The widespread use of cryptocurrencies issued by central banks can have “serious consequences” and should not be allowed without careful preparation. This was stated by the president of the German Federal Bank Jens Weidman, writes CoinDesk. Weidman's speech took place on May 29 at the opening of the Bundesbank Symposium in Frankfurt, but the transcript of his speech was published just now. In his opinion, cryptocurrencies issued by central banks can […]
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US traders are the main source of traffic for the largest cryptocurrency exchanges , a study by The Block portal found out. According to the online publication, 24.5% of the total traffic sent to cryptobirds comes from the United States. Japan ranked second with 10%, South Korea closed the top three (about 6.5%). The top five included Indonesia and India. Share of total traffic in cryptobirds by country (from November 2018 to April 2019) : However, the data are not completely representative, because in some countries, such as China, due to restrictions and bans on crypto-trading, traders use VPNs, distorting…
Waves , one of the leading players in the blockchain market and the pioneer of Web 3.0, is constantly striving to improve the platform, making it as efficient and convenient as possible. According to the research and analysis of user feedback, the Waves team decided to focus the development of the desktop client on trading. “Before that, we developed Waves Client as a universal application with broad functionality ,” comments Alexander Ivanov , founder and CEO of Waves. “For almost three years, we collected feedback, analyzed user behavior and concluded that, in order to meet the interests of users, the…
Last Friday, the sum of open positions on bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) updated the historical maximum at 5,190 contracts, according to the data of the US Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The sum of open positions is the number of valid contracts that were not settled. May 31 was the last day of trading at CME before making calculations, […]
Leading in terms of trading volumes, Bitcoin Exchange Binance moved Bitcoins to the amount of $ 1.26 billion. At the same time, the commission was only $ 124.6. Such an observation in his Twitter account shared rating agency Weiss Ratings. #Binance $ 1.26 billion just moved a bit, it was worth just $ 124.60 in network fees for the service. Tell us again why we […]
commission Facebook is negotiating with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the United States (CFTC) in connection with its plan to launch a digital currency , writes Financial Times . It is known that the discussion is “at a very early stage” and is aimed at the understanding by the department of whether the initiative of the social network falls within the scope of its regulatory powers. This was reported to FT by CFTC CEO Christopher Giancarlo. The CFTC controls the futures and derivatives markets in the United States, and any financial product tied to the GlobalCoin cryptocurrency being developed…
Bitcoin confidently overcame a mark of $ 8000, and last week even broke through the level of $ 9000. Many altcoins also grow after the flagship cryptocurrency and update annual highs. Trading volumes on cryptocurrency exchanges in May, broke records, and the market capitalization even went beyond $ 280 billion. Now the renaissance of the crypto market is clearly observed after a long and painful drawdown. All users of cryptocurrency are interested in the same question – where is the ceiling of the new round of growth? What heights will Bitcoin reach this time? Observing opinions in this industry is…
OKLink, a subsidiary of OKEx, a crypto exchange, presented its steakblokoin USDK, which is tied to the USD. OKlink cooperates with the trust company Prime Trust. USDK launch plans and partnership with the Prime Trust became known late last month, Star Xu, the founder of OKCoin and OKEx, reported. Today, at 9:00 am (MSK), C2C markets opened for the new steylcoin. USDK is available to users in pairs with 11 cryptocurrencies, in particular, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, steyblecoin USDT. Currently, OKEx is the second largest crypto exchange in the world in terms of daily trading volumes. In March, it became known…
Binance Changpeng Zhao, the leader of the trading volume of the bitcoin exchange Binance, said that users from countries that are denied access to Binance DEX will still be able to trade on the site. The messages being passed is wrong. https://t.co/VtrSxEaW22 (the website) blocks certain countries; DEX (the blockchain) doesn’t, it can't. And there are plenty of wallets support trading on DEX […]
Startup Block.one, which last year reportedly collected a record amount of $ 4.2 billion via ICO, is set to launch the social network Voice built on the EOS blockchain. Users of the Voice social network will have the opportunity to post, share, and promote various content. All user actions will be saved in the EOS blockchain. A social network that uses innovative technology can potentially provide users with more control over publications, in particular those that contain images. Brendan Blamer, CEO of Block.one, notes that currently popular social networks have been designed to benefit from their users. In this case,…