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PSA Shut Down for 90 Days – The Effect on the Sports Card Industry

June 17, 2021 Posted by kyu7

On March 30th, 2021 PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) announced they were temporarily suspending all their grading services below Super Express ($350 a card) for at least 90 days with the hope of reopening all services around July 1st, 2021. PSA received more cards in 3 days than they did in the previous 3 months which is what led to the backlog and ultimately the difficult decision of suspending new submissions for a couple months.

OK, so let’s look at the impact this may have in the short term. Long term should be negligible to the sports card industry as it looks like at this point in time since they intend on being back to servicing all PSA grading levels within 90 days.

1 – People I believe will step back and take note on inspecting each card and really enjoy the card look for what it is more rather than just looking for a graded card since they won’t be grading nearly as many cards as they were previously simply because of PSA’s postponement of services.

2 – With SGC (Sportscard Guaranty Company) at minimum of $75/card and BGS (Beckett Grading Services) at minimum of $100/card to get a card graded within 1 month or less we most likely aren’t going to see much of an increase in business since PSA still has Super Express service open at $350/card and their brand commands so much higher values in the open market.

3 – The suspension of PSA grading services leaves the opportunity for companies like HGA (Hybrid Grading) and CSG (Certified Sports Guaranty) to make up ground especially on the lower-end cards with values of $500 or less because of their low cost grading services. So far I believe it will be CSG that has the best chance at grabbing a good piece of the market share for value cards of $500 or less away from PSA at least in the short term while PSA’s value service is suspended. How much CSG retains in market share if PSA reinstates the value grading service at $25 is the unknown variable.

4 – In the short term, PSA 10 values should increase on all cards but especially should increase on lower end cards valued at $1k or less simply because you can’t grade with any sports card PSA at that value unless you wanted to utilize the Super Express service, but that wouldn’t make financial sense to do at $350 per card. I fully expect this will create more demand for those cards in the short term. However, in the long term many of the base level cards that are PSA 10 should return to normal values once/if PSA resumes their value service which is currently set at $25/card. The higher value cards of staples in every market (baseball, football, basketball, etc) should continue to rise though as there are less of those available in the marketplace which is the simple rule of supply and demand.

My Own Cryptocurrency?

June 2, 2021 Posted by kyu7

For you to be in a position to make your own cryptocurrency, here are some of the things for you to follow.

Build A Blockchain

The first step towards a creating the best cryptocurrency is building a blockchain. Blockchain technology is the background and of every cryptocurrency that you see in the world today. A blockchain has contained the details of each cryptocurrency.

It is a ledger that shows the background of every cryptocurrency that you have. It also shows more details of who owned the cryptocurrency coins previously before you.The best cryptocurrencies have a very effective blockchain technology.

Code

All the software’s that you see on the internet are made out of a code. This is the same case with cryptocurrency. Fortunately, a majority of the cryptocurrency is made using the same code. Mainly, cryptocurrencies are made using the C++ code. You can outsource all the codes you need from GitHub and use them to make your cryptocurrency. However, the code will vary from your specifics. If your blockchain is longer and faster you must add programs for that. Generally, programs can vary from one week to several months when making a blockchain.

In order to make the best cryptocurrency, one needs to ensure he has put the greatest level of security to be observed. There are hackers everywhere and it is always your role to alienate the hackers. One powerful tool that has been used to alienate hackers is the use of private and the public key. This is because every key is generated from the previous key. Through the use of cryptography, each key can be traced from the first transaction ever made.

You should also ensure that you create a pool of miners. For a stable cryptocurrency like bitcoin? anyone can be a miner. A miner does two things.

-Creates the crypto coin

-Authenticates the cryptocurrency.

You must form a standard way of creating and authenticating your cryptocurrency.

Access The Market Needs

Many cryptocurrency experts have said that the most important part is accessing the market needs. You should be keen and observe what other cryptocurrencies are not offering and offer them yourself. If we look at the biggest cryptocurrency in the market, today bitcoin.

It was formed to bring a faster transaction in the online world. Bitcoin also gained much recognition because it was able to hide the identity of the users. They remained anonymous but one could still make a legit transaction. These are the most important parts to keep into consideration when creating a cryptocurrency.

To make a very successful cryptocurrency, you need to ensure that you are able to do proper marketing of your cryptocurrency. This means going to merchants and requesting them to accept your cryptocurrency as their mode of payment. These are generally some of the best ways in creating the crypto coin.