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      "body": "It’s been 2 months since the last plunge of cryptocurrency price, also the BTC price still stable in $6000-$7000 for about a month, and what will that make a change to the market if this keeps going on?\n\n## 1. The approval probability of BTC ETF may skyrocket\nThe bad news is that the BTC ETF still not breakthrough the SEC line in this plunge period. However, in August and September, there are plenty of “BTC ETF must be approved!”, “10 reasons you should know about why SEC need to approve the BTC ETF!” and other these familiar articles show on every media web page.\n\nThe fact is that SEC will never approve the BTC ETF until BTC has changed, and they have a simple reason for explaining — “BTC price is not stable.” Easy words but powerful.\n\nAnd the only reason they did this is that profit. For example, some exchanges publicized the good news to stimulate people to consume, and exchanges can get more profit ([Binance exchange](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/markets) can profit $300 million in half year.)\n\nHere is a question, what if the bitcoin can keep its price in this interval for 6 months, or even less price interval, then does the SEC approve the ETF? The answer is yes. But it just can rise the approval probability of 10%, and they will keep rejecting the ETF until they believe the Bitcoin is stable enough to not make the price skyrocket or plunge.\n\nSo now the only way to make the market lively again is that make [Bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) more stable, which to be a currency can be trading in the real market, but not just a hype tool.\n\n## 2. Bitcoin and stable cryptocurrencies\nSince it comes to stable currency, then I have to mention the most recent star coin — GUSD. As a stable cryptocurrency approved by the US government, [Tether coin](https://citicoins.com/tether/) received a huge impact once again. But that is not much terrible, because GUSD also has great flaws.\n\nAnd the flaw is that government centralization. GUSD is endorsed by the US government, which is equivalent to the USD. This characteristic has a great conflict with the USDT. Although both are centralized stable coins, the difference can be enormous.\n\nFirst, the centralization of the USDT is endorsed by the trust of private companies, while the GUSD is the US government. That’s right, although both are centralized, and it seems that GUSD is more reliable, they all contradict Nakamoto’s vision of cryptocurrency, and it seems that GUSD violates a bit more. After all, Nakamoto is Anti-government.\n\nSecondly, USDT has taken advantage of time. Because it is the first stable currency, it has been widely spread. Most exchanges have been traded with USDT, and its holdings also account for a large proportion. It is very difficult to make new changes unless major changes are encountered.\n\nFinally, let’s go back to the topic. If Bitcoin becomes a stable currency like USDT, then the first stable decentralized coin will soon be born. However, there seems to be some conflict between decentralization and stability. Coupled with the high price of Bitcoin, it is very difficult to become a stable currency that people can use, and its own gold attribute proves that Bitcoin is not suitable for being a stable currency.\n\nSo, the stable [bitcoin price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin-cash/charts) in now stage is just nothing. If people trust it, then it rises, and what if they don’t? The possibility of decentralized utopia built by Satoshi Nakamoto is too low.\n\n## 3. SUM\nRecently, plenty of countries have also begun to take action. From Venezuela’s use of Petro coins to control inflation, to the Chinese government’s own R&D centralized blockchain (which should be called a distributed network) to control public opinion, and then to the US to issue GUSD against USDT. everything is explained that people are full of confidence in cryptocurrencies and blockchains just like the Internet of the year.\n\nBut is the cryptocurrency and blockchain be the product of the next stage? It remains to be discussed. In my opinion, IoT will be the product of the next stage. The world always wants to develop faster, regardless of the actual but develop faster, human greed is more and more difficult to meet, nobody knows that the next one who is standing on the money. Everyone just wants to be that one.\n\nFrom the perspective of the anti-governmentist of Satoshi Nakamoto, if cryptocurrency is to play its true role. At least it can be achieved by waiting for the unification of the world, such as the “classification of currencies by industry”. The country will become the biggest competitor of cryptocurrency. This is why Nakamoto is reluctant to issue cryptocurrencies too early.\n\nWhat do you think?",
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      "body": "Yesterday, the [Binance exchange](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/markets) was bleak and released an explosive news, announcing that the exchange fee will be fully transparent, and all future currency fees will be 100% donated to its own charity blockchain charity Foundation Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF). Such a move won a lot of praise and applause for Binance, and of course there were a few voices of doubt and asked Binance to disclose past listing fees. Players believe that, in general, this is a good thing for Binance, for the entire cryptocurrency industry and even for philanthropy. Below I will share my thoughts and opinions with my friends.\n\nBinance currency has always been a mystery\nIn August of this year, Expanse founder Christopher Frank broke the news on Twitter that he received a letter from the Binance exchange, saying that the Binance fee was as high as 400 BTC (about $2.5 million). Bin Chang founder Zhao Changpeng quickly responded in Twitter, saying that he received a fraudulent email. Zhao Changpeng also said that even if the garbage coins pay 4000 BTC, Binance will not be on. In ETH/NEO/XRP/EOS/XMR/LTC and other currencies, the currency is zero.\n\nFor Frank’s breaking news, there was media confirmation from Binance that Binance stated that “the project team decides whether they are willing to pay and how much they are willing to pay when they apply for listing. There is no standard listing fee. Every project is different.”\n\nThe matter stopped for a while. In September, a form of the exchange’s currency fee re-ignited the matter. According to the form, Binance’s currency fee was 20 BTC, plus 100 BTC deposit. The authenticity of this form does not seem to be recognized by major exchanges such as Binance.\n\nIn short, this mystery about Binance may have ended in this change in Binance.\n\nAll the money is donated to charity. Is Binance really a charity?\nBinance is the biggest fan of all exchanges, not one. On July 7 this year, Binance donated $1 million worth of [BTC coin](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/), [BNB coin](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/) and other cryptocurrencies to Japan to help rescue Japanese rainstorms and earthquakes. In July, Binance announced the establishment of the Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF), the first charitable foundation in the blockchain industry. The foundation has been cooperating with the Malta Presidential Trust Fund since its inception and has signed a memorandum of understanding with UN Ambassador Helen. In September, the company signed a cooperation agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) at the blockchain to promote inclusive and sustainable development. The foundation will donate millions of dollars to UNDP, and the two sides will work together to promote the application block. Chain technology promotes the development of social welfare.\n\nRegardless of the cryptocurrency exchanges, the blockchain charitable foundation established by Binance is welcomed and supported by both the UN and governments. Binance, as the world’s most traded exchange, is really using its practical actions to interpret its determination to become a leader in the “blockchain charity” industry. This time, “contributing” the controversial currency fees is a new initiative of Binance in the field of philanthropy. In the future, it may also drive companies from other exchanges and even blockchain industries to follow suit, which is good for charity.\n\nBehind charity, there must be hidden commercial purposes.\nAs a company, in any case, profit is the first. Binance has tried hard to promote charity, and there is certainly no way to be pure, and it is still hidden from commercial purposes. To be honest, the image of the exchange is not very positive. Even Binance, all kinds of negative news are not uncommon. By engaging in charity, Binance is both self-fulfilling, creating a trustworthy brand for itself, and even building a good social image for the blockchain industry.\n\nThrough charity, it is not only to establish an image, but also to gain a lot of free positive publicity, and to establish a benign interaction with governments and organizations of all countries to lay a good foundation for the future.\n\nIn the first half of this year, Zhao Changpeng said in an interview that according to [Binance 2018 historical data](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/historical%20data), Binance’s revenue in the first half of this year was about 300 million US dollars, and it took millions of dollars to do charity, which means that it will not hurt. The bones are moving. The capital fee paid this time is also a small part of Binance’s income, and the future may be replaced by the positive effect brought by it, and it is likely to bring a better return from the source.\n\nIn fact, since Fcoin moved out of the free currency, the controversial price of the coin will only become less and less in the future. Instead of holding it with reassurance, it is better to use it as a charity. In one fell swoop, Binance’s move is very good. this really makes other exchanges far behind.",
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      "body": "An independent study by Autonomous Research found that global ICO activity has fallen by more than 90% this year, and [Ethereum price](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/charts) has fallen below $250. According to the company, ICO funds were about $3 billion at the beginning of this year, and the amount invested in September was less than $300 million.\n\nICO activity has fallen sharply\n\nAccording to a study by Autonomous Research, ICO activity declined significantly in September. The company wrote:\n\nLast month, ICO’s total financing reached $300 million, and in the previous month, the company’s total financing had exceeded $400 million, a far cry from the $2.4 billion in January this year. If we raise [EOS coin](https://citicoins.com/eos/) and other similar Tokens, its high point will reach more than $3 billion, which means monthly ICO activity is reduced by 90%.\n\nIf you do not consider the “EOS and other similar Tokens” data, ICO’s financing amount has dropped by 88.53% from the previous month since January. Otherwise, the decline reached 90.7%. The company stressed: “We have started cleaning Tokens data from September, and this trend continues to decline.”\n\nFounded in 2009, Autonomous Research is an independent research firm providing global investment research in the banking, investment, insurance, financial and information services industries. Autonomous Next is the company’s London-based business, focusing on “the impact of technology on the financial future.”\n\nInvestors lost interest in ICO\n\nAutonomous Research pointed out three main reasons for the decline in ICO activity. “First, investors are less interested in buying generic Tokens like [Tether tokens](https://citicoins.com/tether/), instead they want to buy the same equity in the same company,” the company wrote. By examining “Pitchbook’s data on blockchain and bitcoin venture capital raising,” the company found that with the loss of capital, reaching more than $1 billion in August 2018, venture capital does have a lag effect.\n\nThe company believes that there are two reasons for this observation: “Financial technology companies like Robinhood and Revolut will turn to the direction of encryption technology and Bitmain tries to absorb funds before public offering.”\n\nSafe Tokens Products (STO)\n\nThe second factor in the decline in ICO activity relates to secure Tokens products (STO). According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ICO may be a securities issue and is subject to its jurisdiction. “STO is the new ICO,” wrote blockchain consultant Michael K. Spencer, who detailed the “safety tokens are actual financial securities”.\n\nAutonomous Research stressed that the investment in safe Tokens products has not yet fully developed, and stressed that due to poor supervision, STO will not enter the market for half a year in the next six months.\n\nThe company’s last reason was “the collapse and crisis of P2P loans in China since 2015, and whether this risk-seeking capital has emerged in the ICO.”\n\nAlthough China is trying to close all cryptocurrencies and ICO service providers, ICO activities still exist. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) disclosed last month that some of the cryptocurrency trading platforms initially set up in China have left China to operate overseas, such as [Binance Exchange](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/markets![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmS8D2GR4XmEzqPrRWMALpavJGfM7scXbEo19YeKUnkr5T/image.png)), but continue to provide services to domestic users. In August of this year, news.Bitcoin.com reported that P2P encryption loans are becoming more and more popular in China.![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfZQkpdJKU31yPDyiM3MvSRigMDFdFyxKcGKm3X9KkZGX/image.png)",
