The crypto industry is developing extremely rapidly. It is also true for methods by which crypto projects raise funds to build their products and distribute their cryptocurrencies or tokens to the public. Initially, there was only distribution of cryptocurrencies to the general public performed by mining (or pre-mining in POS…

“Congratulations, you are one of the active users who are lucky to get 0.5 BTC…” — spam of this kind, with fake giveaways that ask people to send their BTC or ETH and receive much more crypto coins back, is notorious for having deceived many crypto users. Only in a…

Analytic platforms like Blockspot.io and Crystal show that as of 2020, the greatest number of crypto exchanges was in the USA, the UK, Singapore and in Hong Kong. Among European countries, the highest concentration of crypto exchanges was in Estonia, Malta and in the Netherlands. The heaviest crypto trading volume…

Blockchain technology has developed by operating autonomously, outside of the jurisdiction of any state. By its design, a blockchain does not require any traditional legal instruments (like those in contract law) or intermediaries in order to transfer crypto assets between users through blockchain applications worldwide (as well as to buy…

Launched on 1 September 2020, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) had time to make itself as a cross-compatible with Binance Chain blockchain, which enables its users to build BSC-based DApps and create assets while ensuring fast transaction processing speeds and significantly low transaction fees (according to some analytics the fees on…

Check out our new platform 👉 https://thecapital.io/ — In 2019, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published FATF Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers (the FATF Guidance) updating a set of standards in relation to cryptocurrency (virtual assets) and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to address money laundering and terrorist financing…

Check out our new platform 🚀 https://thecapital.io/ — The first crypto exchanges appeared a little over ten years ago, and their number is increasing each month. CoinGecko registered more than four hundred crypto exchanges (362 for spot trading, 57 for DEX, 42 for derivatives); meanwhile, Cryptowisser listed over 570 crypto exchanges on their website. According to statistics from…

Check out our new platform 🚀 https://thecapital.io/ — You may already hold some cryptocurrencies or tokens as a medium- or long-term investment. While you are waiting for the right time to sell your crypto assets for a profit, you can also earn passive income with them. Let’s dive into several common ways to generate income with cryptocurrency holdings…

Crypto exchanges frequently experience multiple hacking attempts and, unfortunately, their security systems occasionally become vulnerable to an attack. Recently, on 26 September 2020 KuCoin had a leakage of the private keys of its hot wallets resulting cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH) and tokens (ERC-20 and others) in the total amount over $200…