What is an ICO (Initial Coin Offering)?
Many clever ideas never materialize on the market. The people behind them don’t have the sufficient funds to develop the technology on their own or can’t find an investor who would support them. In the world of crypto, ICOs enable the founders to gather the necessary funding.
BANK HOLIDAY: 11 October 2021 – USD payments paused
Due to the upcoming federal US holiday on Monday, 11 October, Bitstamp’s USD incoming and outgoing payments will be paused.
Weekly News Roundup – 4 Oct 2021
Bitcoin's Lightning Network capacity reached an all-time high; DeFi whales turned Central, Northern and Western Europe into the world’s biggest crypto economy; El Salvador has officially started using volcanos to mine bitcoin & more
What are blockchain consensus rules?
Consensus rules are crucial to the validation process on the distributed blockchain network. They help achieve synchronization and agreement between the thousands of nodes on a blockchain. But who writes the consensus rules? Can they be changed? Should you as an average user worry about it?
Scheduled downtime on 1 October at 8 AM UTC
All crypto transactions to halt on 01 October for a maximum of one hour, from 8:00 AM UTC to 9:00 AM UTC at the latest.
New functionalities in the Bitstamp app v3.0!
The latest version gives you a wholesome overview of your crypto trading at first glance. The new action button provides clear and concise navigation for all your go-to actions in a single tap, while the Market tab makes its first appearance and enables easy browsing among all the assets.
Weekly News Roundup – 27 Sep 2021
Twitter rolls out bitcoin tipping for iOS users via Lightning, NFT marketplace OpenSea launches mobile app for iOS and Android, Snoop Dogg Reveals Himself as Ethereum NFT Whale With $17M Collection, and more news in crypto this week.
What are bulls and bears?
Market trends are subject to numerous variables, which makes them difficult to predict. But some patterns do show up over and over again. Traders use these patterns to make predictions and profit, regardless of which way the market is going.
What are staking and inflation, and how can you set up a passive income?
We’ve been offering staking of cryptocurrencies for a while now, but not all crypto users know what staking really means. This blog is for all who are interested in setting up a passive income and want to learn more about it. So, let’s take a closer look at the technical side of staking.
The underlying value of blockchains
The blockchain technology on which cryptocurrencies are based makes them a stepping stone towards a new and improved digital age. Therefore, their underlying value is actually much greater than what is reflected by their price.