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      "body": "Recently, the [BCH](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin-cash/) community has launched two full-node clients using the GO language, Gocoin-cash and BCHD, in addition to the full-node client of the Copernicus project written in GO.\n\nGocoin-cash is a developer of counterparty.cash (XCPC), a full-node client and wallet written in GO, and is an original work by Gocoin based on Piotr Narewski. The software architecture focuses on the maximum performance of the node and the cold storage security of the wallet. The client itself is wall-independent and claims to add the best block processing performance to the market. In addition, the entire [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) network can be synchronized in less than 4 hours with good machines and fast connections (such as 4 v-CPUs from Google Cloud or Amazon AWS). The Gocoin-cash wallet itself is a password seed that can be used offline. The Gocoin-cash website details that the agreement is also supported by Google Dragonfly. Essentially, this means that Gocoin-cash users can use the Dragonfly service to query the BCH chain and have a more powerful global payment connection.\n\nBCHD is a BCH full-node client written in Open GO by the Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia, which ported Btcd to BCH. One of the main goals of the BCHD project is to provide a high-performance index blockchain server with an excellent API that will be a fast and reliable backend for Bitcoin cash applications. Developers believe that the design of the code base coupled with the ease of use of Go makes it possible for BCH to try out new features relatively easily, and that these functions take a long time to implement in C++.\n\nWhat do more and more full-node clients add to BCH?\n\nFirst, more and more full-node clients have joined, proving the [BCH value](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin-cash/markets). Developers are willing to come to the BCH network to develop and realize their own ideas. Currently BCH has many full-node clients, such as Bitcoin ABC, Bitcoin Unlimited, Bcash, Parity Cash, Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin SV, Bitprim. Although they are all-node clients, they all have their own focus. The multiple client implementations also make the BCH itself very powerful, and the node operators can choose the full-node client that suits their needs according to their needs.\n\nSecond, the language of writing these clients is different, and will also show their different advantages. The Parity Cash client is written in the rust language. The Rust language has the advantages of rich features, good design, and wide application range. Bcash is a full node compiled with the node.js language. The Copernicus project, Gocoin-cash and BCHD are all-node clients written in GO language. The BCH full-node written in GO language also has many advantages, such as low entry threshold for developers, block filtering for clients, and ability to use. QUIC (a new transport tool developed by Google to replace TCP), block synchronization time and so on. In terms of functional development, different language versions will be able to add multiple possibilities.\n\nFinally, the greater the number of full-node clients, the higher the decentralization of the BCH and the greater the security. As a decentralized P2P network, more and more distributed nodes can ensure that the system can resist sudden technical shocks and even political shocks. Moreover, these clients are independent of each other. Once a problem occurs in a certain client, it will not cause all the defects of the BCH network, and multiple replacement clients can ensure that the BCH can operate normally.\n\nMore and more BCH full-node clients are a good thing for BCH, which can make BCH development more decentralized, not controlled by a certain team. Take the example of the Copernicus project. All the previous BCH development rights are in the hands of foreign development teams. The launch of the Copernicus project allows China to have a say in the development of BCH. As long as these full-node clients are compatible with each other, more full-node clients will promote its development for [BCH price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin-cash/charts). We should welcome more and more full-node clients to join the BCH network.",
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      "body": "Recently, the most influential media in the United States, The Wall Street Journal, has paid special attention to the currency circle. After investigating criminal activities such as money laundering in 46 cryptocurrency exchanges, last week it broke out that automated trading robots were being used to manipulate [BTC Price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts).\n\nWhat is an automated trading robot? It is actually a trading program, the trader can set the trading strategy in advance, determine when to buy the rules of when to sell, and all subsequent transactions are directly executed by the computer.\n\nBefore trading, ordinary investors always refer to several indicators that they often look at, such as K-line trend, trading volume, MACD, moving average, etc. After a pass analysis, they decide which point to buy and sell. In fact, these reference indicators can often be quantified, and the speed of computer access to information, judgment, and operation is higher than that of ordinary investors, and investors can avoid irrational investment decisions due to mood fluctuations, so this mathematical model replaces Man-made subjective judgment robots are often used in various investment markets, and the profit models and capabilities of robots based on different trading strategies are also different.\n\nSo why are automated trading robots accused of controlling the price of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin?\n\nThe use of robots for quantitative trading is nothing new in the investment industry. These robots are not illegal and are not always used by many investors in traditional markets such as stocks and stocks. But the Wall Street Journal pointed out that the key difference with other markets is that the digital money market lacks regulation, and the abuse of robots not only damages the market reputation but also hurts individual investors.\n\nThe Wall Street Journal cited the example in the text that a digital currency hedge fund specializes in arbitrage transactions, but after being locked in by the “harassment-type trading robots” in the first half of this year, they suffered losses in the [ethereum trading](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/markets).\n\nThe Wall Street Journal further explains the strategy used by this type of robot: “Their strategy is similar to “spoofing”. It is very simple, enter fake orders and then cancel them immediately. ”\n\nFor example, if the price of Bitcoin is $6,500 now, the bad robot will hang 100 [Bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) in 6499.1, then cancel it quickly, and then hang 200 bitcoins in 6499.2, then cancel, then again 6499.3 Continue to hang… Repeat this action constantly, letting people think that a big family always wants to buy but can’t buy it, so only a little increase.\n\nThis strategy is mainly to trick other investors into accepting false transactions, so that they think that many people in the market want to buy, thus affecting investors’ decisions. But in reality, most retail investors who do not use quantitative trading robots are not aware of them, and those affected by those who use robots are also affected.\n\nSuch attempts to influence others’ judgments on prices were banned in the US stock and futures markets in 2010, and the New York Stock Exchange regularly monitors illegal trading practices and abuses and punishes those who violate them.\n\nBut in today’s digital currency market, the abuse of robots is rampant, and there have been people accusing this manipulation.\n\nSince the currency circle has entered the bear market, most retail investors are in a state of losing money. Many teams specializing in quantitative trading rely on their own quantitative tools to attract investors who want to make money by trading. Some teams even promise the benefits to users, but like As mentioned above, the quantification of [bitcoin trading](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets) ultimately depends on the artificially formulated trading strategy. Different strategies in different periods, coupled with the fast pace unique to the currency circle, many quantitative strategies have no use at all. Examples of gold abound.\n\nIn addition to the automatic trading robots that serve ordinary investors, there are also special services for the project parties and exchanges, using high-frequency automatic trading to raise the price of the currency, and to increase the trading volume of the exchange by brushing. It is common.\n\nI have to admit that before the effective supervision came, the phenomenon of misusing robots to manipulate the price of coins in the currency circle will continue, and the boundary between “manipulating the price of coins” and “doing quantitative transactions” will become increasingly blurred.\n\nIn an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Eilertsen, who created the trading robot “whale tool,” said that nowadays encrypted digital currency trading robots are futile, and it is better to create a better tool for small traders to be effective, “if everyone You can manipulate the market, then there is no such",
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      "body": "Seven years ago, a bitcoin was only worth $0.05; seven years later, $1,000 could only buy 0.05 bitcoin. [BTC price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) rose from $6,000 to $19,000 in just 45 days, but it took only a week to fall from the $19,000 to the altar, and the ups and downs became one of the signs of Bitcoin. In the face of such ups and downs in the market, how do all the financial big coffees evaluate bitcoin?\n\n## 1. Warren Buffett\n[Bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) is not a currency, it does not satisfy the definition of currency. I wouldn’t be surprised if bitcoin disappeared after ten or twenty years.\n\nThis stuff is not reliable. It is unregulated and uncontrolled. It is not subject to supervision by the Federal Reserve and any central bank. I don’t believe this whole thing at all. Far from Bitcoin, it is basically a mirage. Bitcoin itself is a way of transferring funds, but checks can also transfer funds. Does anyone pay tens of thousands of dollars for a checkbook?\n\n## 2. Howard Max (founder of Oak Capital)\nMaybe it’s me old, I can’t appreciate the technical greatness of cryptocurrency. But I firmly believe that this kind of thing can be accepted, only to prove that the financial white is too much. They chase risk and delusion. I think cryptocurrency is just a fanatic (and maybe even a pyramid scam), and cryptocurrency pricing is based only on the price that others are willing to pay. Similar incidents have occurred many times — the tulip fanatics of 1637, the South China Sea bubble of 1720, and the Internet bubble of 1999 to 2000.\n\n## 3, John McAfee (antivirus software McAfee founder)\nBitcoin’s growing application landscape has proven its worth, and of course its price will fluctuate, just like all new technologies. But it is obviously not a scam. When people get used to using [bitcoin to trading](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets), they stop using dollars, euros, and renminbi. Bitcoin will depreciate these coins in the long run. I predict that bitcoin prices will be $500,000 in three years.\n\n## 4. Peter Tell (founder of PayPal)\nI doubt most of the cryptocurrencies, but I think people underestimate the value of Bitcoin. It is the reserve of money, like gold, which can be used to store value. You don’t need to pay for it. If Bitcoin finally proves to be the digital equivalent of gold, it will have great potential.\n\n## 5. Ben Bernanke (former chairman of the Federal Reserve)\nI think Bitcoin has some serious problems. First, it has not shown that it is a stable source of value. Its price fluctuates greatly and is not widely accepted as a trading medium. Second, its most serious problem is anonymity. This is both a feature and a bug that can be used for illegal transactions. I think the involvement of government regulation will make Bitcoin less attractive.\n\nThe Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan all support blockchain technology because they can improve payment systems. But if Bitcoin is only trying to replace the French currency and evade government regulation and intervention, I don’t think it will succeed.\n\nIn 2018, bitcoin and [Ethereum price](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/charts) plummeted due to strict supervision and security in the world. Bitcoin prices have now come near $6,500. Next, Bitcoin can turn aside and lead the currency revolution like Tyre and McAfee, and it will become a “contemporary tulip” in Buffett’s and Max’s mouth. We will wait and see.",
