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Everything you Should Know About the Trezor Wallet & its Supported Coins

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“Trezor. Invented for your digital freedom.” The concept of a cryptocurrency hardware wallet – otherwise known as ‘cold storage wallets’ – stemmed from the need to ensure the safe storing of digital currencies. In layman’s terms, a cold storage wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet that is not connected to the internet. Here, transactions are digitally […]

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Win a Ledger Nano S Hardware Wallet with Coindirect

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In partnership with Ledger, Coindirect is running a giveaway competition for a Ledger Nano S to one lucky Coindirect customer this month (October 2018). A hardware wallet is one of the most convenient ways of securing your cryptocurrency offline, especially if you are HODLing. Coindirect allows users to buy up to 42 cryptocurrencies and store […]

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Keeping your Cryptocurrency Safe in Cold Storage Wallets

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Cryptocurrency wallets have been around since the dawn of Bitcoin With the consistent adoption of cryptocurrency and altcoin prices continuously increasing, it’s important to have your own cryptocurrency for storing value. If you’re new to cryptocurrency, one of the first things to know is that a cryptocurrency wallet is a secure digital wallet which is […]

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4 Altcoins to Watch Out for in the Final Quarter of 2018

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The cryptocurrency market 2017 bull-run witnessed a record-breaking finish; with the price of Bitcoin (BTC) valued at approximately $20,000 in value. However, in the first quarter of 2018, the Bitcoin market sagged below $10,000. Although Bitcoin prices continue to soar and plummet, many Bitcoin investors and holders are expecting another bull run attack on the […]

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Global Industries that Accept Cryptocurrency Payments

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Many businesses, institutions and e-commerce stores are realising the power of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency use cases. The adoption of cryptocurrency has gotten many Bitcoin and altcoin users to exchange their digital assets for goods and service. Though, cryptocurrency within the goods and service industry – both online and offline – remain a problem, given […]

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Ripple (XRP) Giveaway

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Register and share our competition and you could win 150 XRP! Coindirect is running a XRP giveaway this October 2018. Register for a Coindirect account and share our competition with your social media followers and you could win 150 XRP. That is equivalent to approximately 1200 ZAR, NGN 30290, 8420 KES, 64 GBP and 72 […]

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Coin Profile: IOTA (IOT)

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A permissionless distributed ledger for a new economy. Coin Market Cap Rank: 11 Current Market Cap: $1,587,847,694 Website: https://www.iota.org   Every person with a connection is consistently creating a large number of data when using apps, websites or other internet-connected services. This data is often made private using a cryptographically secure SSL certificate. “Our vision […]

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Fun, Interesting Facts about Bitcoin & 100 Altcoins this Year!

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The Bitcoin and altcoin end of year rally is slowly nearing. This week, Ripple (XRP) has already enjoyed a short period of fame; taking the place of Ethereum (ETH) with the second highest market capitalisation. Coindirect reflects on Bitcoin and 100 cryptocurrencies that made a great start to 2018.   101. Ignis (IGNIS) 
Ignis uses […]

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The Grey Ave Podcast & Coindirect CPO, Stephen Young, talk Crypto!

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South African podcast, The Grey Ave Podcast, taps into Africa’s emerging cryptocurrency marketplace through an exclusive interview with Coindirect co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO), Stephen Young. In this interview, the founder of The Grey Ave Podcast, Grey Jabesi, and Stephen Young discusses: His background Regulation for exchanges Security tokens His approach to Cryptocurrency investing […]

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