If you are investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), it is high time to consider including cryptocurrency ETFs in your portfolio as well. Just like how traditional ETFs track a basket of assets to amplify returns, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (“SPY”) which tracks the S&P 500 Index…

In this installment of the Bitcoin Educational series, we return from a brief stint battling misconceptions around the bitcoin network’s energy usage, and instead expand upon cryptographic fundamentals first explored here. Readers are sure to get deep into the weeds of then cryptographic technologies that underlie the bitcoin network. For…

A primary goal of VegaX Holdings’ Bitcoin Educational Series is to produce educational content that explains the underlying technical processes that power the bitcoin network. In the last installment of the series, we dug deep into the details of private and public key pair cryptography, digital signatures, and how those…

While the crypto world was riding all-time highs in 2021, something sinister was brewing below the surface. Scammers and hackers took advantage of retail and sophisticated investors alike, to the tune of $670 million. More nefariously, undercollateralized, even unsecured loans were being doled out ubiquitously, and without adequate risk management…

What Is a DAO? A DAO or decentralized autonomous organization is an entity with no central authority. Decisions are made from the bottom-up, usually through a voting system, and are governed by a community organized around a specific set of rules enforced on a blockchain. DAOs are internet-native organizations that are collectively owned and…

The second quarter of 2022 was tough for investors; this is no secret to our readers. Degradations in global supply chains, rising inflation, the ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and the subsequent geopolitical turmoil have led to a precipitous decline in financial markets across asset classes. There are…

Major blockchains like Ethereum are only capable of processing 7–15 transactions per second, this is negligible when compared to payment behemoths like VISA which can do 100,000 transactions per second. This is exactly what Ethereum scaling solutions are trying to solve. Scalability refers to the capacity of a system to…

The previous installment of the Bitcoin Education Series covered topics pertinent to the success and security of the network. In particular, hashrate and its significance to the network. The piece further touched on potential centralization vectors that could undermine bitcoin’s robustness. …

The previous installment of the Bitcoin Educational Series established a basis for understanding the bitcoin protocol by examining the basic transactional structure and the importance of outputs. This installment will focus on Bitcoin’s hashrate and the implications associated with its centralization or decentralization. Generally speaking, the hashrate of a Proof-of-Work(PoW)…