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Crypto Market Wrap: 2nd June 2023
Bitcoin Long-term View: Despite the negative market sentiment, the clamp down across the globe on the cryptocurrency industry, the ongoing banking crisis, the looming recession and surging interest rates, BTC is moving as expected. Bitcoin is still trading inside the rising channel formation/structure. After tagging the lower bound of the channel at roughly 15,500 USD in December 2022, BTC reached its first major milestone at 30,000 USD, up roughly 100%.
Jun 2, 2023
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Crypto Weekly Wrap: 26 May 2023
Here are some of this week's crypto headlines! XRP Gaining Momentum: XRP is on the cusp of another bullish breakout from a bull flag formation. The CEO of Ripple believes that the payment industry giant will win the SEC lawsuit in a landmark manner. In an interview, Brad Garlinghouse expressed his confidence that the SEC vs.
May 26, 2023
Investing 101
Crypto Asset Allocation: A Quick Guide for Investors
While volatile, cryptocurrency has the potential to generate immense returns. Investors who are willing to withstand short-term price swings could potentially benefit from substantial long-term gains. But crypto is not just a financial instrument - many cryptocurrency projects are based on innovative technologies. They might revolutionize various industries, from finance to supply chain management and beyond.
May 25, 2023
Investing 101
💡 Crypto Weekly Wrap: 19 May 2023
📈 XRP gains 8% due to CBDC play: XRP is one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies this week, gaining over 8% from Monday's open. Ripple is pushing further into the CBDC game, unveiling a new platform for creating blockchain-based digital currencies. In Hong Kong, Ripple Labs has introduced a new payment system for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
May 19, 2023
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💡 Crypto Weekly Wrap: 12th May 2023
📉 US Debt Ceiling Weighing On Risk Sentiment The US dollar has found support despite inflation hitting a 2-year low, the rise in the dollar has put downside pressure on all risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. Although this is a low-probability outcome, fears of the US defaulting on its debt obligations due to the debt ceiling have increased.
May 12, 2023
Investing 101
How Behavioural Biases Influence Our Crypto Trading
Crypto investing holds greater volatility than traditional markets, but it comes with very similar behavioural biases. While the potential rewards are enticing, it’s crucial to understand the potential pitfalls associated with all trading. As we are all human, behavioural biases are a part of our nature, and they impact our decision-making process, which holds true for investing and trading as well.
May 4, 2023
Investing 101
The ICONOMI April Crypto Wrap
The ICONOMI April Crypto Wrap Key Points To Cover: Bitcoin Update: Bitcoin has stalled at the 30k USD resistance level after achieving a 100% return from the 15,500 lows back in November 2022. Bitcoin's dominance increased to 46% of the total cryptocurrency market share, up from roughly 40% at the start of the year.
Apr 28, 2023
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⚡ April Week 3 Crypto Weekly Wrap
📉 Technical Analysis BTC At $30,000, Bitcoin has attained its first significant milestone. As we can identify an important resistance level, a bearish divergence on the 2-day chart, and a negative trend line resistance, this level may come under renewed selling pressure. Although BTC's 100% YTD gain is encouraging, a stop or correction is likely in the next few days or weeks due to the technical structures.
Apr 21, 2023
Investing 101
Rising Cost of Living in the UK: A Shift Towards Responsible Investing and Cryptocurrency
The cost of living in the UK has been on the rise over the past few years, with soaring energy and fuel prices putting a strain on household budgets, creating a cost of living crisis. These increases are forcing families to re-evaluate their finances and make difficult choices to stay afloat.
Apr 18, 2023
Investing 101
Minutes With the Strategists episode 2
In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrencies, staying ahead of the game is a challenging task. One way of keeping up is to sit down with the minds who have been actively trading for years on end. I had the privilege of sitting down with the people behind Rational Active Allocation and Mountains and Valleys.
Apr 13, 2023
Investing 101
How to Invest during a Recession?
During an economic downturn, investors must tread carefully, but at the same time, keep a sharp eye on the market for opportunities to acquire high-quality assets at a discounted price. Economic downturns are challenging, but they also present some of the best chances for investment if you know where to invest your money during a recession.
