Virtual currencies were truly something to marvel at last year. Whereas the stock market is historically the greatest creator of long-term wealth, with average annual gains of 7% inclusive of dividend ...

You keep hearing the word and it isn’t going away. You admit defeat of your lack of knowledge and find yourself Googling “What is blockchain?” Decentralized, tokens, ledgers….you’ll quickly find ...

A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a unique digital certificate of ownership that is stored on a blockchain. Think of it like a digital deed or an official, tamper-proof receipt for a specific item, ...

What is blockchain? Blockchain is a giant changing spreadsheet which will revolutionize finance. This article begins to explain blockchain, and its enormous investment implications. There will ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...

NFT stands for non-fungible token, a cryptocurrency that works with blockchain technology like Bitcoin... only different. If Bitcoin is like a coin, NFT is like a unique digital certificate tied to a ...

To bring forth new use cases and boost blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption, the enterprise needs approachable tools built for laymen, according to Nik Kalyani (pictured), co-founder of TryCrypto, ...

Nathan Reiff has been writing expert articles and news about financial topics such as investing and trading, cryptocurrency, ETFs, and alternative investments on Investopedia since 2016. Erika Rasure ...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies have entered the mainstream discourse, but they’ve also been joined by a concept that is widely circulated, but poorly understood: “the blockchain” or ...