Reg A
Reg A+ of Title IV of the JOBS Act permits private enterprises to raise up to $75 million from the public. Similar to an IPO, Reg A+ permits firms to issue shares to the general public, as opposed to just accredited investors.
Primary Raises
When securities are originally issued to the public, they do so on the primary market. The primary market is where a security is first offered to the public in the hopes of raising funds for the issuing company’s long-term operations.
Private Key
To deal in cryptocurrency and verify one’s possession of such coin, one needs a private key, which is a secret code. Specific Bitcoin keys consist of a 256-bit string represented by a mix of letters and integers.
Proof of Work
To discourage wasteful or harmful uses of computer resources, such as sending spam emails or launching denial of service attacks, proof of work (PoW) specifies a system that needs a not small but practical amount of effort. By 2004, Hal Finney had applied the notion to the protection of digital currency through his “reusable proof […]
Proof of Stake
To confirm transactions and add them to the blockchain, proof-of-stake is used as a consensus method in cryptocurrencies. To ensure the integrity of a distributed database and verify the accuracy of its contents, a consensus technique is used. Keeping in mind that cryptocurrencies use a database known as a blockchain, the consensus process protects this […]
Public Offering (IPO)
Like an IPO in the stock market, an ICO is a way for cryptocurrency projects to introduce their products to the public (IPO). To generate capital for introducing a new cryptocurrency, software, or service, a business might hold an initial coin offering (ICO).
P2P
Traditional crypto exchanges and peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces both enable users to trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for fiat cash. While both platforms provide a number of useful features, the actual trading processes on each are somewhat different.
MiCA Regulation
In order to maintain financial stability and safeguard investors, the MiCA Regulation seeks to provide a legal framework for the crypto-asset market that encourages innovation while making full use of crypto-assets potential.
Market Order
As the name implies, a market order is an immediate purchase or sale of bitcoin at the current best price. To purchase or sell anything at a predetermined price is to place a limited order. Once the stop price is reached, the order to purchase or sell is executed at the specified limit price.
Market Cap
For Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the total value of all created coins is known as market capitalization (or market cap). The money supply is determined by multiplying the price of a single coin by the total number of coins in circulation. The term “market capitalization” (or “market cap”) refers to the entire monetary worth of […]