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      "body": "Breaking away: Grupo XP, Brazil’s largest independent brokerage, announced that it will launch the [Bitcoin trading](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets) and [ETH trading](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/markets) platform by the end of 2018. At the same time, the Brazilian government has taken the first step towards legalizing the cryptocurrency market. The author believes that with the support of the government and the largest local brokerage company, there will be more local cryptocurrency exchanges in Brazil in the future, while attracting existing exchanges dedicated to international market expansion, and eventually bringing an index to the local cryptocurrency market. Growth.\n\nGrupo XP, Brazil’s largest independent brokerage, has publicly announced plans to launch Bitcoin and the Ethereum trading platform by the end of 2018.\n\nGuilhermeBenchimol, CEO of Grupo XP and XP Investment, said the business would integrate BTC and [ETH coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/) into the company’s existing infrastructure, enabling more than 3 million investors in the country to invest in encrypted assets.\n\nMajor decision\nAs stated in the CCN’s previous report, on September 20th, the Brazilian government and its anti-monopoly regulators received complaints from the local banks that the cryptocurrency exchanges received lower than standard financial services, and the country’s banks and major financial institutions A formal investigation was launched.\n\nOfficials of the Brazilian Economic Defense Administrative Committee (CADE) stated:\n\n“However, the bank has applied this restrictive measure directly to all cryptocurrencies directly, without checking whether the compliance level of each broker and the anti-fraud measures it takes are illegal operations, which does not seem to be reasonable.”\n\nIn an official statement, Grupo XP CEO Benchimol stressed that he personally is not optimistic about cryptocurrency as a means of value storage and consensus currency. However, he said that the company believes it has an obligation to start promoting cryptocurrency transactions in the market, because ultimately, like banks, investment companies must meet customer needs.\n\n“I have to admit, I would rather have this topic never existed, but it already exists. And we have to start to lay out in this market,” Benchimol said.\n\nThe surprising decision of Grupo XP is particularly important for the South American cryptocurrency market, as it is at this time that the Brazilian government is also taking the first step towards legalizing the market through stable financial services and banking cooperation.\n\n![未标题-1.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUFNsF7Q5HaSam8o6jLs7Rc7xe1WhibwwaXKhxP51oepX/%E6%9C%AA%E6%A0%87%E9%A2%98-1.png)\n\nWith the support of the government and the country’s largest investment company, there may be more exchanges in the cryptocurrency market in Brazil in the coming months, providing investors in the country with services that were not available in the past nine months.\n\nThe government’s incentives for banks to provide financial services to local cryptocurrency exchanges are entirely likely to drive the market open to existing exchanges that focus on international market expansion.\n\nIn the past week, the two largest exchanges in the cryptocurrency market, [Binance Exchange](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/markets) and Upbit, and OKEx and Huobi, have expanded their operations to Singapore.\n\nmarket structure\nSince mid-2017, the United States, Japan, and South Korea have achieved stability in their respective cryptocurrency exchange markets. On the one hand, these countries provide a stable and robust infrastructure for the market, and on the other hand, they have established a practical regulatory framework for protecting investors and promoting the growth of cryptocurrency-related businesses.\n\nOver the years, South America and Europe have lagged behind Asia and the United States due to regulatory uncertainty. However, the forward-looking attitude of the Brazilian government and the positive trend of major financial institutions entering the market may lead to an exponential growth in the cryptocurrency markets of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela.",
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      "body": "**Coins mentioned in post:**\n\nCoin | | Price (USD) | 📉 24h | 📈 7d\n- | - | - | - | -\n**BCH** | Bitcoin Cash | 441.096$ | _-6.17%_ | _4.39%_\n**BTC** | Bitcoin | 6411.881$ | _-3.59%_ | _1.81%_\n**ETH** | Ethereum | 212.045$ | _-9.58%_ | _5.97%_\n**LTC** | Litecoin | 55.832$ | _-4.31%_ | _7.13%_\n**ZEC** | Zcash | 128.563$ | _0.6%_ | _16.45%_",
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      "body": "The founder of the US cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini, the Wenkleworth brothers, is considering entering the UK market.\n\nOver the years, the European crypto exchange market has lagged behind the US, Japan and South Korea in terms of infrastructure, regulation, security and liquidity.\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, the exchange operator has hired a consultant to consult about the process of entering the UK market and quickly obtaining the Electronic Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) e-money license.\n\nGemini says:\n\n“Gemini continues to explore potential jurisdictions around the world to provide first-class digital asset exchange and hosting services that will increase the impact and infrastructure of the entire digital asset community. Although we do not have immediate plans to enter the UK market, We will always evaluate opportunities for the global economy to purchase, sell and store digital assets in a regulated, secure and compliant manner.”\n\nA big plus for Europe\nSince 2014, Gemini has won the trust of investors in the United States and has established a good reputation in full compliance with state and federal regulations. The exchange always prioritizes compliance and works with regulators to develop better regulations to manage the global cryptocurrency market.\n\nIn May of this year, Gemini, which was approved by the New York Financial Services Department, integrated [Zcash coin](https://citicoins.com/zcash/) to work extensively with local regulators to understand the anonymity of cryptocurrencies and their use in the wider financial markets.\n\nBecause the exchange is the most regulated digital asset exchange on the global marketplace, the exchange has a milestone in integrating Zcash. [Zcash ICO](https://citicoins.com/zcash/charts) demonstrates the possibility of working with regulators to integrate anonymous cryptocurrencies, which were previously considered a money laundering tool for criminals.\n\n“As a New York trust company, Gemini is arguably the world’s most regulated digital asset trading and hosting service. It is subject to strict regulatory oversight by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), complying with the highest level of fiduciary duties and Bank compliance standards and must comply with all anti-money laundering (AML) laws, understand customer (KYC) requirements, and consumer protection provisions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), New York Banking Law.” Zcash CEO Zooko Wilcox writes Road.\n\nAccording to reports, the entry of Gemini into the UK market is beneficial to the cryptocurrency market in Europe, as the exchange’s infrastructure is well managed and robust. Currently, in addition to Coinbase, there are no other cryptocurrency exchanges where cryptocurrency and sterling (French) transactions can be made in the UK.\n\n![1.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmafcRJozNSJu5DJjVTait3kmULhbrWt5LsCLU9T29UaaW/1.png)\n\nGemini, Coinbase, Bithumb competition\nIt is understood that in March this year, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency giant Coinbase obtained an electronic currency license issued by the FCA, authorizing it to provide payment and e-money services to customers in the UK and 23 other EU countries. Coinbase UK customers can currently trade GBP for BTC, ETH, [BCH](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin-cash/), [LTC](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/), etc.\n\nAccording to CoinMarketCap, Gemini is currently one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $12 million and a 30-day transaction volume of nearly $750 million.\n\nGemini must also apply for an electronic currency license from FCA in the coming weeks. Considering that the company’s strict KYC and anti-money laundering (AML) systems are among the most rigorous cryptocurrency markets in the world, Gemini is not expected to encounter difficulties in applying for FCA electronic money licenses.\n\nAccording to reports, Bithumb, Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is preparing to launch Bithumb UK by the end of 2018. By next year, Gemini, Coinbase and Bitmumb may compete in the UK market to gain a dominant position in the local trading market.",
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      "body": "Hi! I am a robot. I just upvoted you! I found similar content that readers might be interested in:\nhttps://medium.com/@dzdclair1/xrp-is-surpassing-the-eth-8223709fc71f",
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      "body": "Today, XRP has skyrocketed by more than 80%. The current market value has surpassed [ETH price](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/charts), and its current market capitalization ranks second. As of press time, the Swiss dollar has risen 84.86% and the market value is 159.1 billion yuan.\n\nWith the skyrocketing price of Ripple, the debate over the value of XRP and the Ripple Labs behind it is beginning to come. Basically, all the praises and doubts that Bitcoin and Ethereum have experienced, XRP has never experienced it.\n\nIn 2017, [BTC price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) rose nearly 20 times, but Ripple rose more than 200 times. Bitcoin has been growing for many years, and the lack of success is normal, and Bitcoin has become an increasingly mature investment, and the possibility of speculation is gradually decreasing. Although Bitcoin has always been the status of the boss, the current bitcoin is too large, and the handling fee is getting more and more expensive. In addition to the speculative value, how much application space does Bitcoin have? So many sons born, can you be a weapon? In case a certain son wins the position, the bitcoin must plunge, but it may not be successful. The potential risks, coupled with the constant increase, also have huge callback pressures. Some investors who hold a lot of Bitcoin must be exposed to the risk. Then choose to leave? No, in case the blockchain tide has just begun, what should I do if I step on the air?\n\nFinally, people turned their attention to the long-repressed Ripple, and Ripple coins cut the commercial pain point of cross-border transfers. It has the application of landing support, unlimited prospects, long-term value underestimation and other characteristics, plus an old coin, has been very stable all the time, then who will be apart from Ruibo?\n\n[Ripple coin](https://citicoins.com/ripple/) is the base currency of the Ripple network, which can be circulated throughout the ripple network, with a total number of 100 billion, and is gradually decreasing as transactions increase. Ripple’s operating company is Ripple Labs (formerly OpenCoin).\n\nRipple currency is the only common currency in the ripple system. It is different from other currencies in the laptop system. Other currencies such as CNY and USD cannot be cashed out across the gateway. In other words, the CNY issued by the A gateway can only be cashed out at the A gateway. If you want to withdraw cash from the B gateway, you must convert it to the B gateway’s CNY through the pending order function of the laptop system to withdraw it to the B gateway. Ripple has no such restrictions at all, it is universal in the ripple system.\n\nThe emergence of Ripple makes the circulation of money on a global scale easier and more convenient. But the difference is that Bitcoin is a virtual currency, and Ripple is an Internet transaction protocol that allows people to pay in any currency. For example, Party A can use Ripple to pay in US dollars, while Party B can directly receive Euros through Ripple.