Category: Alternative Investments

You Could Lose Your Crypto If Apple Password ‘Isn’t Strong Enough,’ Warns MetaMask

Apple Inc users who have enabled an iCloud backup for app data could be at the risk of losing cryptocurrency stored in their MetaMask wallet. What Happened: In a Twitter update on Sunday, MetaMask warned users that they may be susceptible to phishing attacks if their Apple ID password “isn’t strong enough.” You can disable iCloud backups for MetaMask…


Why You Shouldn’t Take Celebrity Investment Advice at Face Value

For the everyday investor, it can be tempting to look at celebrity investments like Warren Buffett as bastions of truth. These stock titans may appear to have an inside track on the market—and Buffett’s advice reportedly works for many—but if investing were as simple as following a superstar formula, we’d all be rich. The investing…


Germany Is the Most Crypto-Friendly Nation in the World

Crypto exchange aggregator Coincub recently released its latest Global Crypto Ranking. According to the study, Germany has replaced Singapore as the most crypto-friendly country in the world. “Germany is already one of the world’s most crypto-friendly countries. The country also has the highest number of Bitcoin nodes besides the US, but with a smaller population…


The Most Romantic Money Moves You Can Make

For some people, talking about money is as pleasurable a way to spend time together as going for a long walk on the beach. “I am a money nerd, so to me, talking about money is super fun, and I’ve paired up with someone who is the same,” says Kate Fries, a certified financial planner…


Last-Minute Tax Tips for U.S. Crypto Investors

NEW YORK—When accountant Zach Gordon gets calls from clients about how to handle cryptocurrency on their taxes, there is a common theme. “They have absolutely no idea,” says Gordon, a principal with Grassi Advisors & Accountants in Westchester, New York. It is not entirely their fault. The whole arena of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is so…


10 Best Crypto Trading Robots

Cryptocurrency trading bots are hands-free programs that execute specific tasks based on user configurations to deliver the highest amount of profit to the user. An investor interested in using a trading bot would connect the chosen bot to their exchange using an API—this is what gives the program access to act on the investors’ behalf…


‘HODL’: A Typo Takes Hold as a Sound Cryptocurrency Strategy

Late in 2013, with bitcoin prices in the middle of a steep dip, a post appeared in an online forum featuring a misspelling that would become legendary: “I AM HODLING.” The mangling of the word “hold” captured a kind of irreverent blind faith of some early cryptocurrency adopters, and it has since become a part…


How US Banks Are Dipping Their Toes in the Crypto Water

Last week, a top U.S. banking regulator warned of growing risks as banks start to capitalize on the popularity of cryptocurrencies to offer related services to clients. Here is how some of the biggest banks operating in the United States have gotten involved in crypto: Custody Services Bank of New York Mellon announced in February…