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Quota

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A country’s government has many tools at its disposal to build the strongest economy possible. Most of the time, they want to protect local businesses as it provides jobs that…

Whale

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The label of “whale” is one desired by all in the crypto space. Many young investors aspire to be a Crypto whales eventually. According to statistics, in mid-2021, there are…

FOMO

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You have probably been in a situation where you observe an asset rapidly increase in price. Despite the logical thing of waiting for the price to correct itself, you give…

Base Currency

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In every forex pair, there will be two different currencies, base and quote currency.  What is a ‘base currency’? In a currency pair (AAA/BBB), you will determine one of them…

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

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The limiting factor that stunts the growth of a company is the lack of capital. To solve this problem, companies look for sources to finance their business. The two main…

Exotic Currency

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Currency pairs are classified into three main categories: major, minor and exotic. Major currency pairs are made up of USD and another main currency. A minor currency pair is a…

Major/Minor Currency

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There are many ways to classify currencies. One of them is majors or minors. Right below is the list of the main currencies and how you can benefit from trading…

Proof of Work

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  • Post last modified:November 2, 2021

Most users of Bitcoin or cryptocurrency understand that Proof of Work (PoW) is one of the core fundamentals that allows it to operate in a decentralized manner. But what really…

Proof of Stake

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Ethereum has announced that, provisionally, by the end of 2021, its consensus mechanism will change from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). This has been the recent…

Decentralized Finance

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  • Post last modified:September 30, 2021

If you have been around the crypto space for a while, you would have heard of the term Decentralised Finance (DeFi). It has been a surging investment trend at the…

Blockchain

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  • Post last modified:September 30, 2021

The rise of Bitcoin has brought more attention to the term ‘blockchain.’ There are many types of information that can be stored on these blockchains. However, it is most famous…

Balance of Payments

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  • Post last modified:September 29, 2021

When trades occur, money and goods will be transferred between countries. Different trade scenarios and quantities will result in different impacts on a country’s GDP and currency. The government keeps…