\n\nFrom the beginning of its design, Ripple realized the use of blockchain technology to realize an open world-wide payment network. Through this payment network, you can transfer any currency, including US dollars, Euros, Renminbi, Japanese Yen or Bitcoin, which is simple and fast. The transaction confirmation is completed within a few seconds, the transaction cost is low, there is no so-called cross-banking and cross-border payment.\n\nWhat is the true value of Ruibo?\n\nThere are several characteristics of Ruibo. One is to directly issue 100 billion XRPs without mining and issuing, as the transaction fee of the payment network and the exchange of the local currency. The second is the gateway system, which can issue digital assets directly through the gateway system, which is simple and easy. The third is to use the Consensus consensus mechanism, the bookkeeping speed is much faster than Bitcoin and Ethereum, and the transfer can be made in 3–5 seconds.\n\nThere are several disadvantages of Ruibo. One is that the scene is relatively single and mainly used for payment. The second is that it does not support smart contracts, and complex payment can’t be done. Third, the gateway lacks supervision and anonymity mechanism, and it is easy to spam assets. Therefore, Ruibo is mainly oriented to Bank customization services have developed and abandoned personal services. All in all, Ripple is more focused on a global payment agreement network than a blockchain public link platform, so it is not enough to support blockchain application development based on [Ripple history](https://citicoins.com/ripple/historical%20data).\n\nWith the intermediate currency of Ripple, global users can implement peer-to-peer transfers or currency exchanges in the Ripple payment network. Compared with the Bitcoin network, Ruibo has great advantages in terms of transfer efficiency and handling fees. Each transaction on the Bitcoin network is confirmed for one hour (package time of 6 blocks), and the transaction fee is between 0.001 and 0.0015 bitcoins. With the Ripple network, each transaction can be within a few seconds. Upon completion, the handling fee is one hundred thousandth of a Swiss dollar, which is almost negligible. Compared with the bank’s hundreds of handling fees and telegraph fees, and the long-term transfer of arrival time, which is often several days long, the advantage of Ruibo network is even more obvious.\n\nRipple Labs’ official vision is to increase the flow of Ripple by allowing most banking institutions to join the Ripple network, and to use the Ripple network trading mechanism (each transaction consumes one hundred thousandth of a Ripple coin, Ripple Coin The total amount decreases with the increase of trading volume), which increases the scarcity and value of Ripple. In other words, the [Ripple value](https://citicoins.com/ripple/markets) is strongly related to the number of institutions that are eventually added to the Ripple network.\n\nAccording to public reports, RippleLabs has now reached cooperation with 100 banks and financial institutions around the world. The company’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse also said in a statement that it expects dozens of banks to use XRP by the end of next year.\n\nHowever, such a quantity can support the current market value of Ripple Labs. Perhaps, in today’s thousands of digital currency forces, Ripple Labs’ market value, although occupying the second position, its value may still be underestimated. However, in terms of the volume of business it actually operates, it may be a big bubble that can be smashed at any time. This assumption is still seen in the entire currency circle. Don’t forget the scam of the “.com” company 18 years ago. Take Shi Mingjian and invest carefully.",
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      "body": "· Indian government website is attacked by encryption software to obtain cryptocurrency\nAccording to the Times of India, several government websites in India, such as the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Network, Tirupati Municipal Corporation and the Macerella City Government website, have recently been attacked by encryption hijacking software. The purpose of the attack is to obtain cryptocurrencies such as [Bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/). A preliminary search on the Internet-connected device search engine Shodan.io showed that more than 13,500 home routers in India were affected by encryption hijacking software.\n\n· Russia Putin Economic Advisor Sergey Glazyev visits Huobi as a private\nOn the morning of September 17, Russian President Putin’s economic adviser Sergey Glazyev, accompanied by Huo Lin’s chairman Li Lin, visited Huobi and had a cordial and friendly conversation with Li Lin. Sergey Glazyev is Russia’s staunch supporter of blockchain technology and advocates the use of blockchain technology to support government affairs, combat corruption and various types of financial fraud. Sergey Glazyev expressed gratitude to Li Lin for his invitation and reception and said that there is a lot of room for cooperation in the future.\n\n· Japan’s tripleone cryptocurrency mining calculation speed is twice that of Bitmain S9\nAccording to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news, Japan’s triple-1 (tripleone, Fukuoka City) has developed a semiconductor for bitcoin mining that is about twice as fast as before. The company entrusted the production of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with a line width of 7 nanometers to TSMC. It is reported that the calculation speed of 750 watts of power consumption in the sample is 14.5 TH/s, which is twice the speed of Bitmain Semiconductor S9. Despite the rapid progress of Japan, it has not surpassed China. China Shenma Mining M10 is up to 33TH/S±5%, which is the most powerful mining machine in the global mining machine market. It can be cryptocurrency such as mine [Qtum coin](https://citicoins.com/qtum/).\n\n· US Government Enforcement Defence Counsel: The use of foreign currency and cryptocurrency in the United States requires taxation\nJake Chervinsky, a US government law enforcement defense lawyer, said that in the United States, the use of currency to buy goods and services does not pay taxes. In other words, the use of dollars to buy things should not be taxed. The use of foreign currency and cryptocurrency requires tax payment. Because the IRS (IRS) will identify cryptocurrencies such as [Litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/) as property rather than currency. In the United States, the purchase of goods and services using anything other than the US dollar is taxable because the IRS does not define them as currency.",
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      "body": "I have not paid attention to the current situation of EOS for some time. Then I suddenly found out that EOS is slowly over ETH. Maybe after the end of the bear market, EOS really has a chance to surpass ETH.\n\n1. The stopping Ethereum\nSince the birth of Ethereum in 2015, it has been the boss of the public chain for a long time. Many blockchains are similar in structure to Ethereum. Even the ideas and structures of some alliance chains can’t escape the similarities with Ethereum. Especially in the first half of this year, the profit of Ethereum is even more dazzling.\n\nHowever, the development speed of Ethereum is too slow, and its technology development speed is far from the current high valuation, and it cannot keep up with the development speed of the entire cryptocurrency.\n\nWHY?\n\nHow long has Ethereum been not proposing new features and transformations, and its sharding has been in place since 2017 and has been completed for more than a year. At the same time, the promotion of PoS is also very slow. One of the most important reasons is that there is no potential competitor to make it vigilant, and the high valuation makes early developers gain huge benefits without further motivation.\n\nWhy do I think EOS has an opportunity to replace ETH. Because what [ETH coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/) can do, EOS can also do, and EOS can do better.\n\nTake DAPP, although EOS needs to use C++ such a troublesome language for smart contract development, development efficiency, ecology and so on are much higher than Solidity, which is an anti-human language. It can be said that using Solidity to write a good DAPP on Ethereum takes at least twice as much time and effort as EOS.\n\nEOS has voted from the main net in June to the present, and in just three months, it has already surpassed ETH in DAPP users and transaction volume. Will everyone be surprised and amazed?\n\nThe ecology of EOS is better than ETH, and it is only a matter of time before EOS surpass ETH. But to be honest, this speed is far beyond our imagination. I thought it would take at least half a year, and I didn’t image it already complete the goal in three months.\n\n2. the ETH price keep falling\nIn this wave of the plunge, [BTC price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) just fell to 1/3 of the highest point, is a very normal range, and ETH fell to the original 1 / 7, compared to BTC has fallen by half. And EOS, compared to the bull market fell to a quarter or so, and the BTC decline is not much different.\n\nRoughly calculated, the total amount of EOS tokens is about ten times that of ETH, that is, calculated according to the current EOS price of 0.025 ETH. The market value of EOS has reached 1/4 of ETH, and in the first half of this year, the market value of EOS is only 1/10 of ETH. So, EOS is slowly surpassing ETH.\n\n3. Will it be a new trend through EOS crowdfunding?\nWhy is the [ETH price](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/charts) falling so much? One of the most important reasons is that many project parties are selling in large quantities. Don’t look at it now that ETH looks like it will rise back to around $300 and will definitely fall again.\n\nIt can be said that there is a large amount of ETH in the hands of the project. If these ETHs are sold together, it is quite possible that the price of ETH falls below $100. Of course, the current price is already very low. The project parties that wanted to sell it have already sold almost, but if the whole market is in a bear market for a long time, it does not rule out panic selling.\n\nBut this is not the most critical. The most important thing is that in the beginning, everyone used ETH as the token for crowdfunding. In addition to convenience, there is another important reason for hoping to join the ETH ecosystem and the ERC20 system. But if EOS’s ecology is better than ETH, will the project use [EOS coin](https://citicoins.com/eos/) for crowdfunding?\n\nIn fact, this is not an alarmist. There are already many projects considering EOS for crowdfunding. On the one hand, EOS is more stable than ETH. On the other hand, the huge potential of EOS itself is worth investing.",
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      "body": "According to reports, Korean banks are taking measures to limit the services of customers who have not been certified. More than seven months have elapsed since the South Korean government introduced the cryptocurrency real-name system, but according to local media reports, only 40% to 50% of the country’s four cryptocurrency exchanges have completed real-name conversion.\n\n1. The account real name conversion rate is only 40–50%\nIt has been more than seven months since the South Korean government introduced the real-name system for cryptocurrency exchanges at the end of January. Investors who do not convert their virtual cryptocurrency accounts into real-name verification accounts will not be able to recharge their accounts to the Korean Won. They can only withdraw cash.\n\nThe government plans to use all real-name systems for all exchanges with cryptocurrencies such as BTC and [ETH coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/). However, there only the country’s four largest crypto exchanges — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit — are able to offer real-name conversion services to customers. Korean media Money Today reported on September 10:\n\n“Although the real-name certification service has been in operation for more than half a year since its launch, the conversion rate for real-name verification accounts on each exchange has only reached 40% — 50%.”\n\nTo convert an existing virtual account to a real-name authentication account, the trader must open an account with the bank that trades all the real-name conversion agreements. For example, Bithumb reached an agreement with Nonghyup Bank. So far, banks have only provided such services to the country’s four major exchanges.\n\nAfter real-name verification, the user’s deposit account on the cryptocurrency exchange will match the information on their bank account.\n\nHowever, the news agency explained that\n\n“Many investors do not perform real-name authentication account conversion operations, but only invest in cryptocurrencies such as [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) that has already been deposited in exchange.”\n\n\n2. The bank will limit the services of the uncompleted real-name conversion account\nA bank official told the news media that customers who continue to use virtual cryptocurrency accounts instead of real-name certified accounts face the higher risk of money laundering. He added that banks are now taking urgent steps to increase real-time account conversion rates.\n\nAccording to the banking industry, banks are demanding that cryptocurrency exchanges using real-name conversion services urge users who have not completed account conversions to act quickly. The news media pointed out that the bank’s policy is to “improve the transparency of virtual currency transactions, the most important thing is to prevent money laundering incidents like [dash coin](https://citicoins.com/dash/).”\n\n“The bank will take steps to limit the service unless they (the customer with the virtual account) convert the account to a real-name authentication account before a certain date. After a certain point in time, if the new real-name authentication account is not generated, the account will be considered The Korean Won recharge/cash service has some restrictions.”\n\nThe media added that\n\n“It is expected that the restrictions will be implemented as early as November.”\n\n3. Exchange efforts\nAccording to news reports, in order to encourage users to use real-name accounts, Bithumb has reduced the daily withdrawal amount of those accounts that have not completed the real-name conversion by 10%. The exchange also plans to take additional measures for users who do not perform real-name authentication account conversions.\n\nUpbit, an exchange supported by kakao, has also been encouraging users to convert real-name authentication accounts. Last month, the exchange organized an event to award a total value of 100 million won (approximately 88,615 [USDT coin](https://citicoins.com/tether/)) to 100 users who converted during a specific time period.",
