Russian foreign assets, looking for alternatives to Russian oil, and removing seven banks from the SWIFT network, the West made a bold statement showing that they would not allow any oppression to have a field day. On the other hand, Ukraine has enjoyed military aid from several countries and has received over $108m in donations across all government crypto accounts. What does this mean for cryptocurrency? And how has the cryptocurrency market fared since the start of the war?

In this article we will look at how the Russian-Ukraine war is affecting cryptocurrency—and how cryptocurrency may be impacting the war itself.

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In this article while covering the importance of calculating the total market cap, we will also look at how to calculate the total market cap of the crypto industry as a whole. This will act as a gauge for the cumulative value of the blockchain and crypto industry. Knowing this, in combination with the market cap of a specific crypto will allow you to make more precise and timely investment decisions, increasing the chance of profits.

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The market has no friends or favorites. It can go your way today, but tomorrow isn't promised. Traders and investors are daily saddled with finding proven ways to stay profitable in the market and minimize losses.

Being profitable in varying market conditions involves engaging the right strategies that help you sync with profitable market movements - but because of the market's unpredictable nature, sustaining consistent profit can be arduous. Therefore, protecting yourself from the unpredictability of market movement is paramount. Hence, concepts like the long straddle options strategy.

The long straddle options strategy is essentially a bet on volatility. It involves an investor taking a bet that the market will react strongly to an event but unsure of the market direction. So, he applies the long straddle strategy that allows him to bet both ways on the market and profit; either way, the market moves.

Before we consider what the long straddle strategy is, let's lay a little foundation by answering the question, "what is a straddle?"

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After reading this article, chances are high you might want to leave a comment. Further, you might share it on social media if it would be an area of interest to your network. But before 2004, you couldn’t do any of that. The best thing you could do was read this blog. We write. You read. That was all.

Static, noninteractive, and one-sided best describes the worldwide web between the 1990s-2000s. This non-user-centric era was known as Web 1.0. It was popular for introducing search engines like Yahoo Answers. However, an invention termed by O'Reilly as Web 2.0 revolutionized that phase.

Web 2.0 disrupted the web by prioritizing users. People could now interact with the content they liked. They could also express their displeasure. Social networking services opened up many new possibilities as well. Users also got into the content production game, leading to a rise in User-Generated Content (UGC). No longer did website owners have a monopoly over content creation.

After two decades of enjoying these benefits, another revolution is coming to the web. We are shifting to Web 3.0.

But what is Web 3.0, what does blockchain have to do with it, and how can you invest in it?

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While markets are busy with the O word and its temporary impact on world economies, I’d like to take a step back and see how the cryptocurrency world is interacting with traditional finance.

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