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On March 8, London-based exchange Voltaire announced a new incentive for registered traders that provides the ability to earn BCH during each trade executed on the platform. According to Voltaire, which bases all of its exchange paired denominations in BCH, users will earn 0.2 percent of each trade and will be paid in bitcoin cash.
Also Read: Voltaire.cash Exchange Launches – Supporting BCH as the Base Exchange Pair
During the week of March 2, roughly 14,365 BTC changed hands via peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange Localbitcoins, equating to approximately $ 51.51 million worth of trade. Of that, 3,593 was BTC traded via the Russian markets, 83 percent more volume than was produced by Localbitcoins’ second-largest market, Venezuela.
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Approximately 3,593 BTC were traded for Russian rubles (RUB) on Localbitcoins this past week, making it the largest P2P market by trade volume. Russian Localbitcoins trade activity during the week of March 2 equated to 918 million RUB (approximately $ 13.81 million).
Over the last few days, cryptocurrency markets have been holding steady and consolidating after the correction on Feb. 24. Currently, the entire market capitalization is hovering around $ 129 billion and trade volume has started to diminish slightly with $ 24.9 billion traded over the last 24 hours. The top contenders capturing most of today’s daily gains consist of litecoin (LTC), binance coin (BNB), and ethereum classic (ETC).
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NEM (XEM), a blockchain project building a network designed for better-performing smart assets, has had a rough start to the year after the new leadership published a report revealing it was on the verge of bankruptcy following a year of poor budget management. The news was enough to drop the price of the coin from $ 0.065 […]
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The price of NEO (NEO), a Chinese-based blockchain platform, hit a 1-month high today as the project prepares for the upcoming Seattle DevCon event on February 16. NEO is now up 17.3% over the last week to $ 8.39, bringing the project to a $ 545.4 million market cap. Seattle DevCon 2019 Significant interest surrounds the upcoming […]
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Cryptocurrency investors rejoiced Friday as the market closed out the week with a notable surge led by both positive Bitcoin ETF news and Litecoin (LTC) surging over 30%. Across the board, an increasing number of altcoins from Binance Coin to TomoChain appear to be decoupling from Bitcoin (BTC) and starting their own bull rallies. One […]
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The United States and China are making progress in negotiations to end their ongoing trade war, but the world’s two largest economies won’t sign a new bilateral agreement just yet, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Trump Oval Office Negotiations Won’t Bring Trade Deal Writing on Twitter, Trump said that while he plans to meet with “China’s top trade negotiators” today in the Oval Office, he has no intentions of striking a formal trade deal until he meets face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China’s top trade negotiators are in the U.S. meeting with our representatives. Meetings are
In recent peer-to-peer (P2P) market action, Latin American Localbitcoins trade has continued to show strength after producing record volume last month. In other news, P2P trade between the euro (EUR) and BTC has posted its strongest volume in 10 months.
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EUR/BTC trade on Localbitcoins has recorded its strongest week since posting record trade when measured against fiat currency at the end of March 2018.
The day of reckoning has come for Huawei, as the U.S. Justice Department has unsealed a 13-count indictment against the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manager. Justice Department Charges Huawei The indictment alleges that Huawei, two affiliated companies, and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou committed fraud and conspiracy in connection with deals in Iran. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stressed: These are law enforcement actions and are wholly separate from our trade negotiations with China. An indictment filed in Washington state accused the company of stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile USA Inc. and offering bonuses to employees who succeeded in getting technology from rivals, according
President Donald Trump and the US government are neck-deep in a trade war with China. Yet US businesses and investors pushed more venture capital investment into China in 2018 than ever before. Though Trump has added tariff after tariff on the country, America’s private sector doesn’t appear to share the same urge to punish or
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By CCN.com: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross quelled expectations of an imminent free-trade agreement with China Thursday after he said Washington and Beijing remain “miles and miles” apart on a new deal. No Deal Yet In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Ross indicated that the United States and China are nowhere near finalizing a
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By CCN.com: On January 23, the Trump administration reportedly rejected the offer from China to send two vice-ministers to the US to continue the trade talks. The Dow Jones, which has been on a decline since January 18, may face a major trend reversal. Following a steep decline from 25,826 points to 21,792 points in
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By CCN.com: The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 400 points by mid-day Tuesday. Markets are very responsive to crucial trade policy decisions. The ongoing tariff war with China has had a haphazard effect on various industries, both importing and exporting. Soybean growers have been hit particularly hard by retaliatory tariffs imposed by China. US-China Trade
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By CCN.com: Asian and European markets opened Tuesday on a weaker note as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned about sluggish global growth in 2019. Weak Chinese Market Forecasts The Asian session primarily saw a slowdown in the Chinese economy. At 0625 UTC, the Shanghai Composite index was trading at 2579.669 points, down 1.15% from
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China has extended the olive branch back to the United States by offering a path to eliminate Washington’s burgeoning trade deficit with the country, Bloomberg reported Friday. The news comes less than a day after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration was considering lifting tariffs amid the ongoing trade war. China Proposes
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Led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the stock market rocketed after reports that the US was to begin lifting tariffs imposed on Chinese imports. However, the market pared those gains after subsequent reports indicated that no such plans had been made. Dow Jones Leaps 250 Points Before Falling Back The Dow rose over 250
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American crypto wallet and custodial firm BitGo has teamed up with Genesis Global Trading, a digital asset trading firm, to improve the crypto trading experience for its institutional investors.
Investors who use BitGo's custody service can now trade their assets directly from their BitGo custody account, without the need to move the assets to an exchange.
“Institutional investors want to put their assets to work and they want security,” Mike Belshe, BitGo’s CEO, told Bitcoin Magazine. “Until now, they've had to make compromises on one front or the other, choosing to trade off security for speed of withdrawals from custody. Now, as a result of our partnership with Genesis, they have access to multiple trading venues without ever having to move their assets from the security of cold storage."
The federal government shutdown showdown of 2019 between Capitol Hill Democrats and President Donald Trump keeps setting records as it enters into its 26th day. The previous longest federal shutdown in U.S. history was the 1995-’96 face-off between Speaker Newt Gingrich (leading the first Republican House Majority in 40 years) and President Bill Clinton. That
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Investment management firm Invesco has suggested that opportunities exist in China despite the earnings warnings that U.S multinationals have issued in response to the ongoing trade war. Speaking to CNBC, Invesco’s chief global market strategist, Kristina Hooper, stated that U.S. companies have “overly blamed China” for revenue declines: There’s a lot of fear around China.
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U.S. stocks pared losses Monday morning after President Donald Trump predicted the United States would soon reach a comprehensive trade deal with China. Stocks Bounce Off Lows The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by as much as 230 points Monday morning, an extension of a volatile pre-market session for Dow futures. At the time of
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