The layman's guide to cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that is currently not regulated by most monetary governing bodies. From late 2016 to November of 2017, investors saw their Bitcoin value multiple 10 times. The exchange of bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies is made safe by unbreakable cryptography and algorithms which are continually updated every time a transaction takes place. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other cryptocurrencies have seen incredible returns in short periods of time, prompting never

7 ways to obtain business finance

Obtaining funding is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges that many businesses face. The days where you could just pop into your local bank, have a word with the manager and obtain a business loan are all but disappearing. Nowadays, it is incredibly difficult for most companies to get the funding that they need. In this blog, I list some of the main sources of funding that are available to startups and small businesses. While there are many to choose from, my  focus is on the loans that

Life after Bitcoin: the future of digital currencies

Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, even if they don’t fully understand it. However, there are also many alternative digital currencies that some may not have heard of, such as Litecoin, Altcoin and Ripple, for example. According to Wikipedia, there are 19 active cryptocurrencies, and most of these were released in the last couple of years. Coinmarketcap.com lists 100 cryptocurrencies. Many experts believe that these numbers will continue to climb. With so many cryptocurrencies on the market, which