If you haven’t checked out my Guide for Researching Cryptocurrencies, I recommend you check out here.

This is a guide to a number of tools I use on a weekly basis for researching/staying up to date on Cryptocurrencies as well as other useful information for newcomers.

News Websites:

These websites are a great way to find daily news on cryptocurrencies. I strongly suggest reading the original source that these websites write articles on. Sometimes the writing can be misleading and sensationalized. Nevertheless these websites are extremely helpful at finding important news.

CCN

Coin Telegraph

CoinDesk

CoinSpeaker

CryptoPanic: This website is an aggregator of cryptocurrency news from various sources across the web.

CoinSpectator: Another news aggregator

Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, and other traditional media outlets are another place to find mainstream cryptocurrency news.

Cryptocurrency Blogs:

Medium and Steemit are two great websites with a plethora of cryptocurrency bloggers. Most cryptocurrency projects and their CEOs will have a blog on Medium that provides updates on the projects, announce partnerships, and more.

Hackernoon

The Merkle

Social Media/Forums:

reddit.com/r/cryptocurrency is an okay place to get macro news, memes, and shills of some of your favorite cryptocurrencies (shout out VeChain, Nano, ICON, NEO, and more).

is an okay place to get macro news, memes, and shills of some of your favorite cryptocurrencies (shout out VeChain, Nano, ICON, NEO, and more). Various subreddits for specific projects. A subreddit for a specific project is a great way to find news from all over the internet on that project. There is also some great discussion where questions/concerns are answered by the community. If you are using project specific subreddits for research on a coin, take their replies with a grain of salt.

A subreddit for a specific project is a great way to find news from all over the internet on that project. There is also some great discussion where questions/concerns are answered by the community. If you are using project specific subreddits for research on a coin, take their replies with a grain of salt. 4chan /biz/: As much bad press as 4Chan gets, /biz/ is an alright place to get opinions on cryptocurrencies.

As much bad press as 4Chan gets, /biz/ is an alright place to get opinions on cryptocurrencies. Telegram : Telegram groups have become a popular place for people to share news, ideas, investment strategies, TA and more. There are thousands of groups that vary from being absolute trash to quite insightful.

: Telegram groups have become a popular place for people to share news, ideas, investment strategies, TA and more. There are thousands of groups that vary from being absolute trash to quite insightful. Discord: Another platform for groups to discuss cryptocurrencies.

Another platform for groups to discuss cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin Talk : Probably the largest cryptocurrency forum on the internet

Probably the largest cryptocurrency forum on the internet Twitter: Twitter is a great place to follow famous people within the cryptospace such as Vitalik Buterin, Mark Novogratz, and others. It’s also a great place to follow Technical Analysts (if that’s your thing) and see what self-proclaimed analysts are seeing.

Cryptocurrency Market Websites

These websites do not let you buy cryptocurrencies directly from them, but they do give you basic fundamental information on almost every cryptocurrency out there. These websites are great places to do initial research for low market cap alternative coins.

CoinMarketCap (CMC): Probably the most famous of these websites. CMC takes the prices across different exchanges for each coin and creates an average price for the coin. Just to give you an idea of how many people use this website/how big of an influence it has on the cryptomarket, in January they unexpectedly removed Korean exchanges from their price calculations (due to the high premium South Koreans pay on cryptocurrencies) resulting in the market “appearing” red. This resulted in an actual sell off and panic in the market

Live Coin Watch: This one has become my new favorite market website. They allow you the option to remove Korean exchanges from their prices and have more features than CMC.

Coin Gecko: I personally don’t use it but you can never have too many options.

Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Fiat-Crypto Gateways:

Not all cryptocurrency exchanges allow for the use of fiat money. In order to get your foot in the cryptocurrency door these exchanges will help you buy your first BTC, Ethereum, etc. These are fiat on-ramps for Americans as I am not familiar enough with other countries exchanges. NOTE: Some of these also have crypto to crypto pairings.

Coinbase/GDAX: This is probably one of the most recognizable names in crypto having been around for years. Coinbase allows for the purchase of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash with fiat. CB gives you a $350.00 weekly limit on debit card transactions, which can be increased to $1,200.00 if you link your bank account to their exchange. Recently they had some issues with VISA and many credit cards have been declined, although that is the Bank’s fault and not Coinbase.

This is probably one of the most recognizable names in crypto having been around for years. Coinbase allows for the purchase of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash with fiat. CB gives you a $350.00 weekly limit on debit card transactions, which can be increased to $1,200.00 if you link your bank account to their exchange. Recently they had some issues with VISA and many credit cards have been declined, although that is the Bank’s fault and not Coinbase. Gemini: Gemini is owned by the Winklevoss Twins. The website is easy to use for purchase of Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, their verification process is painstakingly slow. It took me 10 weeks to be verified.