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      "body": "· Royal Bank of Canada: XRP can reduce transaction time and costs\nAccording to Usethebitcoin, the Royal Bank of Canada report shows that [Ripple’s token XRP](https://citicoins.com/ripple/) can help banks significantly reduce transaction time and costs. The bank believes that XRP can be transferred between parties without a central counterparty, in order to support the flow between any two currencies.\n\n· The European Commission has included cryptocurrency transactions in the scope of cryptocurrency payment fraud regulation\nAccording to finextra, the European Commission has imposed a more rigorous judgment on cryptocurrency payment fraud in accordance with the new rules approved by the European Commission. The draft report was passed by 31 votes to 1, without abstaining. The new rules are specifically:\n\n1. According to the illegal act, sentenced to five, four or three years imprisonment as the minimum penalty for the nation’s “highest” imprisonment for non-cash payment fraud.\n\n2. Illegal cryptocurrency transactions are included in the scope of the crime.\n\n3. Improve EU-wide cooperation to ensure better handling of cross-border fraud.\n\n4. Strengthen assistance to victims of non-cash fraud, such as psychological support, financial, practical and legal counseling, and at least provide free legal aid to those who lack sufficient resources.\n\n5. Improve awareness of instances of fraud cases through advocacy, education, and permanent online information tools.\n\nEuropean Commission member Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann said that more and more non-cash payments (such as cards, e-wallets, mobile payments, and [tex pay coins](https://citicoins.com/tenx/)provide criminals with loopholes in existing rules.\n\n· Russian state-owned manufacturing group Rostec cooperates with Waves platform to develop blockchain system\nAccording to the official Rosstec, Russian state-owned manufacturing group Rostec is working with the Waves platform to develop a blockchain system. The company holds shares in 700 industrial entities in Russia. The project applies blockchain technology to the operation of Rostec, in particular for the standardization, collection and analysis of product data produced under the supervision of Rostec, including military and civilian products. Both parties have signed official documents during the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF).\n\n· Postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University in Beijing: The USDT issue boosts the price of Bitcoin, and the issuer or the market\nAccording to Wu Wenfa, a postdoctoral fellow at the Wudaokou Finance College of Tsinghua University, the data shows that the continuous issuance of USDT is accompanied by the increase in [bitcoin prices](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts). The market participants’ demand for the stability of the cryptocurrency value scale gave birth to the stable currency USDT, and the Tether issuer also used this as the main selling point of the USDT. According to empirical tests, the issuance of USDT is based on the willingness of the issuer to supply, which also deepens doubts about the issuer’s manipulation of the market. The authors speculate that one of the reasons why the Tether issuer used the [USDT coin](https://citicoins.com/tether/) to push up the price of Bitcoin was to get the US dollar at a high level and then use it to make up for its insufficient reserve. If this guess is true, then the price of Bitcoin will fall significantly or decrease in the two days at the end of the month.\n\n\n· Hong Kong jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook will use the blockchain platform to track diamonds\nAccording to the cointelegraph, Hong Kong jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group will begin to use the blockchain platform to track diamonds. Chow Tai Fook placed some diamonds on a blockchain platform developed by blockchain startup Everledger and protected by the IBM blockchain platform. According to reports, this will enable retailers’ customers to use the T Mark app to determine the source and authenticity of the gemstones sold in their T Mark brand stores.",
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      "body": "According to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the days of explosive growth in the blockchain industry may have become a past tense, and many ordinary people now know the existence of blockchains.\n\n“The blockchain industry has evolved to the stage where you can see the ceiling. If you talk to an educated ordinary person at this time, they may have heard of the blockchain at least once. Nothing in this industry can let the 1000 times growth happen again.”\n\nButerin said that the growth of [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) and other cryptocurrencies in the blockchain community during its first six to seven years relied on marketing to try to gain wider adoption.\n\n“This strategy is going into a dead end.”\n\n\nThe next step will be to get people who are already interested in cryptocurrencies to participate more deeply. Start with interested people and involve them in the practical application of cryptocurrencies in real economic activities, he said.\n\nAccording to the Bitstamp exchange, [ETH price](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/charts) has fallen more than 80% from its January high, and the current transaction price is less than $200. The main purpose of ETH is to use “[Gas cryptocurrency](https://citicoins.com/gas/)” to pay for the transaction costs of the Eshop Network Dapp.\n\nAccording to industry sources, the ETH market declined for the entire cryptocurrency market as some ICO project parties sold ETH cash to cover their daily expenses, causing ETH to accelerate its decline in August. Bitcoin also fell more than 50% this year.\n\nAccording to the forecast, ETH price may fall further to the support level of $155 due to the increasingly fierce competition in Ethereum, market volatility and the maturity of the industry. But this price is still about 2,000% higher than the price at the end of 2016.\n\nHow low will ETH fall? No one knows now. And there was another 8% drop this morning, now less than $180, and the possibility of a price returning to zero is growing. Project parties and investors are madly selling [ETH coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/). Whether ETH can maintain a price of $150 before December is really difficult.\n\nBut if it really falls to this price, we can even imagine what terrible events will happen in the entire market. First of all, most of the altcoin relying on ETH will return to zero, resulting in a large wave of people losing money. Secondly, the entire market structure has changed, and the cryptocurrency running on its own mainnet can continue. Finally, there may be less than 200 types of cryptocurrencies left in the market. Of course, this is a good thing.",
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      "body": "· Indian exchange CoinRecoil launches the beta version of tradable cryptocurrency increased to 50 before October\nAccording to Businessline, the Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinRecoil recently launched a beta version. CoinRecoil co-founder Kunal Barchha also said it plans to increase the number of cryptocurrencies that can be traded on the platform to 50 by October.\n\n· Japan’s Kintetsu Group cooperates with Mitsubishi and other institutions to conduct secondary verification of local cryptocurrency\nAccording to the Nikkei News, Japan’s Kintetsu Group Holdings will cooperate with Mitsubishi Research Institute and other institutions, from October 1 to December 10, the local cryptocurrency “Nortel Harukas coin” based on blockchain technology. Perform a second verification. Like the [bitcoin market](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets), participants use the mobile app to shop with the cryptocurrency. Compared with the first verification, the Kintetsu Group expanded the size of the participants in the second verification and strived to start practicing next year.\n\n· Canadian companies launch Bitcoin mutual funds Investors can hold BTCs in legally registered funds\nAccording to BTCmanager, First Block Capital, Canada’s first regulated bitcoin fund, announced that the FBC Bitcoin Trust is currently eligible for mutual fund trusts, and high net worth investors (certified investors) will be able to [Bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) is held in the registered account. The fund includes a registered retirement savings plan and a tax-free savings account.\n\n· French football club Paris Saint-Germain launches fan token products\nAccording to the cointelegraph, the French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is working with the blockchain platform Socios.com to launch a fan token product (FTO) that allows fans to access PSG club tokens and also provide their holders with VIP status or rewards.\n\n· EU finance ministers: no rush to further regulate the cryptocurrency market\nAccording to Bloomberg, the finance ministers who have recently participated in the EU finance ministers meeting agreed that they will not be eager to take measures to further regulate [Litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/) and other cryptocurrency markets. In addition, the finance ministers said that they will make substantive decisions after the EU authorities issue a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the cryptocurrency industry. Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe also told reporters that the EU’s attitude towards the field of cryptocurrency will be more cautious.",
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      "body": "The US Department of Justice allegedly sued a North Korean hacker yesterday for a number of cybercrime crimes in recent years, many of which were hacking operations that shocked the world, including Sony Pictures’ hacking, last year’s NotPetya cyber-attack (The ransomware), the $80 million stolen by the Central Bank of Bangladesh in the previous year, once invaded the Sade system in South Korea.\n\nAccording to the US indictment, the hacker Park Jin Hyok is a staff member of the North Korean Investigation Directorate and has been engaged in cyber-attacks and fund fraud for many years. Park Jin Hyok is said to be a representative of North Korean hackers who has been hiding in the online world for years. According to the VOA report, the prosecutor confirmed that he was a member of the hacking team known as the Lazarus Group, which was accused of computer intrusion and cyber fraud in North Korea, the United States, and other countries. A wide-ranging conspiracy that lasts for many years.”\n According to financial blog Zero Hedge, the US government’s allegations against Park Jin Hyok’s 179 pages detail his hacking from 2014 to 2018 and will impose sanctions on him and his company, Chosun Expo Joint Venture. The US Treasury Department even called this company a wallet for his extensive overseas intelligence!\n\n![1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZxv51tPPSqWFTFfdyWyqb1pc1Lrmjj928eFzLS27r9zV/1.jpg)\n\nThe U.S. Treasury’s indictment against Park Jin Hyok also showed that the organization launched a global cyber-attack called WannaCry 2.0 in 2017 using ransomware.\n\nOn May 17, 2017, a monitoring website noticed that the Bitcoin node activity in North Korea suddenly increased exponentially from zero to hundreds of times a day. What is certain is that North Korea launched a large-scale mining operation against the [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/).\n\nJust before May 14th, when North Korea began to excavate bitcoin on a large scale, the EternalBlue WannaCry bitcoin extortion virus broke out. So far, tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries and regions have been attacked. The data file on the computer is locked and requires a $300 equivalent of [bitcoin value](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets) currency to unlock the file.\n\nTherefore, some analysts believe that the real purpose of North Korea to start mining bitcoin is to cover up the bitcoin which extortion from the wallet. If they have bitcoin, at least they can explain that these bitcoins are dug out, clarify the relationship of the virus and them.\n\nJudging from the news of the media, North Korea is not only mining but also using hacking technology on a large scale to implement international bitcoin theft and money laundering. When our eyes are attracted to nuclear weapons, a big net about bitcoin is likely to have been quietly woven. North Korea is mountainous, hydropower stations produce low electricity costs, and North Korea’s electricity has been controlled by the state, so the cost of energy is negligible; as for the investment in mining machines, it is even less.\n\nIt is reported that North Korea’s hacker has reached 7,000 in 2017.\n\nAccording to various information disclosed by the media in the year, North Korea has formed a perfect industrial chain and protection mechanism around bitcoin stealing and extortion.\n\n\nFor example:\n\n1. Strict Bitcoin Transfer Network: Some media pointed out that in order to avoid the risk of being tracked by the large bitcoin transfer that has been stolen, North Korea has formed a large bitcoin to be split, transferred by a large number of personal accounts, and quietly transferred to the stolen goods.\n\n2. Bitcoin’s money laundering function: North Korea will not only use Bitcoin for foreign exchange but also use other channels of funds to purchase Bitcoin, just like [monero coin](https://citicoins.com/monero/), thus achieving the purpose of money laundering. And often the process is complicated.\n\n3. Bitcoin security protection mechanism: It is said that among the North Korean network forces, there is a dedicated team responsible for the security of the national Bitcoin. After all, you can’t get back the stolen things, and the security is very important.\n\n4. Bitcoin attacks and circulation have spread beyond North Korea: some media believe that in order to avoid drawing attention. North Korea will lurk a large number of hackers outside the border and use different IPs to launch cyber-attacks. The more lurking areas are northeast China and some Southeast Asian countries. It will also send people overseas to do bitcoin trading, and even organize speculation.\n\nIt has been pointed out that after a rapid combat, North Korea has become a big bitcoin player with a strict system, a clear division of labor, and all-powerfulness.\n\nBecause South Korea and North Korea use language, the Korean Bitcoin exchange has naturally become the focus of North Korean hackers, and based on the anonymity of blockchain technology, North Korean hackers can be cleverly hidden after they succeed. According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea has been involved in the hacking of Bithumb, the country’s largest digital currency exchange, in which more than 30,000 users’ personal data were stolen by hackers. In addition, the National Intelligence Agency revealed that billions of won of cryptocurrency like [eth coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/) were stolen by North Korean hackers last year.\n\nAccording to a former official of the US National Security Agency, in 2017, North Korea received at least 11,000 bitcoins through mining and hacking attacks, with a profit of more than 200 million US dollars.\n\nThe prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum have fallen sharply. At present, the situation of the cryptocurrency market is not optimistic. Once this incident in North Korea proves to be true, it will be a major blow to the entire market.\n\nBecause in this market, too many ICO frauds have emerged. 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      "body": "Just a few days ago, you can clearly see that the ranking of dogecoin on [citicoins.com](https://citicoins.com/) has risen to the 21st place where the front of [OMG coin](https://citicoins.com/omisego/). Before that, it has been hovering around the 48th, and once fell out of the top 50. During this time, the Dogecoin price soared by 125%.\nSo why is the price increase of Dogecoin so amazing recently? This matter is also because of Chinese controllers manipulating funds. And here are three coincidences during this time.\n![1.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf82hmFiCD544o4PzAvNE1wdsyhVDq1WKL5VWCD1dwafZ/1.png)\n## 1. Chinese MLM\nJust a month ago, a Chinese company named \"Zhengyu Group\" began to get involved in the blockchain industry and made a \"global OBB pass-through community\", which is also a mode of fund-based rebates for offline returns.\nHowever, recently, this fund cannot continue because the member's principal has been unable to be redeemed. So they thought of a way: ask members to do [Dogecoin trading](https://citicoins.com/dogecoin/markets), and then put Dogecoin on the line, in order to \"activate\" the funds back to the principal.\nIn other words, those members need to continue to invest if they want to get their money back. However, plenty of members have lost their money, and they already had no money to invest. The community of this fund is already full of vituperation, and many people have seen this scam clearly.\nZhengyu Group wants members to continue to invest money in order to get back the principal. It is nothing more than two purposes:\n(1) Reduce the number of people who want to return the principal. If you don't keep voting, it is equivalent to automatically give up the principal.\n(2) Keep that trap. And it's absolutely impossible to return the principal.\nChinese cryptocurrency players are really insane.\n## 2. Dogecoin price was deliberately pulled up\nYou will find that this round of price rises in Dogecoin is not what the fund members buy and pull, it is just a banker pull.\nFirst of all, the banker of Dogecoin in this matter is astonishing.\nThe top 100 Dogecoin address holds 60% of Dogecoin. In BTC, BCH and other currencies, this ratio is 19% and 24% respectively.\nDogecoin is a highly banker-controlled currency with a good controlled foundation in that.\nDogecoin and its propaganda tips culture, relying on community development, it seems to be free and open. In fact, completely different.\nSecond, the Dogecoin price pull has obvious signs of capital operation.\nThe address DDTtqnuZ5kfRT5qh2c7sNtqrJmV3iXYdGG has been buying Dogecoin crazy since August 30, which happens to be the time when [Dogecoin price](https://citicoins.com/dogecoin/charts) starts to rise. In addition, there are other addresses that are also buying Dogecoin at the same time.\n## 3. Dogecoin Link Ethereum\nFinally, Zhengyu Group asked members to buy Dogecoin time, which is the time when Dogecoin will post \"issue the meme-dcoin link [ETH coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/)\" news.\nOn the same day, there was a huge sum of money bought Dogecoin; on the same day, the blockchain media side announced positive [Dogecoin news](https://citicoins.com/dogecoin/social); on the same day, the fund was set to buy, is this really a coincidence?\nTherefore, it is too important for cryptocurrencies to move away from China.",
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      "body": "· Iran officially recognizes cryptocurrency mining legalization and will draft a policy framework within three weeks\nAccording to Bitcoin.com, Iran has officially recognized cryptocurrency mining as an industry, and the Iranian central bank will draft a policy framework for cryptocurrency mining in the next three weeks. Abolhassan Firouzabadi, secretary of the Iranian Supreme Cyberspace Committee, said that the in-depth use of cryptocurrencies was to facilitate the smooth trade between Iran and its partners, especially after the United States imposed sanctions again.\n\n· Iranian bitcoin price has reached $23,200\nAccording to Coinhills data, today at 04:53, [BTC price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) now is 978 million Iranian riyals, about $23,200, a record high. Currently, the average global price of BTC is $7,631, and the premium of Iranian BTC is as high as $15,800. Earlier, Iranian central bank officials suggested that the cryptocurrency ban will end in September, Iranian central bank affiliates said that Iran’s future cryptocurrency will be supported by the French currency Rial.\n\n·An abandoned village in Canada has been transformed into a bitcoin mining industry due to a waterfall\nAccording to NewsBTC, an abandoned village in Canada has established a [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) mining business because of its large waterfall, making it a very attractive place. The cold climate and abundant backup energy make it an ideal location for the Bitcoin mining industry.\n\n·The former Russian cryptocurrency exchange administrator or the key person in the investigation of the BTC money laundering case\nAccording to CCN news, US “Russian Gate” special prosecutor Mueller had previously sued the bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik and others to try to hide their funds tracking with bitcoin. A Russian citizen accused of operating a cryptocurrency exchange may have value. Information.\n\n· Russia will begin to evaluate digital traders and funds. Under-standard investors will be trained.\nAccording to the RBC news, the Russian Cryptographic and Blockchain Association will conduct a competency assessment of the cryptocurrency traders and funds, which will evaluate the voluntary applicants rather than all Russian practitioners who may hold Bitcoin, ethereum or [litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/).\n\nThe assessment will cover many aspects such as risk management capabilities, technical analysis capabilities, and trading strategies. In the standard assessment, if the trader or fund is unable to obtain the required score, he will be offered additional training at the industry center to gain more knowledge.",
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      "body": "According to CNBC’s September 4 report, Bill Barhydt, chief executive of Bitcoin remittance App Abra, said the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected and postponed several [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) ETF applications because There are no applicants who meet the SEC’s expectations.\n\nBitcoin supporters have been hoping that the SEC will approve the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) this year, but the reality of a series of rejections and extensions is frustrating.\n\nBill Barhydt, CEO of Bitcoin remittance application, said that this is because applicants have not met the financial prototypes that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for so far. He told CNBC on Tuesday:\n\n“Frankly, I think the current problem is that the companies that submitted the application did not meet the standards approved by the SEC.”\n\n“I used to work at Goldman Sachs before, but if you look at my current wear, you may have a hard time guessing. So unfortunately, if I go to the SEC to apply for a Bitcoin ETF, I may not be qualified.”\n\nBill Barhydt said that in order for the Bitcoin ETF to be approved, in addition to the enough [bitcoin trading](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets) volume, the focus is on the applicant’s need to “look, smell and feel” in line with the expectations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He said that if the applicant is a trustworthy financial institution, it is likely to win the favor of the SEC and has a higher success rate than a start-up or less well-known company.\n\nAs for when the SEC might approve a Bitcoin ETF application, Bill Barhydt said he bet that a Bitcoin ETF would be approved within a year. He said:\n\n“I can bet that this will happen next year, because the demand is really too big.”\n\n![5.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYWGfm5E16jWvR1PFzpWH7dcmspCjMWUndUSxzajjcrH2/5.jpg)\n\nSo far this year, the US financial regulator rejected the Bitkle ETF application of the Winklevoss twin brothers, postponed the decision to apply for the Bitcoin ETF for VanEck and Solid X, and rejected several Bitcoin ETF proposals.\n\nProponents of cryptocurrency believe that institutional interest in the field is a key step in turning it into a mainstream industry that big banks and consumers trust. However, the sharp drop in the price of the currency this year has greatly affected the optimistic expectations of institutional investors, because the Bitcoin and [Bytecoin](https://citicoins.com/bytecoin-bcn/social)-like currency price fluctuations may discourage large financial companies.\n\n[BTC price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) has soared to an all-time high of nearly $20,000 at the end of 2017, but since then, the number one cryptocurrency has begun to fall sharply. As of Tuesday, the trading price of Bitcoin is around $7,300.\n\nSome people want institutional investors to enter the market to lead Bitcoin and another cryptocurrency like [lisk token](https://citicoins.com/lisk/) out of the cold winter. In July of this year, a source told CNBC that BlackRock set up a special working group in 2015 to study cryptocurrency and blockchain technology supporting cryptocurrency.\n\nOn September 30, the SEC will decide whether to approve the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust Fund.",
