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2019 is now officially well underway and hopefully you are making the best of it and sticking to all those 2019 New Year’s trading resolutions you made January 1st. Before we get too much further into the new year, I want to make sure you didn’t miss any of our best posts from 2018. Last year was an amazing year for me both professionally and personally and each year as I write about all the trading topics swirling around in my head, the process helps me improve and grow as a trader, and I want to share that knowledge with…

Less than one year after releasing its plans to conquer the Polygon 2.0 DeFi scene last December, QuickSwap has once again proven why its name has become synonymous with breakneck innovation in the crypto space. Now the premier Polygon DeFi suite has just made a move that’s sending ripples yet another order of magnitude further – into and across the Ethereum community. QuickSwap has launched a pair of potent platforms on Ethereum Layer 1, delivering both the next-generation Perpetual Exchange QuickPerps Falkor and high-performance QuickSwap Liquidity Hub to the stellar, long-standing user base on the Ethereum mainnet. QuickSwap’s Twin Initiatives:…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin has experienced a whirlwind of volatility following its recent all-time high of $93,483 set on Wednesday. Over the past few days, the price has oscillated between this record level and a low of $85,100, indicating the potential onset of a consolidation phase before the next major move. Traders and investors are now closely monitoring whether BTC will stabilize or continue its upward trajectory. Related Reading Key data from CryptoQuant suggests that selling pressure may increase quickly, primarily driven by speculative traders looking to lock in quick profits. However, this doesn’t necessarily spell…

Strategy: Flip 55 The Flip 55 is a trend-following strategy. This straight forward approach utilizes 2 moving averages has undergone extensive backtesting by our team, demonstrating a winning ratio between 70% and 80%. Recommended Timeframe This strategy is adaptable to various timeframes, including H1, H4, and Daily. Although it can be applied to timeframes lower than H1, optimal results are typically achieved within the H1, H4, and Daily timeframes. Trade Details Currently, the Flip 55 strategy has identified a trading opportunity on the EUR/JPY pair within the H4 timeframe. I’ve shared a trade setup image for…

Hellmann’s is back for Super Bowl 59. The Unilever-owned mayonnaise brand is making its fifth consecutive appearance in the Big Game in 2025, the brand announced today. VML is handling the Super Bowl creative, which will introduce viewers to Hellmann’s new mascot, Manny Mayo.In previous years, the condiment brand has used its multi-million-dollar ad slot to promote mayonnaise as a solution to food waste. Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson starred in last year’s 30-second ad, “Mayo Cat.” In it, McKinnon’s cat meows something that sounds like “mayo,” inspiring the actor to use Hellmann’s to upgrade her leftovers. That sends the…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. The Bitcoin volume has experienced a severe crash amidst its initial price momentum, falling by approximately 27% and triggering a subsequent decline in the value of the pioneer cryptocurrency. This significant drop in volume has caught the attention of market participants, as a crypto analyst is discussing the mechanics and significance of a decline in Bitcoin and whether it indicates a Distribution or Accumulation phase.  Bitcoin Price Falls As Volume Plummets 27% Data from CoinMarketCap has revealed that the daily trading volume of Bitcoin has crashed 26.46%, pushing the value to $85.89 billion.…

Australia’s October jobs report was a bit of a mixed bag. Headline job gains met expectations, but they slowed down quite a bit from September’s big jump. The economy added 15,900 jobs, which kept things positive but was way below the downwardly revised 61.3K gain from the month before. Link to Australia’s Labor Force Survey (October 2024) The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, which is in line with market forecasts. Looking closer, there was a bit of softness under the surface. Full-time job additions slowed from 48.8K to 9.7K (vs. 15K expected) while part-time employment eased from 12.5K to…

SEO is far from dead – it’s simply changed beyond recognition. To stay relevant, SEOs must adapt to these shifts, expand their skillsets and embrace new technologies.  This article outlines 13 hard-hitting truths about modern SEO, revealing the realities every SEO professional needs to know to stay ahead. These insights are intended to challenge your current approach, pushing you to rethink strategies that may no longer serve you. 1. Content-level SEO is not enough Traditional content and website-level SEO tactics like page speed, keyword optimization and link building alone will no longer succeed. SEO now has three tiers:  Content level.…

Loyal readers of The Protocol will recall that we launched this newsletter on April 26, 2023, to cover technological developments across the blockchain industry, after winding down its predecessor, Valid Points, which was focused exclusively on Ethereum. (In case you’re interested in that history, we wrote here about how we turned $15,000 into $70,000 running an Ethereum validator.) We started covering Bitcoin technology in the newsletter along with Solana and Cosmos and Sui and everything else. Over time, the format evolved, and got a bit longer — as I increasingly geeked out over blockchain tech and found myself incrementally incompetent…

Google’s John Mueller said that some SEOs over focus on URL structure and that if your context from your pages aren’t clear, then no URL structure can fix that.John wrote on LinkedIn:Often SEOs over-focus on URL structure (imo) — if the context of your pages isn’t clear from the … text on the page, then the URL structure isn’t really going to fix that.What advice did he give for URL structure for SEO?Avoid making unnecessary URL structure changes (because changes will affect SEO at least temporarily, it takes time for search engines to recrawl & reprocess all affected pages), pick…