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ForkLog 15 18.08.2020

Seven crypto exchanges reviewed: comparing rates and reaching out to support

If you don’t mine, don’t trade, and don’t get paid in cryptocurrency, you’re unlikely to remember crypto exchanges. When buying cryptocurrency, you’ll probably look for the service with the most favourable rate.

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ForkLog 262 17.08.2020

Coronavirus crisis and markets: has Bitcoin finally proven its status as a safe-haven asset?

ForkLog presents the quarter’s results—GDP dynamics, stock indices, and gold and Bitcoin prices—along with forecasts for activity recovery and macro indicators returning to pre-crisis levels.

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ForkLog 35 14.08.2020

In the wake of Belarus’s internet shutdown: how to bypass blocks and when it becomes impossible

Against the backdrop of protests linked to Belarus's presidential election, residents were cut off from the internet for several days. The authorities blamed it on DDoS attacks and interference from abroad, but experts say the switch was pulled by state-owned providers — Beltelecom and НЦОТ. ForkLog spoke to experts about bypassing blocks and protecting the basic right to access the internet.

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ForkLog 18 14.08.2020

What are crypto cards, and why should they disappear

Banks, Visa and Mastercard are driving cryptocurrency services toward processing companies like Wirecard. For ForkLog, co-founder and CEO of Aximetria Alex Axelrod explained why this approach should be abandoned.

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ForkLog 30 11.08.2020

DDoS Attacks or National Internet Isolation: What Is Happening to Belarus’s Internet

On August 9, the main day of voting in Belarus's presidential election, internet outages were reported across the country from early on. Since then, the internet in the country has never fully recovered.

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ForkLog 11 10.08.2020

Six mistakes beginner traders make—and how to avoid them

Traders enter the market chasing easy money. Beginners think trading is simple: they look at a chart, press a button, and earn. In reality, 70% of traders lose money. The problem is not knowledge of technical analysis but common emotional mistakes.

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ForkLog 80 10.08.2020

How Wirecard collapsed: dubious clients, forged reports and a €2bn hole

The card-issuing Wirecard, one of the 30 largest German companies by market capitalization, collapsed at the end of June, having proven to be a carefully masked hollow shell.

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ForkLog 26 07.08.2020

Blockchain, Chinese-Style: How China Is Building a Centralised Platform for DLT Development

In October 2019, China's President Xi Jinping stated the need for China to become a leader in blockchain technology.

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ForkLog 19 05.08.2020

How to Invest in Mining and the Associated Risks

The Bitcoin mining industry is drawing the attention of traditional and venture investors. With the advent of synthetic assets and hash-rate-based financial instruments, there are more investment options in mining.

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ForkLog 14 03.08.2020

Which Bitcoin Exchanges Truly Deserve Trust — A Reliability Test by Coin Metrics

As the market matures, regulation tightens and competition intensifies, the share of phantom volumes on leading crypto exchanges is gradually shrinking. Yet the problem remains — most platforms still display inflated trading volumes.

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ForkLog 1 31.07.2020

How a Bitcoin-Whale Exchange Works: Big Money in a Guarded Office

Bestchange lists 444 exchanges. But the list is not exhaustive: it does not include centralized and P2P exchanges that prefer anonymous offline trades.

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ForkLog 23 29.07.2020

Any2Any Quantum Trading Core — a technology for trading in any direction

50x.com has developed the Any2Any trading core, enabling trading of any cryptocurrency against any other without fixed pairs. The core groups orders into a single graph, balances liquidity to execute trades at the best price, and claims to reduce market noise and fees.

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