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Short Trading: A comprehensive analysis of the controversial strategy and an in-depth analysis of how investors make money from market declines

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Time Stamp: March 19, 2024 8:45 AM - Modified On: March 19, 2024 - Published By:
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Short trading is a strategy in which investors make money by taking advantage of predictions that a stock or other asset is expected to fall. The process involves borrowing shares and selling them immediately in the hope of buying them back at a lower price once their price drops, profiting from the difference between the selling and buying prices. Simply put, short trading is a way for investors to make profits through expected negative changes in the market. The Historical Origins of Short Trading The idea of ​​short trading can

Kaskade Finance Closes Successful Pre-Seed Round

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Time Stamp: March 11, 2024 3:15 PM - Modified On: March 11, 2024 - Published By:
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Kaskade finance, a gamified incentivization layer protocol, just announced the closure of its pre-seed funding round from over 40 investors. Kaskade Finance Nathan Lenga, CEO of Kaskade, tabled the MVP to go live in August, and to continue to build a world-class team that will make certain Kaskade Finance is the premier liquidity incentivization layer for all of DeFi. The oversubscribed seed round had participation from over 40 investors, some of which include Marshland, NxGen.xyz, Artemis Capital, Andromeda Capital, Hercules Ventures, 369 Capital, Crypto Oasis Ventures, as well as influencers,

Analyzing Token Sale Models

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Time Stamp: February 20, 2024 1:29 PM - Modified On: February 20, 2024 - Published By:
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Note: I mention the names of various projects below only to compare and contrast their token sale mechanisms; this should NOT be taken as an endorsement or criticism of any specific project as a whole. It's entirely possible for any given project to be total trash as a whole and yet still have an awesome token sale model. The last few months have seen an increasing amount of innovation in token sale models. Two years ago, the space was simple: there were capped sales, which sold a fixed number of

[Mirror] A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy

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Time Stamp: February 2, 2024 10:55 AM - Modified On: February 2, 2024 - Published By:
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Vitalik Buterin via the Vitalik Buterin Blog This is a mirror of the post at https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 Systems like Ethereum (and Bitcoin, and NXT, and Bitshares, etc) are a fundamentally new class of cryptoeconomic organisms — decentralized, jurisdictionless entities that exist entirely in cyberspace, maintained by a combination of cryptography, economics and social consensus. They are kind of like BitTorrent, but they are also not like BitTorrent, as BitTorrent has no concept of state — a distinction that turns out to be crucially important. They are sometimes described as decentralized autonomous

[Mirror] Quadratic Arithmetic Programs: from Zero to Hero

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Time Stamp: February 2, 2024 10:41 AM - Modified On: February 2, 2024 - Published By:
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Vitalik Buterin via the Vitalik Buterin Blog This is a mirror of the post at https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/quadratic-arithmetic-programs-from-zero-to-hero-f6d558cea649 There has been a lot of interest lately in the technology behind zk-SNARKs, and people are increasingly trying to demystify something that many have come to call "moon math" due to its perceived sheer indecipherable complexity. zk-SNARKs are indeed quite challenging to grasp, especially due to the sheer number of moving parts that need to come together for the whole thing to work, but if we break the technology down piece by piece then

Paribus Embracing DAO transition.

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Time Stamp: December 22, 2023 3:09 PM - Modified On: December 22, 2023 - Published By:
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In our journey of developing Paribus, we’ve received a lot of feedback from our community, primarily positive and helpful. But, as is often the case when a small team controls a platform, not everyone agrees with our decisions. At every step, we’ve tried to make the best choices based on the information we had. We’ve always known that, eventually, it would be the community’s turn to take the lead in guiding Paribus. And, as we announced in our recent X-space update, that time is approaching fast with the release of

Cryptocurrencies in comparison: Bitcoin vs. Polygon

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Time Stamp: June 19, 2023 8:52 AM - Modified On: June 19, 2023 - Published By:
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Bitcoin, the best-known and first decentralized cryptocurrency, paved the way for a variety of other digital currencies based on blockchain technology. One such currency that is attracting more and more attention lately is Polygon. However, Bitcoin is still the largest and most important cryptocurrency for a reason. So, can Polygon take on the crypto giant? The most important facts about Bitcoin Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency invented in 2009 by an unknown person named Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer transactions without a central intermediary. Blockchain technology serves as a public ledger that tracks transactions. Bitcoin

SaaS Inclusology Releases New 2.0 Platform and Proves to Help Companies Achieve DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Goals in Accelerated Timeline.

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Time Stamp: June 6, 2023 7:27 AM - Modified On: June 6, 2023 - Published By:
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June 2023 - Inclusology, is a powerful all in one DEI management SaaS platform designed to help companies reduce bias in the workplace and increase employee retention. Last week, the platform released its new version after completing beta testing among 16 companies and thousands of employees across startups, nonprofits, Fortune 500 and 1000 companies etc. “We are so proud to see Inclusology’s work having a positive impact on DEI at a global level in every sized company,” says CEO Dr. Cheryl Ingram. “We’ve tested our software in a number of

CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 Draws 15,000 Attendees from Around the Globe to Austin, Texas

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Time Stamp: May 10, 2023 12:35 PM - Modified On: May 10, 2023 - Published By:
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 2023 — CoinDesk's annual event, Consensus 2023, concluded on April 28th, bringing together a diverse group of 15,000 attendees, including developers, investors, policymakers, and major brands, to tackle the most pressing challenges facing crypto and Web3 today. CoinDesk is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and the 9th year of Consensus. As the world's largest and most influential gathering of the crypto, blockchain, and Web3 communities, Consensus 2023 was a call to action to collaborate, innovate and find solutions to drive the industry forward. “Amid a