Crypto is fast becoming part of some people’s investment portfolios.

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Navigating the World of Cryptocurrency with Blockchain.com</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Investing can be a daunting prospect, especially in the fast-paced and dynamic world of cryptocurrencies. However, with the right knowledge and tools, anyone can become a savvy investor. In this guide, we'll explore the basics of investing, focusing on the unique opportunities presented by the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Whether you're a seasoned investor or a newcomer, Blockchain.com is your gateway to understanding and thriving in this exciting market.</span></p>
<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Understanding the Basics</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Diversification is Key: </strong>Diversifying your investment portfolio is a fundamental principle of investing. In the cryptocurrency space, this means spreading your investments across different digital assets. Blockchain.com provides a user-friendly platform that allows you to seamlessly manage and diversify your holdings, ensuring you are not overly exposed to the volatility of a single asset.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Education is Empowerment:</strong> Before diving into the world of cryptocurrency investing, take the time to educate yourself. Blockchain.com offers a wealth of educational resources, including articles, tutorials, and webinars, designed to empower investors with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions. From understanding blockchain technology to analyzing market trends, education is the key to unlocking the full potential of your investments.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Secure Your Investments: </strong>Security is a top priority when it comes to investing in cryptocurrencies. Blockchain.com is renowned for its commitment to user security. Utilize our advanced security features, including two-factor authentication and hardware wallet integration, to safeguard your assets from potential threats.</span></p>
<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Risk Management</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Stay Informed: </strong>The cryptocurrency market is known for its rapid changes. Stay informed about market trends, regulatory developments, and technological advancements. Blockchain.com's news section and blog provide regular updates, ensuring you are well-equipped to adapt to changing market conditions.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Start Small: </strong>If you're new to cryptocurrency investing, start with a small investment. As you become more comfortable and confident, you can gradually increase your exposure. Blockchain.com allows users to invest in fractional amounts of cryptocurrencies, making it accessible to investors with any budget.</span></p>
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Invest Smarter in Crypto: Diversify, Get Educated, Secure Your Assets

Investing in Crypto

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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Timing the crypto market is tough, which is why some people use a strategy called Dollar Cost Averaging. Instead of buying in one lump sum, you spread out your purchases over a series of recurring buys.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">With Blockchain.com, you can automate this popular strategy by setting daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly recurring buys right from your Wallet.</span></p>
<h2><span style="color: #000000;">Setting up a Recurring Buy in the Blockchain.com App</span></h2>
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<li style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Log in to your Blockchain.com App and navigate to the Trading tab</span></li>
<li style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Click Buy +</span></li>
<li style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Select the cryptocurrency you want to buy regularly</span></li>
<li style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Enter the amount and tap &lsquo;one time buy'</span></li>
<li style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Select the frequency you&rsquo;d like to set your recurring buy at, daily, weekly, or monthly</span></li>
<li style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Tap OK, and then Preview Buy to complete.</span></li>
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Beat the Market: Set Up Recurring Crypto Buys on Blockchain.com (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)

How to set up a Recurring Buy with Blockchain.com

Recurring Buys

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inflation is an economic situation where the value of money falls while the prices of goods, services, and assets rise.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It usually occurs when too much money chases too few goods and services. Central banks try to control inflation by printing less money and raising interest rates.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">People usually talk about inflation as one thing. But there are actually three kinds of inflation</span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Monetary inflation.</strong> This is when the money supply increases, a decision that&rsquo;s handled by the Federal Reserve in the U.S. and the Bank of England in the U.K</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Consumer price inflation.</strong> This is when the cost of everyday goods and services increases</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Asset price inflation. </strong>This is when the stock market, real estate, gold, and art.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The inflation rate can be measured by tracking the changes in prices of representative items over time. The inflation rate is the percentage change in prices from one period to another.</span></p>
<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Effects of inflation</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For example, if yearly inflation is 5%, and you have $100 in the bank, a year later you&rsquo;ll only be able to buy $95 worth of goods with that same $100.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inflation also affects investments. If you have $100 in a savings account that pays 2% interest, and inflation is 5%, then the real rate of return on your investment is -3%. In other words, you&rsquo;re actually losing value by saving.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inflation can impact different people differently. If you&rsquo;re on a fixed income, inflation can reduce the purchasing power of your benefits. On the other hand, inflation can be good for people with debt because it reduces the real value of what they owe.</span></p>
<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The causes of inflation</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The cause of inflation varies by type</span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Monetary inflation</strong> tends to occur when a government or central bank increases the supply of money in the system, devaluing the purchasing power of money already in circulation</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Consumer price inflation</strong> occurs anytime the cost to produce goods and services increases. We saw this type of increase during the pandemic, which caused supply chain disruptions. Additionally, when consumer demand outpaces the supply of goods and services available, this can also cause consumer prices to rise</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Asset price inflation</strong> often happens when interest rates are low and the wealth of higher net worth individuals is growing. Since these individuals have their personal consumption needs met, their excess capital flows to financial assets.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Is inflation always bad?</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No, inflation isn&rsquo;t always bad.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In fact, economists generally agree that a small amount of inflation is good for an economy. That&rsquo;s because inflation can encourage spending and spur economic growth.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But when inflation gets too high, it can be detrimental to an economy. High inflation can cause people to lose faith in their currency, leading to decrease in spending. This can lead to economic stagnation or even recession.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the 1970s, inflation in the United States hit an annual rate of more than 10%, peaking at 13.5% in 1980. This high inflation, combined with high interest rates and oil prices, caused a recession that lasted from 1981 to 1982.</span></p>
<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bitcoin was created in 2008 in response to the global financial crisis.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The idea was to create a decentralized currency that couldn&rsquo;t be inflationary like government-issued currencies.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In fact, one of Bitcoin&rsquo;s most appealing attributes was its resistantance to inflation. Unlike currencies like the U.S. dollar or Euro, there can only ever be 21 million bitcoins.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Since its inception, Bitcoin has generally increased in value much faster than the US dollar and other currencies have lost their value. While the Bitcoin market can be volatile, the trendline in its price over time has been upward.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">While the short term prospects of Bitcoin may remain volatile for years to come, Bitcoin has become an increasingly popular long-term hedge against the inflation of government currencies.</span></p>
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Inflation Explained: Causes, Effects on You. Why some people may consider bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.

