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For the first time in the history of Bitcoin, the total market capitalization has passed the $24 billion marker. Today for the first time the Bitcoin market cap reached an all time high, just passing over $24 billion, as pictured below in the Bitcoin Market Cap chart. What is the Bitcoin Market Cap? The Bitcoin …
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Bitcoin is on a tear, reaching a new all time high. As of this writing, the price of Bitcoin globally is $1405.04 USD. Previous highs were $1300 and up, but this is the first time in history Bitcoin has pushed above $1400. You can see in the global Bitcoin price chart below that the price …
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During the height of the price rally yesterday, Bitcoin exchange Gemini which is managed by the Winklevoss twins, saw nearly $30 million in trading volume. At their peak yesterday, Gemini processed a total of $28.19 million USD in bitcoin buys and sells. Total BTC transacted was 21,110.90 (which at the time market value was $1334.40 …
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In the past day over $100 million in U.S. dollars was traded on the Bitcoin markets. According to the total Bitcoin exchange trading volume of all major Bitcoin exchanges, the total amount traded (bitcoin bought and sold) peaked at $115,410,394 million on April 28, 2017. The trading volume in USD was captured as shown in …
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At the time of this writing, the price of Bitcoin has just reached $1300 USD across all major Bitcoin exchanges. It has also reached Gold parity again. There is no real indicator at this time on exactly why the price has jumped up in the past week, however, there are several factors in play. News …
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It should come as no surprise in the Bitcoin-sphere that accounts on Bitcoin exchanges are being targeted by hackers. Exchange accounts more than likely have Bitcoin stored on the platform which is incentivizing malicious hackers to try to access and steal user funds. With the price of Bitcoin hovering around $1250 USD and total trading …
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When Bitfinex announced that they had to pause USD withdrawals, it meant that customers who wanted to send USD out of the exchange weren’t able to, essentially locking in their fiat on the exchange. The only option at the time would be to buy bitcoin for example, and move it off the exchange. Earlier this …
On April 17 Bitfinex announced that it is pausing USD wire deposits. In a new post from the exchange which currently accounts for over 12% of the overall Bitcoin exchange market share, they wrote that: Beginning April 18, 2017, all incoming wires to Bitfinex will be blocked and refused by our Taiwan banks. This applies …
In light of the recent CloudBleed discovery, I wanted to provide a list of Bitcoin exchanges that use Cloudflare. I cross-checked the top 15 Bitcoin exchanges from our own market data and the following exchanges [that I’m aware of] use Cloudflare: bitfinex.com btc-e.com cex.io coinbase.com gdax.com localbitcoins.com kraken.com What does this mean? If you hold an …
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