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JP Morgan and Its Bitcoin Trading Service to Face Stiff Competition from Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Aug 10, 2021 at 10:28 // News JP Morgan is finally offering bitcoin investment options to its customers after years of aversion to crypto investing, and is reportedly promoting its bitcoin product to its retail customers. However, the bank should be prepared for competition from cryptocurrency exchanges and similar banks. Sceptic becomes a believer After JP Morgan Chase discovered the potential of cryptocurrencies, the bank added Bitcoin to the list of assets its clients can invest in. Everything JP Morgan is doing now in regards to Bitcoin has proven to

Kraken Daily Market Report for August 08 2021

Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.07 billion, the largest Sunday trading volume since June 20th. The 30-day average is up to $843.6 million. Total futures notional at $551.6 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin (-0.5%), Ethereum (-3.2%), Tether (0%), Dogecoin (-6.0%), and Polkadot (-4.0%). Livepeer was up 9.7%, most other coins were down a few percent. August 08, 2021  $1.07B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD  BTC $44387. ↓0.5% $348.2M ETH $3060.9 ↓3.2% $293.6M USDT $1.0007 ↓0.01% $229.3M DOGE $0.2462 ↓6.0% $95.3M DOT $20.135 ↓4.0% $40.9M USDC $1.0001 ↑0.01% $28.7M ADA $1.4449 ↓1.9% $24.3M XRP $0.7963 ↓2.6% $20.9M LINK $23.578 ↓4.3% $8.27M LTC $151.51 ↓2.9% $7.19M ETC $58.21 ↓4.1% $6.31M KSM $221.0 ↓5.4% $5.45M DAI $1.0011 ↑0.02% $4.56M EOS $4.3441 ↓5.4% $4.02M SOL $38.42 ↓2.8% $3.8M MATIC $1.1046 ↓5.4% $3.76M SC $0.0166 ↓5.1% $3.75M BCH $564.82 ↓3.3% $3.6M UNI $27.079 ↓4.4% $3.42M FIL $66.041 ↓4.8% $3.22M XMR $261.71 ↓3.4% $3.03M MINA $2.26 ↓9.6% $3.02M XLM $0.2913 ↓4.9% $2.63M XTZ $3.2273 ↓5.7% $2.38M TRX $0.0725 ↓4.0% $2.08M SNX $9.853 ↓7.4% $2.01M KAVA $5.7398 ↓5.7% $1.99M

5 Best Gaming Crypto Coins For High Returns July 2021 Week 4

The cryptocurrency market continues its steady recovery. Having dropped off a little yesterday, its total value has since risen by nearly 6% in 24 hours. The cap of the entire market now stands at $1.59 trillion, with bitcoin being the biggest gainer among major coins. However, gaming cryptocurrencies are also playing their part on the rise, with Splinterlands’ SPS token gaining by 230% in a single day. Accordingly, we’ve put together our pick of the 5 best gaming crypto coins for high returns. 5 Best Gaming Crypto Coins For High

Kraken Exchange Now Allows Users to Stake ETH on Its Platform

Kraken, the online cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it has enabled the ability for its users to stake ETH via the new ETH 2.0 Beacon Chain directly on the exchange. As far as major cryptocurrency exchanges go, Kraken appears to be one of the first to announce the opportunity for its users. At press time, Kraken had recently enabled the staking ability, marking a major step in the continued growth of ETH 2.0. A Win for the “Small” ETH Holder Kraken will be allowing ETH users of all sizes to

Boom! Kraken Predicts Imminent Bitcoin Price Rally of Up to 200%

Major U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken has released a report predicting that Bitcoin (BTC) will rally by between 50% and 200% in the coming months.The report notes that Bitcoin posted a 21-month low for volatility on July 24 of just 23%, and stated that BTC’s 12 historic volatility lows (of between 15% and 30%) have typically been followed by a rally of 140% on average.With August usually the third-most volatile month for BTC price fluctuations, Kraken is predicting that upward momentum produced by Bitcoin at the end of July will continue

dYdX Full Guide: A DeFi Margin DEX

DeFi protocol dYdX might seem like another trading and lending platform based on Ethereum, but that’ only the tip of the iceberg. Probing further, you’ll find out that this protocol is challenging the status quo to take Decentralized Finance to new heights. Margin trading, derivatives, and options are the relevant tools that power traders use. Unfortunately, in the crypto space, these tools are mostly available only on centralized exchanges like Binance, Huobi, and Kraken. With dYdX, the entire traditional trading spectacle is now built in a permissionless and decentralized mechanism. Table

Why This DeFi Exchange is a One Way Ticket for Ethereum’s ERC-20 Tokens?

advertisement Uniswap is a decentralized exchange with a unique mechanism for trading ERC-20 tokens on its platform. Apparently, its the perfect platform for pumping tokens. CryptoGainz, prominent crypto trader tweeted, Advertisement there’s no orderbook to scare buyers or induce selling, only a bullish narrative and sell side liquidity crisisUniswap evaluates the price of a token based on the balance of Ethereum and of the token. On a successful trade or exchange, the value is added in accordance with the Ethereum swapped for the token. Hence, there are no order books

Bitcoin Spikes by 2x in 26 Days: What’s Actually Behind the Big Rally?

The Bitcoin (BTC) price has increased by two-fold in less than a month, surging from $3,600 to over $7,350. While traders believe a combination of many factors caused the upsurge, there are three main factors that likely contributed to it.The three factors are a significant surge in spot buys, a massively overextended plunge below $4,000, and the immediate recovery of BTC to major support levels.Factor 1: Bitcoin spot buys on the riseCoinbase, Kraken, Binance, Bitfinex and other spot exchanges saw a substantial spike in buy volume following the March 13

Introducing the new Blockchain.com monthly newsletter — April Edition: “After the Dust Settles”

The quality of information and data in crypto has improved in recent years, so you may be asking why another monthly newsletter?There are still some big data and analysis gaps in crypto. Crypto markets are nowhere near as widely served with reliable research and data as traditional markets. Indeed, the March 12–13th crypto stress test demonstrated there are also still some very significant issues with the state of crypto exchange infrastructure.What you can expect from our monthly newsletterOur intention with this newsletter is to avoid repeating what you can find