In the years to follow, the exchange managed to establish itself as one of the go-to altcoin trading platforms due to its range of investable assets and margin trading features.
In 2018, Poloniex was bought by prominent bitcoin startup Circle. (BMJ Score: 3.0)
CoinBene
Years in Business: 3
Trustpilot Score: 1.7
User Friendliness: 3
Number of Assets: 172
Security: 4
Singapore-based CoinBene was launched in 2018 but quickly managed to secure a top spot among the bitcoin exchanges with the highest BTC trading volumes. The exchange offers over 170 investable digital assets, which makes it popular among investors who want to trade a wide range of coins and tokens.
Xia said that the exchange would use its own funding “to cover the incident” and compensate affected users.
“We are also talking to multiple project teams to confirm the most reasonable solutions such as token swaps. No user assets will be harmed,” said Xia.
All withdrawals have been suspended by BitMart while the exchange completes a security review.
The CEO went on to ask for users’ kind understanding while BitMart works to retrieve security setups and return to normal operation.
“In terms of asset deposit and withdrawals, we are confident that deposit and withdrawal functions will gradually begin on December 7, 2021,” Xia said yesterday.
The CEO is scheduled to share more information regarding the security breach at 8pm EST Monday in an Ask Me Anything session on Telegram.
Fire up those stimulus checks and let’s take out $10k bitcoin. pic.twitter.com/1vdRpDg5ZX
— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) May 14, 2020
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum is currently trading at $203.68, which means that it is up 7.10% in the past 24-hour period:
With regards to the upcoming launch of the Ethereum 2.0 network upgrade, there was an “Eth 2.0 Research Team AMA” that took place on Reddit on February 6, where Ethereum Foundation’s Danny Ryan and Justin Drake answered questions from the community.
When asked about the expected launch date for phase 0 of Ethereum 2.0, Drake said:
“I’m hoping we can launch by July 30, 2020 (the 5th anniversary of Ethereum 1.0).
BMJ Score: 3.5)
LocalBitcoins
Years in Business: 9
Trustpilot Score: 4.8
User Friendliness: 5
Number of Assets: 17
Security: 4
LocalBitcoins is the most popular peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform in the world. The Finland-based exchange was founded in 2012 and has managed to gain substantial popularity in emerging markets due to its wide range of fiat currency payment options. (BMJ Score: 3.5)
Kraken
Years in Business: 10
Trustpilot Score: 2.7
User Friendliness: 4
Number of Assets: 92
Security: 4
Kraken was founded in 2011 and has continuously expanded its digital asset offering to meet the demand of its users.
Yesterday, prominent macro-economist and crypto analyst/trader Alex Krüger talked about the markets’ reaction to Powell’s comments following the conclusion of the FOMC meeting:
The market throwing a Powell tantrum since yesterday’s close, as the Fed
– did not deliver details on its framework review
– did not ease any further
– upgraded the economic outlook
Ironically, this seemingly was the consensus for the FOMC – market participants disagreed.
— Alex (@classicmacro) September 17, 2020
Crazy vertical rallies need either
a) triggers, or
b) extremely oversold conditions
We have neither here.
— Alex (@classicmacro) September 17, 2020
However, in the long term, most crypto traders seem to bullish on Bitcoin, especially after Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy Inc.
The exchange was founded in 2014 and emerged as one of the most popular trading platforms for experienced bitcoin traders. BitMEX provides currency futures trading, derivatives, and other financial products. (BMJ Score: 3.5)
Bittrex
Years in Business: 7
Trustpilot Score: 1.4
User Friendliness: 4
Number of Assets: 57
Security: 5
Seattle-based Bittrex quickly emerged as one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges for those who are particularly interested in investing in altcoins after it launched in 2014. Bittrex offers a wide range of digital assets and regularly adds (and removes) coins and tokens to meet investor demand.
Investors who are very active in the initial coin offerings (ICO) market are generally very fond of Bittrex as it is often one of the first exchanges to list new ICO tokens.
Coinbase4.0
San Francisco-based Coinbase is the first bitcoin startup “unicorn” and is now valued at roughly $70 billion.
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HitBTC
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HitBTC was launched in 2013 and managed to establish itself as one of the bitcoin exchanges with the highest BTC trading volumes.
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Changelly
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Changelly was launched in 2015 to provide cryptocurrency investors with an easy-to-use platform to purchase digital assets, with over two million registered users that supports over 210 digital coins and tokens.
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KuCoin
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Kucoin was founded in 2017 in Hong Kong. It boasts more than eight million users in over 200 territories across the globe.
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So many exchanges, so many coins.
Coinbase reaches this status by being one of the leading crypto exchanges since it launched in 2012. Coinbase offers a very easy-to-use mobile and web-based platform to buy digital currencies. Its platform is available in over 100 countries and it currently services over 56 million users.
When bitcoin was rallying in late 2017, its app even hit the top spot on the Apple iStore. Currently, Coinbase supports bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), litecoin (LTC), ether (ETH), and many other assets. (BMJ Score: 4.0)
HitBTC
Years in Business: 8
Trustpilot Score: 1.9
User Friendliness: 3
Number of Assets: 900
Security: 4
HitBTC was launched in 2013 and managed to establish itself as one of the bitcoin exchanges with the highest BTC trading volumes.
The final spec is not implemented in any client and we didn’t launch a coordinated testnet yet.
— Afr (@a4fri) May 12, 2020
Going on stages or panels and putting out dates is not helpful at all. I don’t think Vitalik said July. But I didn’t see the talk.
— Afr (@a4fri) May 12, 2020
This last comment by Schoedon prompted Buterin to reply, saying that he had misheard the interviewer’s question:
Yeah I did not say July. Perhaps the question contained the word July but I did not hear July when it was asked.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) May 12, 2020
OK I definitely should have heard July in the question, it was my mistake.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) May 12, 2020
Later that day, Buterin offered the following clarification to Coindesk:
“I re-listened to the interview.
BMJ Score: 3.5)
OKEx
Years in Business: 4
Trustpilot Score: 3.6
User Friendliness: 3
Number of Assets: 30
Security: 4
Seychelles-based OKEx was founded in 2017 to provide Asian investors with access to bitcoin and other digital assets. OKEx offers over 170 investable assets as well as futures trading. (BMJ Score: 3.5)
Bitfinex
Years in Business: 9
Trustpilot Score: 3.6
User Friendliness: 4
Number of Assets: 100
Security: 3
Bitfinex was founded in 2012 to provide cryptocurrency investors with a wide array of digital currencies and tokens in which to invest. The Kazakhstan-based exchange has continuously ranked as one of the exchanges with the highest bitcoin trading volumes.
Rolling correlations between $BTC and the S&P 500 remain around historical highs. pic.twitter.com/Pk9wItpc79
— Alex Krüger (@krugermacro) April 16, 2020
However, it appears that Bitcoin’s pre-Halving rally — which started around May 1 (when Bitcoin was trading around and took Bitcoin’s price all the way to around $10,013 on May 8) — has helped Bitcoin to manage a decoupling from the S&P 500.
This decoupling has certainly become more noticeable in the past two days which has seen the S&P 500 drop 4.06 whilst Bitcoin has gone up 13.03%.
BitMEX Co-Founder and CEO Arthur Hayes is one of those delighted by Bitcoin’s price action, and he is expecting Bitcoin to get back above the $10K level soon:
Stonks be rolling over, #bitcoin be mooning. SPX double bear market rally top at the 62% retracement, rut roh.