Apr 6, 2023
Investing 101
Top Research Tools Crypto Investors Need in Their Arsenal
Every investor needs research tools to do their best job. Crypto investing is no different, as the crypto world is vast - there are so many different types of crypto tokens. Some are used for utility, some for payment; others are used as securities.
Apr 3, 2023
Investing 101
6 Best Crypto to Buy Now for Best Future Returns in 2023
Despite the volatility of the crypto market, it’s often best to play the long game, wait out the market, and look to invest for the future. So the question is, which is the best crypto to buy to get the best returns down the line? That’s what we’ll try to answer in this blog post by exploring some of the best potential earners for your future.
Mar 27, 2023
Investing 101
The Importance of Regulated Copy Trading Platforms
As the world of finance continues to evolve, many investors are looking toward alternative forms of investment. One such avenue is copy trading, a method that allows investors to mimic the trades of successful traders in the hopes of achieving similar returns. Big investors are cautious as the perfect economic storm threatens.
Mar 16, 2023
Investing 101
What does a Copy Trader do?
Crypto copy trading is a method of investing in the cryptocurrency market where a trader, known as the Strategist, shares their trading strategies while others copy their moves. In other words, the copiers, also known as “copy traders,” mirror the trades of the strategy provider in real-time, trading exactly as the Strategist does.
Mar 15, 2023
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Control your Investment with Smart Rules
There are countless scenarios in crypto where you would like to have as much control over your investment as possible. We’re giving you just that with Smart Rules, opening up the automated features of ICONOMI to all investors on the platform. There are two parts to Smart Rules; one set of them allows you to invest gradually, and the other gives you even more control over the funds copying Strategies.
Mar 13, 2023
Investing 101
How to Build your Crypto Portfolio
Over the years, investing in crypto has become easier than ever. You can sign up for numerous services, pass their KYC (Know Your Customer), and buy Bitcoin or many other cryptocurrencies using a debit or credit card in only a few minutes. Despite that, building a crypto portfolio is a challenging task, as there are hundreds of cryptocurrencies available, each with its own vision, goal, governance and much more.
Feb 21, 2023
Investing 101
Crypto slang explained in simple terms
Cryptocurrency is a rapidly evolving industry, and just like any other field, it has its own set of jargon and terminology. Understanding these terms is crucial if you want to be part of the conversation. In this article, we'll explore some of the most common cryptocurrency terms like “hodl,” “FOMO”, and “DYOR” and what they mean.
Feb 17, 2023
Investing 101
Smoothing Out Volatility: The Benefits of Pound-Cost Averaging in Investing
Pound-cost averaging is a financial strategy that involves investing a fixed amount of money into a particular asset on a regular basis, regardless of the price fluctuations in the market. The idea behind this strategy is to reduce the impact of volatility on an investment portfolio and to potentially increase the overall returns over the long term.
Feb 1, 2023
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BitCourier's interview with ICONOMI's CEO Peter Curk
BitCourier is an independent UK crypto community sharing content, information and interviews about happenings, events, and with people within the blockchain and fintech fields. They are the first crypto enthusiast community in the United Kingdom. They were kind enough to sit down with Peter, ask a few questions, and post the conversation on their blog.
Jan 23, 2023
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Optimising Rebalance Speed for Optimal Investment Returns
Our first major update of the year comes quite early, and it’s a big one - an update which will enhance the user experience while reducing risks. In short, these updates focus on improvements to our trading engine, a commitment to further investing in compliance and risk management, a partnership with Elliptic, and the verification of our proof of reserves and proof of liability by a reputable external auditor.
Jan 12, 2023
How To Guides
Individual Asset in Structure Rules
This option targets individual assets within your Strategy's structure and is available for the stop-loss, profit-take, and price-based rules, giving you added flexibility with rebalancing. Using it, you can monitor one asset and trade it for a different asset when the rule condition is met - be it for taking profits or stopping losses, without changing the rest of the Strategy’s structure.