Gemini is owned by the Winklevoss Twins. The website is easy to use for purchase of Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, their verification process is painstakingly slow. It took me 10 weeks to be verified. Kraken: Kraken is a San Francisco based exchange that has been around since 2011 and is the largest exchange by Euros volume and is a fiat on-ramp for JPY, CAD, and USD. Kraken has fiat pairings with XRP, ETC, XMR, LTC, BTC, ETH, BCH, DASH, ZEC (although volume for the majority of these pairings is almost non-existent)

Kraken is a San Francisco based exchange that has been around since 2011 and is the largest exchange by Euros volume and is a fiat on-ramp for JPY, CAD, and USD. Kraken has fiat pairings with XRP, ETC, XMR, LTC, BTC, ETH, BCH, DASH, ZEC (although volume for the majority of these pairings is almost non-existent) Bitfinex: Bitfinex is the world’s 4th largest exchange by volume and probably has the most volume for alt-fiat pairings.

Bitfinex is the world’s 4th largest exchange by volume and probably has the most volume for alt-fiat pairings. Future: Robinhood Crypto: The famous stock exchange phone app recently announced it would begin crypto trading on its platform in five US states. The waitlist had a staggering 1.2 million people on it as of the end of January.

Crypt-Crypto Exchanges:

After buying your Bitcoin or Ethereum you can send it to these exchanges where you can buy hundreds of different alt coins.

Binance: Binance has become one of the most popular exchanges in the world and is currently the second largest exchange in terms of daily volume. Binance has almost 300 crypto pairings and are constantly adding new ones. The exchange is based out of Hong Kong and Japan. The only negative thing I have to say about this exchange is the high withdrawal fees.

Binance has become one of the most popular exchanges in the world and is currently the second largest exchange in terms of daily volume. Binance has almost 300 crypto pairings and are constantly adding new ones. The exchange is based out of Hong Kong and Japan. The only negative thing I have to say about this exchange is the high withdrawal fees. OkeX: OkeX is the world’s largest exchange based in Hong Kong with 440 crypto pairings. I personally have never used it so cannot go into detail about it.

OkeX is the world’s largest exchange based in Hong Kong with 440 crypto pairings. I personally have never used it so cannot go into detail about it. Kucoin: Kucoin is an exchange that does not require ID verification for withdrawals. This exchange has many new projects that have recently come out of ICOs so you can get them early on.

Honorable Mentions: A full list of exchanges can be found here. I cannot speak for these exchanges because I have never used them.

Huobi

Etherdelta

IDEX

Bithumb

Bittrex

HitBTC

Useful Websites:

Solume.io: Website that compares crypto price movements with their social media mentions. Can give you a good idea of coins that are garnering hype/discussion and whether that results in price movement.

Coin 360: Really cool website that portrays cryptos categorically similar to FinViz for stocks.

WhatToMine: If you were interested in mining cryptocurrencies this website is a good place to start.

OnChainFX: Another market website that shows cryptos by “Asset classes”. Sometimes their categorizing is a bit off but it’s a start.

Iconomi: Various Crypto ETFs (not real ETFs) that can show you overall price movements and help you with portfolio decisions.

CoinMarketCal: This website is a calendar for upcoming events in the cryptospace. Anything from Airdrops to conferences to Forks, this website has it all. This website is useful if you want to accumulate a coin in anticipation for future price rises.

AirDrop Alert: Airdrops are when projects give away free tokens/coins because they want to increase awareness about their project. Not all of these projects are good but some can be and free tokens are free tokens.

Analysis:

If you want to get into Technical Analysis I recommend these website:

TradingView: Great website for charting. The free version gives you the ability to do basic TA while the subscription gives you the ability to add more indicators onto your charts. Also a great website to see what other people are doing with TA.

BabyPips: If you have absolutely no idea where to start with Technical Analysis, BabyPips is a good starting point. It has free courses on Technical Analysis from “pre-school” through “High School”

SIFR Data: Cool website that visualizes correlations and metrics in Cryptocurrency

Youtube: Youtube is a great tool to learn Technical Analysis. There are literally thousands of hours of videos teaching you how to do TA. Some notable ones are The Chart Guys, and Data Dash’s playlist.

Investopedia: Investopedia is a great tool to use for technical analysis and to learn basic economics

Taxes:

If you are doing a bunch of trades I’d recommend going to an accountant. However these are two websites that can be a starting point (Note: they both cost money after a certain number of trades)

ICOs

I don’t personally recommend participating in ICOs if you’re just starting out, but these websites can help you stay informed about them.

Wallets:

Desktop:

Exodus

Electrum

Some tokens will have their own desktop wallets for their coins. NEO and ARK are two that I know of.

Cold Storage/Hardware Wallet:

Trezor: 89 EUR. Supports all ERC-20 Tokens + more

Nano Ledger S: 79 EUR + free shipping, Supports all ERC-20 tokens +more

Archos Safe-T Mini: Archos, the company that made PMPs has announced they will be releasing a hardware wallet in June 2018 for $62 or 50 EUR. Will only support BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, ZEC, & DASH initially.

Portfolio Tracking Apps: