Since the beginning of recorded history, gold and silver have been recognized as valuable. And even today, precious metals investments have their place in a savvy investor’s portfolio. But which precious metal is best for investment purposes? And why are they so volatile? If you’re just getting started in precious metals, read on to learn more…
The Bakkt trading platform will be going live on January 24, 2019, according to recent media reports. The platform was developed with support from The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), who operates the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), as well as 22 other major global exchanges. A Medium post informed the public that they would be “targeting”…
When you retire and start drawing money from your investment accounts, do you anticipate that your tax rate will be higher than it is right now? If you answered “yes,” consider choosing a Roth IRA. In the future you’ll likely be moving to a higher rung of the income ladder, and since withdrawals from a…
Security initial coin offering (ICO) specialists Polymath has announced a partnership with tZero. The Overstock subsidiary is currently hosting its ICO on SaftLaunch enlisting institutional investors for its security offer. Apparently, Polymath has already provided advice to tZERO on the design, economic model, and distribution of tZERO’s security token, which will be issued under Reg…
Overstock.com (OSTK), the e-commerce retail giant, joined a host of other traditional companies in late 2017 when it announced plans to launch its own cryptocurrency. As with many other cryptocurrency launches, Overstock introduced the cryptocurrency, called tZERO, via an initial coin offering (ICO). The ICO launched on December 18, 2017 and was immediately met with…
Polymath simplifies the legal process of creating and selling security tokens. It makes a new token standard, the ST20, and enforces government compliance. Only a “list of authorized investors and their Ethereum wallet addresses” can hold ST20 tokens. Therefore, token issuers don’t need to worry about the legal implications of their security falling into the…
With so many ICO’s getting launched every day, it is difficult to differentiate a good ICO from a bad ICO. What is even more astonishing is that not even 20% of the ICO’s are able to reach soft cap (minimum amount to be raised). ICO, STO, crowd funding – all these terms are so mingled…
There’s been a lot of talk about security tokens recently. But what is a security token in the first place? How do they work? And how might they impact your job or business? That is, why should you care about them? Before diving into the rest of these questions, it makes sense to first start…
As an advantage class, gold is one of a kind. The monetary powers that decide the cost of gold are unique in relation to the financial powers that decide the cost of numerous other resource classes, for example, values, bonds or land. Gold offers speculators an appealing chance to enhance their portfolios. Rightly or not,…
LEADING ANALYSTS are split over the prospects for China’s private gold buying in 2018, as a “healthy outlook” from one consultancy contrasts with a “tough year in store” from another. “China’s gold demand is likely to have peaked in 2013,” says Thomson Reuters GFMS, “and is very unlikely to return to those levels in future,…