Dec 2, 2022
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Crypto Strategy Rules
The crypto market is a fast-paced environment which never sleeps. It's open all day, every day and completely indifferent to big holidays, major world events, or when you go for a drink with friends. But keeping up with the fast-paced changes is vital to your success.
Nov 2, 2022
Investing 101
Origins of Crypto
It is a universal truth that money is a way to transfer economic value over time and space. However, in the past decade alone, we have seen significant changes and transformations in how people transact and invest. Gold and silver have been globally recognised and accepted as a store of value for millennia.
Oct 26, 2022
Investing 101
About ICONOMI
Crypto going mainstream The rapid emergence and evolution of cryptocurrencies have made them more mainstream. Technological advancements in the cryptocurrency industry have led to an increase in interest in cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency trading investments. Now, as the total market value of cryptocurrencies is well over $3 trillion, many people are looking for the best crypto to invest in.
Oct 25, 2022
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Gifts within Strategies
Introduction Going along with our idea of being the platform where users can share their knowledge with others and build communities around their Crypto Strategies, we are committed to building all the tools a Strategist needs to grow. In addition to user-based gift cards, which are useful for all ICONOMI users, Crypto Strategy gift cards allow all Strategists to directly advertise their Strategies.
Oct 12, 2022
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The Gift of Crypto
It’s hard to share the enthusiasm for crypto trading with someone who doesn’t own crypto. We all know that investing the first bit is challenging or even daunting. So, if you want someone to understand what crypto’s all about, they need some assets to start.
Oct 12, 2022
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Securing your Account and Assets
A secure account is a product of a well-tuned relationship between ICONOMI’s security and the user themselves. Everyone wants their assets to be as safe as possible. We, too, take security seriously. There are many ways you can protect your money and account from anyone trying to steal them.
Oct 7, 2022
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Using Advanced Buy/Sell to Optimise Your Trades
Advanced Buy/Sell brings you the best possible price from multiple exchanges Specifically, it: Advanced Buy/Sell opens ICONOMI’s advanced trading engine for all users and assets, allowing them to trade automatically across several exchanges, looking for the best prices and executing the order within specific algorithm parameters.
Oct 6, 2022
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Your Questions and Answers From September's AMA
On Friday, 23 September, 2022, we had an AMA on our Discord channel. We'd like to share with you some of the questions our users had for us. If you would like to see all questions answered, please check out our Discord channel!
Sep 25, 2022
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GBP Deposits and Withdrawals Enabled
There are a few things as exciting as launching a new currency. Good news for users in the UK and the rest of Europe! ICONOMI is rolling out British Pound Sterling (GBP) payments for users. This means that you can process GBP payments through your account without the cost and complexity of foreign exchange processes.
Sep 14, 2022
Investing 101
Invest periodically using Autocopy
Is it the right time to copy a Strategy, or shall I wait a bit? If you are asking yourself these kinds of questions, then “dollar-cost averaging” might be a good solution. Dollar-cost averaging is an investment Strategy which utilises regular investments of smaller amounts spread over a longer period of time (vs a one-time investment all at once).
Sep 7, 2022
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What “The Merge” is And How We Prepare For It
One of the biggest crypto chains, Ethereum, is switching from PoW (Proof of Work) to PoS (Proof of Stake). The Ethereum merge will greatly lessen Ethereum’s carbon emissions, but there may be some price deviations during and right after The Merge. By current estimations, The Merge will happen on the 15th of September.
Sep 3, 2022
Investing 101
Copy Trading Deconstructed
Your car broke down. Now what do you do? First you might do some googling and go down the rabbit hole on YouTube, but you quickly realise you have to take your car to a professional, a mechanic in this case. What if we told you that investing is the same way and that there is software that lets you see what experienced traders are doing, and then copy their Strategies? Copy trading is one of those things that seems too good to be true.
Aug 24, 2022
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Introducing Credit Card deposits
You asked, we delivered. Start investing in copy trading Strategies with credit cards in less than 5 minutes without paying any bank transfer fees. During a volatile market, it is more important than ever to deposit funds into your copy trading account promptly. This means you won’t have to wait 1-3 days for your money to show up on your account while also getting the best experience possible.
