How Bitcoin Mining Works

Mining is one of the most complex components of bitcoin, but it is arguably the most important. ETF Securities provides a thorough rundown of what’s involved in the process.
Read MoreMining is one of the most complex components of bitcoin, but it is arguably the most important. ETF Securities provides a thorough rundown of what’s involved in the process.
Read MoreStablecoins – whose value is pegged to the US dollar – were designed to anchor cryptocurrencies. The fall of a number of them well beneath face value this week has left the industry in utter turmoil.
Read MoreMagellan Portfolio Manager Elisa Di Marco takes a closer look at the proliferation of ‘new age currencies’ and assesses how both Visa and Mastercard are positioning for this strong competition.
Read MoreWe think the recent rise to prominence of cryptocurrencies requires a little bit of background information. Luckily, ETF Securities is here to help.
Read MoreGAM Investments’ David Goodman examines the development of digital currencies among central banks, including China’s answer to crypto and the underlying megatrend of money being digitalised.
Read MoreMost investors tend to think of cryptos as buying bitcoins directly. However, there are many fintech companies that help provide crypto products, services and innovation. Here are ETF Securities’ top five.
Read MoreA fintech is just a business that helps bring better technology to financial services, making banking, insurance, and wealth management cheaper and more efficient. But what are some fintech companies?
Read MoreChina sent shock waves through global markets on Friday after its central bank issued an unexpected statement that said all cryptocurrency-related transactions are illegal and must be banned.
Read MoreSince its February high the $A has fallen on the back of global growth concerns, a slowdown in China and the Delta outbreak in Australia. AMP Capital’s Shane Oliver thinks it is due for a turnaround.
Read MoreA big week for markets and investors – although trading will be shortened because of the US Memorial Day holiday today – that should give us a good idea how the world economy is travelling and where it is heading.
Read MoreThere will be some low-level economic data releases and central bank decisions this week, while in Australia it’s the start of the lead up to the release of the March quarter National Accounts and GDP figures.
Read MoreThe US Treasury has thrown a major obstacle at cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin by demanding that all transactions of $US10,000 and above have to be reported to the US tax department, the IRS.
Read MoreIn his weekly Insights column, Dr Shane Oliver from AMP Capital considers the re-emergence of geopolitical risk and what to look for over the rest of the year.
Read MoreWhile some analysts remain bullish on the Australian dollar, thinking that after 2020’s rebound against the greenback it still has some mileage left, ratings agency Moody’s begs to differ.
Read MoreIn this week’s Insights column, AMP Capital’s Shane Oliver takes us on an in-depth tour of the wild and woolly world of Bitcoin.
Read MoreThe Aussie dollar and major commodities continued their strong start to the year with some positive moves in overnight trading.
Read MorePublic disgruntlement stops Berlin cementing a currency union that helps make the country an export dynamo, writes Magellan’s Michael Collins.
Read MoreDavid Bassanese from BetaShares runs through his thoughts on how the various markets look likely to play out this month.
Read MoreAMP Capital’s Dr Shane Oliver breaks down markets across the spectrum and around the globe in his weekly Insights column.
Read MoreAMP Capital’s Dr Shane Oliver breaks down markets across the spectrum and around the globe in his weekly Insights column.
Read MoreWhile the second impeachment of Donald Trump held all the attention in markets on Wednesday, the real threat to the US economy was exposed in the latest Beige Book of economic anecdotes collected by the US Federal Reserve ahead of its first meeting of the year on January 26 and 27.
Read MoreWhen investors choose to invest internationally, they also need to consider the implications of movements in the Australian dollar relative to the associated foreign currency exposure.
Read More2020 turned out far better for diversified investors than had been feared when the pandemic hit, with average balanced growth superannuation funds looking like they have returned around 3%. This followed around 15% last year. But can returns hold up?
Read More2020 saw the US dollar post its biggest yearly loss since 2017 and the Aussie dollar hit 33 month highs in one of its strongest performances in years. How do they look in 2021?
Read MoreThe buoyant mid-year economic update and solid November jobs data have added to the headache about the strength of the Aussie dollar at the Reserve Bank as we head towards the end of the year and the long summer break.
Read MoreThe US dollar fell to a 2-1/2-year low on Friday and the Aussie dollar remained 28-month highs after November’s jobs report for the US disappointed. Friday’s sharp rise in iron ore prices could see the A$ jump back towards 75 US cents off the back of a 7 year plus high for iron ore.
Read MoreSo what will President Trump do now – the Chinese are not, as he claims, using the value of their currency to undermine the US dollar. The reverse is happening – the Chinese government is allowing the yuan to rise and has been allowing the appreciation to happen for more than a month.
Read MoreThe already weaker greenback looks set to wobble even more after Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on the United States’ triple-A rating to negative from stable. Fitch’s decision comes at the end of a month where the US$ dropped by around 4.1% against a basket of six major currencies.
Read MoreThe price of gold has now broken out to a record high and the Australian dollar has risen 30% from its coronavirus panic low in March and broken above $US0.70. What’s driving this and what does it mean for investors? This note looks at the main issues.
Read MoreLTR’s ongoing drilling has confirmed the strike and dip continuity of the Kathleen Valley mineralised system, which has now been defined over at least 1.7km and remains open along strike and at depth, with multiple zones of high-grade mineralisation intersected.
Read MoreThere is good reason to believe we may be close to the low in the $A (or have already seen it): it has already had a large fall; it is just below fair value; the global economic cycle is likely to turn up next year; sentiment towards the $A is very negative; and the current account is in surplus.
Read MoreThe Australian dollar fell sharply yesterday to levels not seen since the dying months of the GFC in 2009 after the Reserve Bank’s June board meeting minutes made it clear there would be more rate cuts to come.
Read MoreSeveral positives suggest recession is unlikely: the current account deficit has collapsed; the $A helps stabilise the economy; the drag from falling mining investment is over; there is scope for extra fiscal stimulus; infrastructure spending is booming; there has been no sign of panic property selling; economic policy remains sensible; population growth remains strong; and the RBA can still do more.
Read MoreLong the “commodity currency” ANZ Bank economists note the Aussie dollar is no longer being supported by commodity prices as has typically been the case.
Read MoreGiven the downside risks for the $A and that being short the $A is a good hedge against threats to the global outlook it still makes sense for Australian investors to maintain a decent exposure to foreign currency via un-hedged global investments.
Read MoreETF Securities’ ZUSD ETF offers investor a cheap and effective US Dollar currency play. ETFS’ Head of Sales, Kanish Chugh, tells Informed Investor more.
Read MoreToday’s national accounts for the three months to December are not expected to be brilliant. In fact, at best they could be between 0.2 percentage points to 0.4 – while some pessimists believe the reading could be a negative 0.1 because of the weakness in household income.
Read MoreNew Zealand’s Reserve Bank has followed its Australian counterpart again in not moving its key interest rate.
Read MoreMore evidence that parts of the Chinese economy are slowing as sluggish demand takes hold with producer price inflation posting the slowest rise in five months in September.
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