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Murray Eiland

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Economic History and Law

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 19, 2017, 3:13 AM UTC

Failed Internet Currencies: E-Gold, Beenz and Flooz

What killed the first attempts to create workable digital currencies? It was a combination of factors, all of which should be considered relevant today. Many faced the dot-com crash, while others fac…

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 17, 2017, 2:33 PM UTC

Bubbles from The Nifty Fifty to dot-com: Lessons for Cryptocurrency

It is a sad fact that many new crypto investors have not lost money in the stock market. In fact some are so young that they were not investing in the 1990s. This means that they will have to lose mo…

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 15, 2017, 11:35 PM UTC

Ticker-tape, The Information Age, and the Future of Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency market is famous for massive volatility. Unlike the stock market, cycles can be measured in minutes rather than hours. Many stock people shy away from cryptocurrency for this reaso…

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 14, 2017, 11:25 PM UTC

My Crypto Trading Book: Knowing Myself

When trading cryptocurrency, a notebook is my best friend. It is my little black book. I know that when I ignore my friend I will pay a price later. In fact, my friend requires very little maintenanc…

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 14, 2017, 1:13 AM UTC

The History of Exchanges: One Exchange to Rule Them All

Today there are a range of online cryptocurrency exchanges based all around the world. If history serves as a guide, in the future there will be just a few left, and eventually there may be one. Toda…

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 13, 2017, 10:22 PM UTC

Government Control of CryptoCurrency: Lessons from the Past

There is a saying that crime would not pay if the government ran it. There is also a saying that there are no certain things in life except death and taxes. The real question for those interested in…

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Murray Eiland
@murray3 Jun 13, 2017, 6:36 PM UTC

The Wisdom of the Market: Tulips & CryptoCurrency

The fact that there have been irrational market fixations in the past has often been pointed out. One of the best examples is the tulip craze. This was a short lived period in Europe - Holland in par…

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Murray Eiland

Failed Internet Currencies: E-Gold, Beenz and Flooz

Bubbles from The Nifty Fifty to dot-com: Lessons for Cryptocurrency

Ticker-tape, The Information Age, and the Future of Cryptocurrency

My Crypto Trading Book: Knowing Myself

The History of Exchanges: One Exchange to Rule Them All

Government Control of CryptoCurrency: Lessons from the Past

The Wisdom of the Market: Tulips & CryptoCurrency