Jul 22, 2022
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Lisbon Cosmoverse 2021
COSMOS and CARUS-AR behind the scenes Introduction Ever wondered how Strategists achieve amazing returns and always know which asset to add at the right time? Well, a lot of it has to do with the day to day market monitoring and technical analysis.
Nov 9, 2021
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Crypto Strategies Explained
The world of crypto is vast and can be confusing, especially to newer users. Bitcoin or Ether are the default purchase and hold coins - to see where the market leads you. The journey might be bountiful, or it could lead to losses. The market is volatile, and single assets can drop in a heartbeat.
Aug 24, 2021
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Transferring Funds Explained
Transferring funds to and from ICONOMI is very straightforward. Deposit Press the "Deposit" button on your dashboard, and you’ll be presented with two options. Deposit fiat currencies For fiat currencies, such as euros and British pounds, select the currency of your choice.
Aug 19, 2021
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Copying Strategies Made Easy; Here's How
First of all, you need to choose which Strategy you think is going to perform best. You’ve got a plethora of options, so head over to the Strategies page and see which one strikes your eye. Cream of the crop There are many Crypto Strategies available.
Aug 18, 2021
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ICONOMI Fees Explained
What are you paying and why A significant factor when considering which Crypto Strategy to choose is its fee distribution. There are two types of fees a Strategist can set, and the standard 0.5% exit cost. Copy fee - a tiny part every day A copier pays the copy fee over the course of a year.
Aug 18, 2021
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ICONOMI's Referral Program Explained
Here you form a long-term connection. Everyone has it, everyone loves it - bring your friends and family along. Instead of an upfront reward for bringing a friend, ICONOMI’s referral program is designed around our product: Crypto Strategies. Each Strategy has a fee system.
Aug 18, 2021
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Creating a Crypto Strategy
If you don’t already know, Crypto Strategies are collections of crypto assets led by a Strategist, copied by copiers who pay fees for your know-how. If you’re tired of being a copier, here’s how to create your own Crypto Strategy and start leading others while getting rewarded for good work.
Aug 18, 2021
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Tracking Your Referral Earnings
ICONOMI Referral program ICONOMI has a really cool referral system. It’s slightly different from similar systems you’re accustomed to, but it’s very simple in essence. Instead of earning once for each referral you bring, we create a long-term connection between you and your referred friend.
Aug 16, 2021
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Stimulation Pool Buy-Ins
Grow your Crypto Strategy and get a part of 5 BTC of the ICONOMI stimulation pool First rewards were distributed today to April’s winners Jumpstart your Crypto Strategy growth with new copiers, posts, and social presence between May 1st and May 31st 2021 and receive up to 2.5
May 3, 2021
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Growing Your Strategy with the Catalyst Update
Introduction / Motivation The unique feature of the ICONOMI platform is our performance fee. This business model brings fairness to the Strategist - copier relationship, allowing ordinary users to grow into superstar Strategists. Their passive income can turn into a fortune, even becoming a primary income.
Apr 16, 2021
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Performance Fee Explained
The performance fee is an essential feature of the ICONOMI platform and its Crypto Strategies. It brings a much-needed balance to the relationship between the Strategist and their copiers, giving the Strategists an incentive to succeed. We implemented performance fees back in 2018.
Apr 15, 2021
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Here's What Happened on ZOOM
On 4.3.2021 we participated in an online Zoom event, hosted by one of our Strategists. The 100 participants had several good questions about our product so we decided to follow up with a short transcript. Does ICONOMI provide any videos that explain how to create and lead Crypto Strategies? Great question!
Mar 5, 2021
What we’re building & launching
Be in Control of Who Can Access Your Strategy
New Crypto Strategy visibility switching The number of Crypto Strategies on the ICONOMI platform is ever-growing, and we’ve upgraded the way how managers can switch between the visibility of their Crypto Strategy. From now on managers can easily switch between different visibilities of their strategy with only a few clicks.
