Cryptocurrencies have been very volatile in the past few months. Bitcoin reached its highest level in more than two weeks on June 14, buoyed by MicroStrategy Inc. completing its $500 million offering of junk bonds to buy bitcoin and by fresh comments from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin are typical cryptocurrencies. You may have heard the term 'cryptocurrency' many times, but what are they?
The word “cryptocurrency” is derived from the encryption techniques which are used to secure the network. A cryptocurrency is a form of digital asset based on a network that is distributed across a large number of computers. This decentralized structure allows them to exist outside th...