The Uncut Lab Education Corner
Your one-stop shop for blockchain, cryptocurrency, and cloud computing education.
The Uncut Lab Education Corner
Your one-stop shop for blockchain, cryptocurrency, and cloud computing education.
There is a lack of information on crypto. And for those who are disconnected from the traditional banking system, the information is sparse. Our focus on financial inclusion and making sure we’re putting information into the public domain that is accessible for populations that have been traditionally left out of the wealth management industry is […]
In 2008, the world was reeling from a financial crisis. The crack on the wall was long visible before then: in the early-to-mid 2020s, when housing prices increased, many banks, due to deregulation in the financial industry, started expanding their mortgage products to buyers with poor credit histories. Then home prices faltered, and the crisis […]
How does cryptocurrency mining work? Just like gold is mined so also are crypotcurrencies. However, while a gold miner needs tools such as excavator, high-bankers, and slurry pumps to do his job, a crypto miner, on the other hand, needs hardware such as a customized PC with important, core elements such as CPU, motherboard, RAM, […]
Cryptocurrencies exist purely as digital financial assets. You cannot touch them. You cannot hold them. Instead, you just have some numbers moving up and down on your screen and, from time to time, a record of transactions to prove your ownership of them. Those numbers are determined by the free market force of demand-supply dynamics. […]
Can cryptocurrencies go negative? Can cryptocurrencies be hacked? Can they even disappear from your wallet, never to be seen again? These questions highlight the usual concerns of individuals who are new to the cryptocurrency world. They stem from a desire to make as much money as possible and also the fear of not losing it […]
Blockchain is not an incomprehensible thing. It is a system for entering records in such a way that they cannot be manipulated or changed. A database in the form of blocks serves as a digital ledger of transactions that it duplicates across computer networks to ensure they are authentic. A record of each transaction is […]
If you are interested in making money in financial markets, there are many assets for you to pick from and to start trading right away. There are stocks, currencies, cryptocurrencies, options, and ETFs. Each is different from the other even though they may all operate based on the same fundamental principles. For example, while you […]
Negative interest rates have become a potent tool in the arsenal of economic policymakers. In recent times, most significantly, they have been deployed to solve economic fallouts from disasters such as the 2008 global financial crisis. From time to time, different parts of the world experience those disasters, with substantial economic impacts. The 2005 Hurricane […]
Decentralized finance, the visionary financial system intended to be devoid of intermediaries, has been growing for some years. Contrary to the traditional financial system, centralized finance, it seeks to use the power of smart contracts to get rid of banks, insurance companies, clearinghouses, and other intermediaries within the global financial system – while also ensuring […]
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seem to have come to stay. Although not yet widely accepted,they are gradually making their way into the mainstream consciousness of the society, growingin leaps and bounds along the way. On Monday April 5, increasing demand by institutional andretail investors pushed the cryptocurrency market capitalization to an all-time high of $2.02trillion. […]