Feb 25, 2021
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Searching on Multiple Exchanges to Find You the Best Price
ICONOMI is a second-layer service operating on top of exchanges, so it is crucial for our users to understand how asset prices are calculated. Definitions Price Fetchers Price fetchers are services that run on ICONOMI's backend and continuously fetch prices for each ICONOMI listed asset on several exchanges.
Jan 6, 2021
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ICONOMI Copy Trading Community Guidelines
FCA Registration communication mandatory guidelines ICONOMI is now Registered with FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) for the following activities : • The exchange of fiat currency for cryptoassets & cryptoassets for fiat currency; • Providing custodian wallets for storing cryptoassets on behalf of customers; and • The exchange of cryptoassets.
Jan 1, 2021
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Here's What's New
Rebalance Filtering & Weight spread In the rebalance process, users may now expand the filter field beneath the input and filter coins by specific categories. This is especially useful for creating category-based Strategies like “DeFi Strategy” or “Infrastructure Strategy.” Besides that, users may now use ‘Fill Equally’ or ‘Fill Proportionally’ functions to spread the remaining weight among assets that are already included in the Strategy.
Oct 19, 2020
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Using Quick Data for Better Rebalancing
This week, we have released a new widget called ‘Quick look.’ This feature was introduced as an upgrade to the rebalance flow in order to give managers access to information where they need it most. Apart from obvious information (charts, returns, and BTC comparison widgets), Quick Look also comes with three new pieces of information.
Aug 27, 2020
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How to create posts and communicate with the community
Connect to your investors Share your thoughts. Engage your investors. Make them your #1 fans P.s. You don't have your own Crypto Strategy yet? Don't worry, you can easily create it here. TOP 3 Reasons why you should Communicate OUR 5 Ideas on what to post: How to bring new investors to your Crypto Strategy? Use our Referral Program –- it’s simple and is built in a long-term way.
Feb 17, 2020
Investing 101
What is Bitcoin, How it Grew, and How to Buy it
Table of Contents Introduction When starting with a new thing, especially when it involves money, it is very important to do your research. Since we are meeting you here, we believe you need information about how to buy bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general and online trading.
Jan 9, 2020
How To Guides
Copying the Best Crypto Strategy for You
Landing on the platform with multiple Crypto Strategies can be quite a challenge for beginner investors. There are graphs, a lot of numbers, new terminology, names of cryptocurrencies that you are not familiar with, and if you don’t know what to look for, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Oct 21, 2019
Investing 101
Planning Your Investments
So what is an investment plan in the first place? An investment plan is the product of matching your financial goals and objectives with your financial resources. Or, in common English, figuring out what you want to achieve, when, and how much you can invest.
Oct 8, 2019
How To Guides
How to rebalance your Crypto Strategy - Turning 100 clicks into 1
Let’s jump into the numbers and see how you can change your Crypto Strategy on the ICONOMI platform, and what happens in the background. Here is a simple example: let’s say we create a Crypto Strategy with 50% of BTC and 50% of ETH and invest 1,000 euros in it.
Aug 9, 2019
Investing 101
The Ultimate Guide to Basic Finance & Crypto Terms
Investing can be intimidating, especially for beginners. Sometimes, you just don’t know where to start. So we thought it would be a good idea to shed a bit more light on the terms and expressions frequently used either on the ICONOMI platform or otherwise in the world of investing.
Jun 20, 2019
Investing 101
Invest all at once or gradually
Whether you are thinking about investing in cryptocurrencies, stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, you will eventually need to make an important decision – “Do I invest my hard earned savings in a single Lump Sum or to use the Dollar Cost Averaging Strategy?” Daan works in a car repair shop in a suburb of Amsterdam, and has been actively saving for the past five months.
May 9, 2019
Investing 101
5 Common Misconceptions about Crypto Investing
Blockchain = Bitcoin Bitcoin may have been the first technology to use a blockchain, but it certainly wasn’t the last. In a nutshell, a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Or put even more simply, it’s a distributed database maintained by thousands of computers worldwide.
Mar 1, 2019
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