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      "body": "It has been 10 years since the birth of Bitcoin. In this decade, cryptocurrencies and blockchains have been walked through every corner of the world. Whether it is [Litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/), Bitcoin or Ethereum, there is only one goal for them, which is globalization and legalization.\n\nAsia is the largest continent in the world and has lots of resources. In this vast land, many blockchain industries have been born due to cheap electricity and a fast-growing economy. Developed countries such as Japan and South Korea have realized the legalization of cryptocurrencies, while China, India and other Asian countries generally hold a wait-and-see attitude toward cryptocurrencies.\n\n![1.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZ37PnA5hXLAPW3YbsM6mx6de9qvexEGev7Eep2SBWYRp/1.png)\n\n## 1. Underground cryptocurrency trading in China\nIn the whole world, the country with the most circulated cryptocurrencies is China. There have been reports that China has more than 80% of the blockchain industry and companies, like Bitmain which hard forked bitcoin, and [TRON coin](https://citicoins.com/tron/) which ranked 12th. The top 10 currencies of the [citicoins.com](https://citicoins.com/) include Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash, which were created by the Chinese.\n\nAnd all of this was subverted at this time last year. On September 4, 2017, the Chinese government issued an ICO regulatory policy. This behavior caused the bitcoin price to plummet 20% at that time, and the price of other altcoins could even fall by more than 80%.\n\nHowever, starting from this time point, many blockchain companies in China began to set up servers and conduct business overseas, including the [Binance exchange](https://citicoins.com/binance-coin/markets) that everyone is familiar with, which gradually became stronger after fleeing from China on September 4.\n\nRecently, the Chinese government claimed that the cryptocurrency transaction volume of the Chinese people is already less than 1% of the world. Although it is illegal to conduct cryptocurrency transactions on the surface in China, in fact, these transactions are only choosing to trade on the foreign platform. There are still many Chinese who conduct cryptocurrency transactions.\n\n![2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma8UhqaschAK9iqxRMC93XXRsiDKYG8sZxVeVy4Kq7vuh/2.png)\n\n## 2. Cryptocurrency battle in India\nExcluding China, the country with the largest cryptocurrency market must be India. Probably because of cultural differences, the acceptability of India to cryptocurrencies is many times higher than that of China, and Indian nationals’ attitude toward cryptocurrency is positive. Even the Indian central bank is studying cryptocurrency.\n\nWhen everyone thought that India would be a legalized country for cryptocurrencies, the RBI implemented a cryptocurrency ban in July, and requiring commercial banks not to trade cryptocurrencies, which is illegal. In order to continue trading, Indian traders adopted a P2P approach to conduct “legitimate” cryptocurrency transactions.\n\nOn September 11, the Supreme Court of India made a final ruling on the cryptocurrency ban. Whether the booming cryptocurrency in India will continue will be a question mark.\n\n![3.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYauLA4qrVG2Js2tmdG4SyfNcjdcTZ2eaKGACx9ggfAxc/3.png)\n\n## 3. The strengthen strict management of Japan and South Korea\nAs the two major developed countries in East Asia, Japan and South Korea are among the few countries in Asia that support [bitcoin trading](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets). Japan passed the legal status of cryptocurrency as early as April 2017, and South Korea has recently lifted the ICO ban, helps the exchange grow and is expected to be legalized recently.\n\nHowever, the exchanges in these two countries are not very safe, and cases of theft often occur. But fortunately, with the support of the government, the local exchanges will ensure the good operation in the industry.\n\n## 4. Attitudes of other countries\nThe following cryptographic currency countries in Asia are not covered in detail, but their contribution to cryptocurrency like [ETH coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/) is also enormous.\n\nLegal: Singapore, Thailand, Iran, Philippines, Israel, Russia, Malaysia, etc.\n\nIllegal: Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.\n\n![4.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZn3bmEu8CVK5tdBQHcppPwoqRJwVhme2hd8bkGbvqbuJ/4.png)\n\nAll in all, the number of countries that currently legalize cryptocurrencies is increasing, and some countries are still in a gray area. If more and more countries are legalized, the recognition of cryptocurrencies will increase, and the world will slowly change. Let us look forward to that day.",
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      "body": "As the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin’s current annual turnover is much higher than PayPal, second only to Visa.\n\nSome people think that due to the expansion problem, [bitcoin trading](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/markets) speed cannot reach the transfer speed achieved by some traditional payment services.\n\nHowever, in the debate over Bitcoin against PayPal, this view has no weight.\n\n## 1. Transfer amount exceeds PayPal\nYassine Elmandjra, cryptocurrency analyst at ARK Invest, said that the total dollar amount of Bitcoin transfers far exceeds the payment processor PayPal’s transfer amount. The transfer amount of this top-level cryptocurrency also exceeds the transaction amount of the discovery credit card.\n\n![3.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWd8n62scSvKQ4nn5EAu47K5oujEZXR92zYGKTHUbn2jT/3.jpg)\n\nThe New York analyst said that Bitcoin’s total transfer in 2018 was $1.3 trillion, which is only an order of magnitude worse than Visa, the leading payment processor, But far surpass the [litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/).\n\nHowever, El Mandila also believes that we cannot compare Bitcoin with Visa or MasterCard because their base transfer amount is not large. But he also pointed out that comparing them is by no means an end.\n\nHowever, the analyst wrote on Twitter that since 2013, the transfer of this top cryptocurrency has grown tremendously. He also provided a chart showing Visa, MasterCard, UnionPay and credit card transfer credits.\n\nHe went on to point out that in 2017, there were approximately $3 billion to $4 billion in bitcoin transfers per day. The really increased bitcoin transfer transaction is not the amount of transfer, but the total value, he tweeted:\n\n“Attention, it is the value of the transfer, not the amount of the transfer. “\n\n## 2 It is not easy to catch up with Visa\nAlthough Bitcoin’s transfer amount will reach about $1.3 trillion by 2018, these figures are obviously insignificant compared to Visa’s records for many years.\n\nVisa handled more than $8.9 trillion in transfers in 2016, and the dollar’s current data is about seven times the [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/).\n\nHowever, the ups and downs of Bitcoin seem to have gained momentum, which means that things that seem impossible today may happen in the near future.\n\nAs far as the data from 2015 is concerned, the transfer amount of Bitcoin has grown tremendously. This top-level virtual asset reached its peak in 2017, and its transfer value increased nearly eight-fold compared to the 2016 record\n\nBitcoin transfers are expected to continue to grow in 2018 and beyond. If its performance matches the 80% annual growth rate of the past five years, it will challenge Visa and occupy a very favorable position.\n\nWith the implementation of the Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN), Bitcoin transfers may catch up with Visa and even surpass it in the future. By then, this leading cryptocurrency can theoretically handle more than $13 trillion in transfers per year.\n\n## 3 Controversy: Value and throughput are heavy?\nFor many people in the currency circle, if you want to compete with companies like Visa, Bitcoin needs to find a solution to its expansion problem. However, some people believe that the original purpose of cryptocurrency is to never compare or compete with these traditional payment processors.\n\nIs it the pursuit of higher transfer throughput, or is it only for Bitcoin to be used for high value transactions? It seems that the slow bitcoin network and huge transfer fees are not important to supporters of “value above throughput”.\n\nThe debate continues, and some in the community insist that the use of Bitcoin cannot be tied only to the transfer value and [bitcoin price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts). This is because most transfers involving bitcoin are speculative transactions.",
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      "body": "Last week, Eminem released the new album kamikaze and without any warning, lots of people noticed the phrase “Now everybody doin’ Bitcoin” in Track 9. Even Shady has noticed this [currency which named bitcoin](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/). Does it mean that the entire cryptocurrency industry is being accepted by the public?\n\n![1.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYm9VX8ATwHuEwZMJbGoY8d2hNr6CGZUfbPsW9Z5oq3CH/1.png)\n\nThe result is affirmative. Because there were already singers involved in the field of cryptocurrency early before Eminem.\n\n## 1. Icelandic musician Björk calls on fans to buy albums with bitcoin\nIn November 2017, Icelandic famous experimental musician Björk released an album called Utopia. As the leader of experimental music, Björk never rejects innovation. So this new album can also be purchased through the four most popular cryptocurrencies at the time, which is Bitcoin, Litecoin, [Dash coin](https://citicoins.com/dash/), and Audiocoin.\n\nOf course, considering that some people have not understood the cryptocurrency, the album can still be paid via PayPal or credit card. But this is undoubtedly a successful experiment in the blockchain field, just like Björk’s experimental music.\n\n![2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTSTS9xSui5HjpNCq6Ccj5NwNj8n5m6FFuzmSeVQ5UiGm/2.png)\n\n## 2. The album “Animal of Animals” of 50cent has once accepted Bitcoin payments in 2014\n50cent, a famous rapper. His album Ambal Ambition, which was released in 2014, had once accepted bitcoin payments, and the bitcoin price was not very high at the time. But the irony is that he filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015.\n\nWhy? One reason is that his sex video is fined too much, and the other is because # He directly exchanges those [bitcoins to USD](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) in 2014 #\n\n## 3. Katy Perry shows “Cryptocurrency Manicure” on Instagram\nEarlier this year, Katy Perry showed off her latest nail art on Instagram and titled it “$-CrYpTo ClAwS-$”. Five nails are coated with five currencies: Bitcoin, [Litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/), Ethereum, Monero, and Stellar.\n\nAnd now the number of red hearts for this picture has reached more than 200,000. In addition, Katy Perry also followed on the Instagram accounts of five encrypted digital currencies: ethereum_updates, litecoinofficial, bit, stellarlumens, and moneroofficial.\n\nBut I don’t know if she really buys in these cryptocurrencies, which may be just some publicity. But in any case, this event is undoubtedly a good publicity for the general public.\n\n![3.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSspfLMRj35E2RtPu2Rr1Ez4XyFArxnW1HJUAUr7EZPzc/3.png)\n\n## 4. Akon launches Akoin to help African development\nRemember Akon who is popular a decade ago? He will launch his cryptocurrency Akoin in Senegal. The currency will be used for his crypto city. This cryptocurrency will be the primary currency for any transaction in Akon Crypto City. And now it is in development, the Senegalese President has assigned the singer 2,000 acres of land for construction. The new city is said to be based on 100% cryptocurrency.\n\nUnlike the singers mentioned above, Akon is putting himself into the blockchain and cryptocurrency business, not just a propagandist.\n\n![4.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTi9jLJzw5izB4s1JvyR1NnXGjooBTdjJu5sgKSokvVsK/4.png)\n\nWhether these singers are for publicity, or for money. All in all, this is an important step in the precipitation of cryptocurrencies into the real world.",
