Cryptocurrency
Whether you think it’s the future of money or just something to bring up when you run out of small talk at weddings, crypto is becoming increasingly relevant to everyday investors (and institutional ones, too). The thing is, crypto can also seem kind of complicated. To help you learn what it is and decide if it's the right investment for you, we gathered all of our crypto-related advice and explanations in one convenient place.
What is Cryptocurrency: A Beginners' Guide
Cryptocurrencies are a type of digital asset that run on blockchain technology. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Is Cryptocurrency Legal in Canada?
Cryptocurrency is legal in Canada, although regulation has restricted where you can trade. Here’s what you need to know.
How To Buy Bitcoin In Canada (2022 Updated)
Want to buy Bitcoin but not sure where to start? Pay attention: here’s everything you need to know about buying Bitcoin.
How to Buy Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency platform behind Bitcoin. Here’s how to buy its coins.
How to Buy Cryptocurrency in Canada
A guide to buying and selling cryptocurrency in Canada, from opening a trading account to buying or selling your first digital currency.
How to short Crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum and Others
You can short cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP by taking out loans of those cryptocurrencies, selling them, and then using the proceeds to buy that cryptocurrency at a lower price. Here’s how it works.
Why Does Crypto Crash?
Cryptocurrency is notoriously volatile and tends to crash harder than other assets. This guide explains why.
Cryptocurrency Regulation
When the cryptocurrency industry became too large to ignore, regulators stepped in. Here’s how cryptocurrency regulation works.
What Is Staking?
Staking is a way to use crypto to earn more crypto. It’s also an essential component of some blockchains. We’ll answer every staking-related question you have (and a few you don’t) here.
Centralized and Decentralized Cryptocurrency
In this article, we will describe some features of cryptocurrencies and “decentralized” finance that are not decentralized at all, and explain why some projects have strayed, often quite reasonably, from the ethos of true decentralization. We’ll then explain which big projects are decentralized and which feature some aspects of decentralization.
Crypto slang terms
The crypto trading community uses dozens of slang terms and jargon. Here’s a guide.
Top Cryptocurrencies and Crypto Exchanges
Here’s how to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on crypto exchanges and other trading platforms.
What are the Top-Performing Cryptocurrency Stocks?
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized coins that do not trade on public stock exchanges. Instead, they trade on cryptocurrency trading platforms. However, some of the companies that create critical cryptocurrency infrastructure are publicly traded, and you can trade top crypto stocks just like shares in Apple or Google.
Cryptocurrency Market Cap Explained
The metric of a cryptocurrency’s market capitalization, or market cap for short, is one of the most cited metrics when discussing the size of a cryptocurrency’s market.
A Guide to Crypto Technical Analysis
Technical analysis is crucial for understanding how to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Here’s an overview.
What You Need to Know About Crypto Airdrops
An airdrop is when a cryptocurrency project gifts people free cryptocurrency. Here’s how it works.
Virtual Land Guide for Beginners
Virtual real estate, or virtual land, is experiencing renewed interest in the cryptocurrency era. Here’s why and how it works.
A Guide to Coinbase Fees
Coinbase is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. How much does it cost to use? It depends how you use it.
What is Cryptocurrency: A Beginners' Guide
Cryptocurrencies are a type of digital asset that run on blockchain technology. Here’s everything you need to know.
What are Smart Contracts and How Do They Work?
Smart contracts are pieces of computer code that let blockchain applications talk to each other without the need for an intermediary. Here’s how they work.
What are Stablecoins?
A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency product that is intended to be equal to one unit of a fiat currency such as the dollar, the yen, or the euro. Here’s how they work.
Impossible Questions: What Should Your Crypto Investment Strategy Be?
We can’t tell you the best crypto to invest in or guide you when to buy a particular cryptocurrency, but we can at least tell you how some people analyze crypto, the types of trades you can make, how to read a crypto chart and how to go about implementing a trading strategy.
A Guide to NFTs: Everything You Need to Know About Non-Fungible Tokens
Non-fungible tokens or NFTs are collectible digital assets based on blockchain technology. Here’s what you should know about investing in NFTs right now.