Cryptocurrencies have taken investment community by the storm.
Disclaimer: Cryptocurrencies can fluctuate widely in prices and are therefore not appropriate for all investors. Trading cryptocurrencies is not supervised by any EU regulatory framework.
Disclaimer: Cryptocurrencies can fluctuate widely in prices and are therefore not appropriate for all investors. Trading cryptocurrencies is not supervised by any EU regulatory framework.
What is a
cryptocurrency?
The term might be relatively new to an average trader or investor, but
basically it is a currency in which
encryption is used for generation and transfer of funds and that is done
outside of central bank regulation system.
So, we may say that cryptocurrency is an alternative currency and a
financial instrument that can be used for investment and also for purchases and
payments across the world. Of course, it is not accepted as a universal payment
method everywhere, but the popularity of payments using cryptos is getting more
and more popular.
There is a story circulating in internet how a developer of the currency
paid 10 thousand bitcoins for two pizzas in 2010. Now, 10 thousand bitcoins
would be worth 20 million US dollars. Wow! If you look at a chart of Bitcoin
you will see that the price of the security increased 5 times over the last
year. Another wow! You never know what can happen with your investments.
Obviously, you can lose too, but there is a tendency with new financial
instruments that are traded in the market to increase hundred times, sometimes
thousand times in value.
( From 500 to 3000 in just one
year)
Today, these crypto currencies surely record bigger changes than most
financial instruments and present opportunities as well as risks, but there
hardly re any secure investments nowadays, that would guarantee you safe
profits year in and year out.
If you got interested and would want to try trading cryptos I would
recommend using eToro trading platform. They are currently offering 6 cryptos:
XRP, LTC, ETHEREUM, ETC, DASH and
finally BTC or Bitcoin.
Disclaimer: Highly volatile investment product. Your capital is at risk.