What is inflation?

Inflation

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There have been four major cryptoasset bull market cycles: 2011, 2013, 2017, and 2021.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As a company that has been operating in the crypto space since 2011, we&rsquo;ve been around the block (har) long enough to note some familiar occurrences in each of these crypto cycles.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For example, during periods of heightened price volatility and media attention Blockchain.com team members will often receive calls from family and friends &mdash; some of whom we haven&rsquo;t heard from in quite some time &mdash; about this or that coin that is making news for its price performance.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Like Dogecoin.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/dogecoins-12-000-rally-spurs-hunt-for-next-crypto-winner-11620293371" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dogecoin (DOGE) shot up over 12,000% by May in 2021.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What is perhaps even more remarkable than this percentage increase is that Dogecoin is now the fourth most valuable cryptoasset by market value, having recently surpassed longstanding #3 ranked Ripple (XRP).</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Only Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and the perhaps soon to be passed Binance Coin (BNB) have a greater total market value than Dogecoin.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A friend not in the crypto space, and not even a close follower of crypto prices, texted a Blockchain.com team member recently with the following question:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&ldquo;What do you think of Dogecoin? Does it have any inherent value?&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">While it might be tempting to dismiss Dogecoin as the joke it was when it was created, that could be a mistake. Dogecoin now has a</span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">global brand; it has been generating more search engine activity of late than bitcoi" , fervent community of supporters and investors, including Elon Musk</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">some growing support from prominent merchants for payment</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">increasing support from exchanges (including Blockchain.com) and liquidity</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As Joe Weisenthal from Bloomberg notes, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-11/the-difference-between-a-memecoin-and-a-memestock" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">cryptocurrencies are unique from stocks in that their communites are part of their fundamentals</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="https://cdn.buttercms.com/QKPHXCNqTSKqyO3TlvIw" alt="undefined"></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">While the energy and enthusiasm around the rise of Dogecoin is exciting, it is also potentially problematic for a number of reasons.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Of particular concern is how institutional investors, particularly those for the first time considering investing in crypto, might view any sudden market value &ldquo;flippening&rdquo; between Dogecoin and Ethereum (ETH), and especially Bitcoin (BTC).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One of the consistent hallmarks since the close of the 2017&ndash;18 crypto bull market cycle has been a clearly established #1 (Bitcoin) and #2 (Ethereum). The strength of Bitcoin and Etherum during that time have been underpinned by strong fundamentals, including</span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">network security and <a href="https://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28e" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">quantifiable measures of decentralization</a></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">vibrant <a href="https://medium.com/electric-capital/electric-capital-developer-report-2020-9417165c6444" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">software developer communities</a></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">platform support (wallets, exchanges, etc)</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">regulatory claritx</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">etc.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">While the prices of both Bitcoin and Ethereum have remained volatile, the stability of their ranking atop the digital asset leaderboard these past few years has provided a degree of stability in an otherwise incredibly fast moving crypto marketplace.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In short, institutions that move slowly might be unsettled to move at all if there is too much newfound uncertainty atop the leaderboard.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Indeed, one could argue that the instability and uncertainty created by any sudden dethroning of Ethereum, and especially Bitcoin, could pose a significant adoption setback for the cryptoasset space as a whole.</span></p>
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Dogecoin's Rise: Boon or Bane for Crypto Adoption? (Community vs. Fundamentals)

How to interpret the rise of Dogecoin (DOGE)?

The Rise of Dogecoin

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&ldquo;There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.&rdquo; -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We believe future historians will look back on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHZl59B6Rc8" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">eye-opening events</a> surrounding the trading of GameStop (GME) stock as extremely significant to the future evolution of financial market infrastructure.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We&rsquo;ve titled this &ldquo;When the Game Stops&rdquo; because of our heightened conviction that more people are waking up to the massive problems with our existing financial system and are demanding change.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The problems exposed in our opaque and inefficient market infrastructure are not new. What just changed was the broadening visibility of these problems. GameStop helped more people <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">see behind the curtain</a> of how the financial system game is played. And the bipartisan outrage, which is winding its way to Congressional hearings, is justified.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is hard to imagine a more perfect advertisement for why blockchain technology and DeFi should underpin our future financial system.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One of the most exciting aspects of a more decentralized financial system is that DeFi offers a rare and open opportunity to everyone to invest directly in the next generation of financial infrastructure as it is being built.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At Blockchain.com we are working hard to make sure everyone with an internet connection and computing device, including those without much or any available investable capital, can participate in this new decentralized financial system.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you are reading this you do not have to sit back and hope or wait for our future financial system to happen. You can not only help make it happen, but you can profit from making it happen.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Crypto has always been a call to arms.</span></p>
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