Aaron Watts, Publisher at CoinCodex
Aaron is passionate about technology and finance. Aaron first discovered blockchain technology in 2016. After learning about the transformative power of crypto, which he primarily credits to Alex Tapscott's Blockchain Revolution, he sought to expand his knowledge by becoming more intimately involved with the blockchain space. He joined CoinCodex in 2018 and has since been covering a variety of topics, ranging from Bitcoin and Ethereum to NFTs and the metaverse.
Aaron Watts Latest Articles
The largest liquidation in history went down last month, with over $460 million worth of Bitcoin futures being margin called. The only problem problem was, a massive $416 million was left unfilled by the market.
An order book is a real-time list an exchange uses to record all oustanding passive orders placed on a marketplace. An order book represents the interests of buyers and sellers, offering a window into the supply and demand dynamics of a given market.
Despite the current market downturn, a large number of projects are scheduled to conduct Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) over the next month. Here’s our pick of the top 5 ICOs for August.
Anthony »Pomp« Pompliano, founder and partner at Morgan Creek Digital Assets, is not backing down from his $50,000 Bitcoin price prediction for 2018.
Whilst June acts as the beginning of summer in various regions, it also marks the end of Q2. As we move into Q3, a number of coins look set to benefit from a growth in appreciation for the cryptocurrency community; here are our top five picks.
Blockchain technology continues to progress at a stunning rate and 2018 looks set to be the year of next-generation blockchain platforms. Zilliqa has attracted a lot of attention and recently hit the market having set expectations rather high. The team behind the project promise to deliver a platform with the ability to handle mass adoption and process thousands of transactions a second.
Developed by the MakerDAO team, Dai (DAI) operates as a decentralized stablecoin that provides cryptocurrency traders with increased options concerning opening and closing positions, and helps facilitate trading while staying entirely in the world of cryptocurrencies.
Cardano was one of 2017’s success stories despite only hitting the market at the tail end of the year in October. Cardano’s ADA token currently enjoys a market cap of over $15B and sits in fifth position in the chart. Due to its relative youth and slightly complex composition, many in the community are still not sure just what Cardano actually is. We look at the project, and delve into just what Cardano does and why it can dominate the market in years to come.
The EtherZero fork has been launched successfully and ETZ tokens are now available for trading. The blockchain explorer is still to be released; however, and the team behind ETZ are promising to do this as soon as possible.
Bitcoin is the world’s oldest cryptocurrency and was created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. As a result, Bitcoin has almost a decade of development behind it and is the most well supported currency on the market. This all bodes well for users looking to store their Bitcoin, as there is a wealth of options. Here’s our guide on how to store your Bitcoin.
