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Coinvest
  • Aug 1
  • 1 min

Welcome to Coinvest

Welcome to Coinvest - New Zealand’s first cryptocurrency investment firm. Coinvest has a vision to make the exciting new investment market of cryptocurrencies available to all New Zealanders. This commodity market was founded in 2009 with the creation of Bitcoin, and now today there are more than 1,500 actively traded cryptocurrencies on the open market! As with all new things, approaching an investment can be time consuming and often confusing – how do you enter the market?
Coinvest
  • Aug 20
  • 1 min

What investors should understand about cryptocurrencies

The New Zealand herald have previously published an excellent article detailing three things they believe investors should know about cryptocurrencies: a cryptocurrency's value; the cost of investment; and how to securely store cryptocurrencies. Here at Coinvest we help by providing this information for you in order to reduce risk and make investing in cryptocurrencies easier! Our blog on the importance of whitepapers outlines one of the many methods we use to establish a cry
Coinvest
  • Aug 13
  • 1 min

The safe storage of cryptocurrency

Due to the electronic nature of cryptocurrencies it is impossible to secure them in a physical form. This means it is difficult to ensure the secure storage of assets that can be worth millions of dollars. For most other assets of this value there are numerous traditional secure storage options available to owners. Keeping cryptocurrency on exchanges is a risky move as historically exchanges have not been impervious to cyber-attacks. In the event of an exchange losing funds t
Coinvest
  • Aug 8
  • 1 min

Importance of a whitepaper in the cryptocurrency market

The cryptocurrency market is highly saturated as people flock to this emerging technology to capitalise on the opportunities it affords. As of January 2018, there are a staggering 1,387 cryptocurrencies actively trading. [1] If this number seems daunting then you are not alone. A major barrier to investing in this new, exciting market is the ability to analyse the current value and future potential of any particular cryptocurrency. Traditional stock market investors have been