David Rodeck
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What Is Cardano (ADA) And How Does It Work?
Cardano is a blockchain platform designed to process transactions using a dedicated cryptocurrency called ADA. The Cardano platform can handle all kinds of transactions, but the real goal is to become the “Internet of Blockchains,” creating an ecosystem that allows seamless interchangeability... -
Index Funds In Australia: The Complete Guide To How They Work
This piece has been expert reviewed and fact checked by Forbes Advisor Australia Board Member, Shani Jayamanne, award-winning senior investment specialist at Morningstar, who is also the co-host of Morningstar Australia’s Investing Compass podcast. Index funds are passive—there's no stock-picker—managed funds... -
Central Bank Digital Currency: The Future Of Your Money
Digital currency has the potential to completely change how society thinks about money. The rise of decentralised digital currencies, like bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), that exist only in electronic form has sparked significant interest across the globe from investors,... -
Bitcoin Vs Bitcoin Cash: What’s The Difference?
Bitcoin (BTC) remains the most popular cryptocurrency, but it’s not without flaws. Specifically, it allows a relatively low volume of transactions per second, limiting its utility for payments. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) came into being in 2017 to address this issue, offering... -
What Is A Bitcoin Wallet?
Even though Bitcoin exists solely in the digital space, it still needs to be kept somewhere—whether you’re hoping to use it to buy goods or services today or to invest it for the long term. That’s why if you start... -
How To Buy SafeMoon In Australia
SafeMoon, a once-popular cryptocurrency project, rode the hype of the 2021 bull run with promises of "going to the moon". However, the project's fortunes have since taken a dramatic turn for the worse and these days SafeMoon is rarely seen... -
Top 10 Fintech Companies Of 2024
Fintech—short for financial technology—is an emerging class of companies that use technology to automate and improve financial services for businesses and consumers. From apps and software to algorithms and artificial intelligence, fintech fuses two of the biggest and richest sectors... -
Day Trading In Australia: What You Need To Know
Day traders are professional investors who make a living by trading stocks and other assets. Thanks to an intense level of discipline and deep knowledge of market trends, they aim to profit from the minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour churn of the stock... -
What Is A Blockchain?
Blockchain is the innovative database technology that’s at the heart of nearly all cryptocurrencies. By distributing identical copies of a database across an entire network, blockchain makes it very difficult to hack or cheat the system. While cryptocurrency is the... -
Best NFT Marketplaces Of 2024
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) give you ownership of artwork, music, videos and other online collectibles. They exist on blockchains, the innovative technology that underlies cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. As the popularity of NFTs has grown, the NFT market has climbed to more... -
Best Bitcoin Mining Software Of 2024
Bitcoin mining software lets you use computer hardware to help administer the blockchain technology that runs Bitcoin (BTC). As a reward, you can earn newly created Bitcoins. Most Bitcoin mining software is free, and runs on all of the leading... -
What Is A Recession?
A recession is a significant decline in economic activity that lasts for months or even years. Experts declare a recession when a nation’s economy experiences negative gross domestic product (GDP), rising levels of unemployment, falling retail sales, and contracting measures... -
What is Ripple (XRP)?
Ripple is a money transfer network designed to serve the needs of the financial services industry. XRP, a cryptocurrency tailored to work on the Ripple network, is consistently listed among the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation, and most recently... -
What is Crypto Staking?
With cryptocurrency, one way to make a profit is to sell your investment when the market price increases. There are other ways to make money in crypto, like staking. With staking, you can put your digital assets to work and earn...