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      "body": "Although the [bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) ETF has not been approved, the cryptocurrency price has fallen sharply compared to the historically highest price of last year, but the heat of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has not declined. Yahoo Finance recently touched into the cryptocurrency area.\n\nAccording to Cointelegraph, Yahoo Finance has increased its cryptocurrency trading business, and users can purchase BTC, ETH, and LTC cryptocurrencies directly on their web pages.\n\naccording to subsequent reports, although Yahoo Finance website page cannot directly trade BTC, ETH, LTC dollar trading pairs, users can enter the Etoro trading page through the Cryptocompare link.\n\nBut on Yahoo Finance’s iOS app, users can still trade directly on bitcoin, ethereum, and [litecoin](https://citicoins.com/litecoin/). Yahoo Finance also said in the mail that its current three cryptocurrency transactions are only for iOS apps, and the desktop, mobile web, and Android versions will be available in the next few weeks.\n\nIt is reported that Yahoo Finance is the number one financial website on the Internet. It provides the latest market information and news market every day. It is also the largest monthly financial news website in the United States.\n\nAs early as June 2014, Yahoo Finance has added the price chart of Bitcoin. At the end of 2017, as traders’ demand for cryptocurrency reached a record high, Yahoo Finance launched a function to track cryptocurrencies on its platform.\n\nCurrently, there are other cryptocurrencies on Yahoo Finance, such as EOS, ETC,[ XRP price](https://citicoins.com/ripple/charts), etc., but these cryptocurrencies are not yet available for sale.\n\n## Yahoo’s “Exchange Plan”\n\nYahoo’s “exchange” plan seems to be in progress. As early as March 23 this year, the Nikkei News reported that Yahoo Japan will enter the cryptocurrency market and will participate in the BitARG exchange, which has obtained the license of the Japan Financial Services Agency, through its subsidiary YJFX, which is engaged in foreign exchange margin trading.\n\nBitARG was established in May 2017 with a capital of 10 million yen (about US$90,000) and was registered in the Japan Financial Services Agency in December 2017.\n\nAccording to reports at the time, Yahoo Japan had reached a consensus with BitARG on capital cooperation and had communicated its cooperation plan to the Japanese Finance Agency.\n\nYJFX will invest about 2 billion yen (about 18 million US dollars) in April to acquire a 40% stake in BitARG. After the related system is completed, Yahoo Japan will also consider additional purchases of BitARG stake through other companies in the group from January to March 2019.\n\nIn April this year, Reuters reported that Z Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yahoo Japan, instead of the previously passed YJFX, acquired a 40% stake in the BitArg exchange, valued at approximately 2 billion to 3 billion yen (approximately 18 million to 27 million US dollars).\n\nYahoo has always been one of the top Internet portals, and Yahoo Finance has always been one of the most comprehensive financial portals for stocks and other financial assets, especially for North American traders.\n\nYahoo’s frequent trends in the field of crypto exchanges this year have also fully reflected its intention to try to take a share in the field of cryptocurrency trading.\n\nAnd there has always been an outbreak of exchange data fraud news. According to a report released this week by the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI), the current exchange’s daily trading volume of more than $6 billion is forged, with more than two-thirds of counterfeit profits.\n\nThe entry of Yahoo’s industry giants with huge traffic will, to a certain extent, bring positive influence and significance to the field of cryptocurrency transactions. Will this bring [btc price](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/charts) to a spring?",
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      "body": "According to cryptoglobe, the Estonian cryptocurrency payment processor Paytomat will promote merchants across Europe to accept cryptocurrency payments. The supported cryptocurrencies include BTC, [BCH](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin-cash/), ETH, LTC, EOS, DASH, XEM and so on. Currently, more than 329 merchants in six European countries (Ukraine, Georgia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland) are using Paytomat for cryptocurrency payments.\n\n## 1. Pay on the fruits and vegetables with cryptocurrency\nEstonia’s crypto payment processor, Paytomat helps the real world accept cryptocurrencies by making it easier for merchants across Europe to accept payments from all major cryptocurrencies.\n\nCustomers can pay with any of their favorite cryptocurrency wallets or Paytomat wallet apps (for iOS and Android). Once the customer chooses which cryptocurrency to pay, he/she is shown a QR code, and once the customer sends funds to the wallet address, Paytomat settles in the merchant’s local legal currency and notifies the merchant of the payment.\n\nA good example is the “Bessarabsky Market” in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Located in the heart of Kiev, this market is very popular with locals, expatriates, and tourists. It mainly sells high quality fruits and vegetables, albeit at a higher price.\n\nAccording to a report by the Ukrainian news media Bykvu on August 31, some merchants in the market have recently started accepting cryptocurrency payments like [dash coins](https://citicoins.com/dash/) (by using Paytomat payment processors).\n\nHere’s a tweet from Paytomat CEO Yuriy Olentyr, showing a photo of a fresh produce show in the market that accepts cryptocurrency payments:\n\n![4.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRnYocqtxLhK6EiA7DqHWvzdps3VGLBsiSuk2Z3LZKVmF/4.png)\n![5.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQ8oeeHkZ92HMRADMYZ9xX9vSq7n1M88sVHv6qD9wA67S/5.png)\n\n## 2. What benefits will this bring to the market?\nAccording to marketing director Nikolay Kovalchuk, accepting cryptocurrency payments will provide customers with new experiences and attract new cryptocurrency enthusiasts, as increasing customer trust is a way to increase sales.\n\nForkLog, who spoke with Paytomat’s Ukrainian business director Aleksandr Kurinnoi, was told that the program was designed to demonstrate the simplicity of using [EOS coin](https://citicoins.com/eos/)-like cryptocurrencies in everyday life, known as Babushka (“Grandmother” in English).\n\nPaytomat currently offers three different payment methods:\n\n>· Through POS terminal\n>· Through the network panel\n>· Pass a QR code (as in the case of the fruit seller of the Bessarabsky market)\n\nIn the third quarter of 2018, Paytomat plans to implement payments through chat bots (telegraphs), and in the fourth quarter of 2018, it plans to increase support for online payments through a free e-commerce plug-in.\n\n## 3. What benefits does this bring to the cryptocurrency?\nUsing cryptocurrency payment, you can know where each money goes, because cryptocurrency is traceable, and cryptocurrency and legal currency are different, which can save the cost of banknote issuance, circulation, and settlement. The cryptocurrency like [nem coin](https://citicoins.com/nem/) has lower issuance cost. The advantages of lower transaction costs, traceability, and higher cost of fraud, therefore, cryptocurrency is a future trend.\n\nThe “marking” and “traceability” of cryptocurrencies can improve the convenience and transparency of economic trading activities. At the same time, with the application of blockchain technology, a unified national and even worldwide book will be established, so that every money can be traced, tax evasion and money laundering will be within the scope of supervision, and it is even possible to automatically deduct tax on the credit card machine.",
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      "body": "· Dutch Bitcoin holders resell 26 bitcoins and receive a loss of 180,000 euros for counterfeit notes\nAccording to Ethereumworldnews, a man in the Netherlands sold 26 [bitcoin currencies](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) he held to buyers who were contacted through an online forum, and the other party paid for the counterfeit euro bill, which caused the man to lose nearly 180,000 euros.\n\n· The UK Financial Supervisory Authority reminds investors not to participate in digital currency projects launched by the two companies\nAccording to Finance Magnates, the UK Financial Supervisory Authority (FCA) warned UK investors not to participate in any cryptocurrency-related services offered by Local Bitcoin Ltd and BK Coin because the two companies do not have the right to provide such investment services.\n\n· German digital painting exhibition exhibited a number of works of art based on Cryptokitties\nAccording to ethnews.com, the image of the Cryptokitties, which is built from [Ethereum wallet](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/) was exhibited in various art forms at the Digital Oil Painting Exhibition held by the ZKM Art and Media Center in Karlsruhe, Germany. Roham Gharegozlou, CEO and co-founder of CryptoKitties, believes that the image of these encrypted cats can visualize blockchain technology and make more people interested in blockchain.",
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      "body": "Shortly after the US Federal Reserve Board decided to keep short-term interest rates at 0–0.25%, the CBOE’s European dollar options trader released the signal.\n\nAs the first exchange to introduce Bitcoin options, CBOE is once again the first exchange to eat crabs and will soon launch the [Eth coin](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/) options.\n\nAccording to informed sources, the exchange is awaiting further certification by the CFTC.\n\nThe launch of Ether Futures marks an important step towards ETH’s maturity as it opens the door for a wider range of encrypted transactions and even BTC ETFs.\n\nAccording to people familiar with the matter, Cboe Global Markets (Cboe) is the first exchange to introduce Bitcoin options, and now the company says it is about to launch futures with the second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum. It is said that the product may be launched at the end of 2018.\n\nFutures provide investors with a way to bet on the future price of assets, helping to push Bitcoin to record highs by the end of December. Since the launch in December last year, the future market for Bitcoin, including the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), has been relatively weak. Still, the launch of Ether Futures will mark an important step in the maturity of Ethereum as it may open the door for encrypted transactions and possible [Bitcoin currency](https://citicoins.com/bitcoin/) ETFs.\n\nAccording to people familiar with the matter, Cboe will build the future of Ether Futures in the Gemini market, and it will also build the Bitcoin ETF on the New York crypto-exchange operated by Winklevoss twins. In addition, the products of the Futures and Options Exchange will wait for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to affirm the products before they are officially launched.\n\nIn June of this year, a director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) specifically pointed out that the agency did not believe that ETH transactions violated securities laws, which bodes well for Cboe. Because the ruling of securities not long ago will bring a fatal blow to the ETH’s trading at the regulatory level, but fortunately the ether has escaped.\n\nChris Concannon, president of Cboe, previously hinted at other products related to the encryption market. Concannon said in December 2017 that as the market matures, a range of cryptocurrency products, including ETH and BCH futures, can be realized.\n\n“We started this path in the form of ETFs,” he said. “A healthy market is a healthy underlying market, derivatives market and ETF. It takes time.”\n\nAt the same time, Terry Duffy, the chief executive of rival CME Group, said that [ethereum future trading](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/markets) will not be online on other exchanges for a short time. Tamiflu told Bloomberg in July this year: “For now, I will take a wait-and-see attitude towards Bitcoin.”\n\nBats Global Markets, which was acquired by Cboe earlier this year, tried to list it from the hands of Winklevoss twins, but regulators rejected the attempt twice.\n\nSo, what will [ETH price](https://citicoins.com/ethereum/charts) go with this?",
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