In a nutshell, liquidation is the process of turning an asset into cash. Liquidation can happen for various reasons, but in the case of cryptocurrencies, it’s usually because someone is trying to sell off their holdings during a time when the price is too low for them to get any money out of them.
The most common reason for this is when someone holds cryptocurrency as an investment and decides that they need cash now. This can happen...
Testnet Ethereum Merge Completes Successfully on Ropsten
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The testnet Ethereum Merge has been completed successfully on the Ropsten testnet, and developers are now focused on the final merge in late Q3 or early Q4 2022.
Ethereum’s testnet has successfully migrated to the new Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. This means that Ethereum has completed its first step towards a PoS future.
The next step will be to execute a final merge of the Ethereum testnet on Ropsten with the...
What are NFTs?
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NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, are a new form of digital asset that represent real-world objects like art, music, and in-game items. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos.
What this means is that an NFT is not fungible: each one is unique. And if one has been sold, there can be no other exactly like it. This makes them similar to...
What is the Ethereum difficulty bomb?
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The Ethereum network is facing its own version of a “difficulty bomb” that will start to slow down the current blockchain system. The Difficulty Bomb is a difficulty adjustment algorithm that is designed to make block mining more difficult over time. It was originally implemented with the goal of incentivizing miners to switch to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mining.
The difficulty bomb was first announced in 2015 and was originally set to go live...
How Crypto Bear Markets Function
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If you’re new to the world of cryptocurrency, bear markets can be a scary thing.
Bear markets are traditionally thought of as a time when an asset trades below its prior high by 20% or more, usually accompanied by a lot of pessimism about the near-term future. People often think of bear markets as being an indication that the asset is doomed to fail, but this isn’t always the case. In fact, it’s possible for assets to...






