Cryptocurrency is popular globally, but Southeast Asia is probably the largest booming market. ICON is South Korea's biggest blockchain, and it's poised to take the world by storm.
Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are plagued with problems. Hackers, embezzlement, and government shut downs make it a risky venture for anyone to store coins with them, but decentralized OTC options can be just as problematic. That’s why 0x (pronounced zero ex) was created.
The Russia-based Waves Platform seeks to fix a major problem in cryptocurrency. As of mid-April 2018, ICOs raised over $6.3 billion, easily surpassing the $5.6 billion raised in 2017. But 20 ICOs started in 2018 already failed in the first quarter. Is Waves the solution?
Cryptocurrency capital gains taxes are becoming a point of interest for governments. In 2017 the combined market cap for all cryptocurrencies rocketed up from $15 billion to over $600 billion dollars. So how do you calculate your crypto cap gains taxes to keep the IRS happy?