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4 Questions You Should Ask before finding A Bitcoin Broker

I asked an expert from a leading financial services company what he thought of Bitcoin trading and here was his reply: "Since a lot of Bitcoin is used for illicit activity, I don't trust it."

While I can't verify the "illicit" part of that statement, I'm on the skeptical side of cryptocurrency trading and speculation. We're still in the Wild West phase.

There's little question that we need to know more about cryptocurrencies. While I'm optimistic that the blockchain technology will disrupt financial services in a good way, a little regulation would help.

The Russian Finance Ministry, for example, said it would regulate cryptocurrencies by the end of the year. The country, which doesn't exactly wear a cybersecurity halo, said there was "no point in prohibiting" cryptocurrency trading.

China, on the other hand, recently shut down Initial Coin Offering operations.

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Here's what Reuters was reporting on the Chinese action:

"Bitcoin fell sharply on Friday after Chinese financial publication Caixin reported that China was planning to shut down local crypto-currency exchanges, although analysts said this was just a temporary setback.

The news follows China's move earlier last week to ban so-called initial coin offerings, or the practice of creating and selling digital currencies or tokens to investors in order to finance start-up projects. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report."

There are countless reasons to be cautious with cryptocurrencies. They are not transparent and uregulated. They are also incredibly volatile.

Here are some trading questions offered by ForexLive:

-- Do you hedge? We all want to make money on our investments, but with cryptos there's a lot of downside. You should be able to hedge your position to stem your losses.

"The reason hedging is important is it provides clarity on a broker's risk management policies. Due to volatility in bitcoins and other cryptos, brokers that are unhedged are more exposed to large losses caused by their client base."

-- Can you trade on the weekend? Despite crypto exchanges being open, a broker and their market data providers may not want to be. Therefore, not every broker supports weekend trading.

As a result, if the bitcoin and ethereum market is moving during the weekend, traders may not be able to react if their broker is closed."

-- What will trades cost you? All brokers charge commissions and offer margin accounts.

"When trading cryptocurrencies, traders should keep in mind that they are priced more similarly to equities than forex. Therefore, in addition to wider spreads, many brokers also charge a commission on crypto trades.

This increases the overall cost of trading and shouldn't be overlooked. Therefore, leverage on bitcoins and similar products is often 10 times or lower. Depending on a trader's strategies and risk tolerance, margin rates could be an important factor of which broker they use."

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-- Does the broker offer short sales? This is a way of protecting yourself and making money when the price drops.

"Does a broker offer short trades of their cryptocurrency products? Due to only a handful of hedging solutions for opening short trades, many brokers limit their crypto products to 'long' only.

As shorting is an important strategy, for many, trading with a broker that doesn't allow shorting cryptocurrencies is a non-starter.

This is especially the case with bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies that are viewed to be in a bubble and prone to sharp 10-15% intraday drops where shorting would be profitable."

US revealed a secret plot to ASSASSINATE Kim Jong-un in May FAILED

The savage war of words between Pyongyang and Washington has rapidly increased in recent weeks, with the despot leader threatening nuclear war if US troops remain in South Korea.

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Kim Jong-Un has also ramped up his nuclear weapons program, even detonating a hydrogen bomb earlier this year along with firing several missiles.

But while many see North Korea as the aggressor in the developing conflict, now the hermit kingdom claimed the US failed in an attempt on Kim’s life using biological and chemical weapons.

While the report from KCNA, the nation’s state-sponsored news network, said North Korea remained committed to fighting terrorism, it said “the main reason international terrorism is not yet annihilated” was because of US interference and claimed it foiled a US-backed attempt to depose Kim earlier this year.

The report read: “In May this year, a group of heinous terrorists who infiltrated into our country on the orders of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US and the South Korean puppet Intelligence Service with the purpose of carrying out a state-sponsored terrorism against our supreme headquarters using biological and chemical substance were caught and exposed.

“This palpably shows the true nature of the US as the main culprit behind terrorism.”

The KCNA report also said the US “changes its colours” like a “chameleon” to justify overthrowing governments, especially in the Middle East.

And it accused Washington of using counter-terrorism and the war on terror as a pretext to overthrow governments it deems hostile, including invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. 

North Korean state media also cited the latter two as examples of governments that cancelled their nuclear programs only to be later attacked by the US at a later date regardless.

Pyongyang had previously claimed in an official report that “The US has fully revealed its criminal scenario to make no scruple of using biochemical weapons” to destroy North Korea.

And they say it will not give up on its nuclear deterrence unless Washington ends its hostile policy towards the rogue nation.

The revelation comes as a new report revealed the shocking scale of devastation Pyongyang could wreak on its nearest neighbours, with apocalyptic levels of destruction to be expected if a nuclear strike is launched.

The Seoul metropolitan region in South Korea has a population of 24.1 million while Tokyo in Japan is home to 37.9 million people.

And North Korea could instantly kill four million people in just minutes if tyrant Kim Jong-un decides to launch a nuclear strike on Japan and South Korea, according to 38 North.

It comes amid concerns North Korea is plotting to launch a sick assault on the West usingbiological weapons such as anthrax and smallpox bombs.

Fears were outlined in a report on the hermit state's biological weapons, which said Kim currently has 13 deadly chemicals at his disposal.

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