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[kidis]

My suggestion, nice reads but your images are too big. Maybe something a bit smaller, so pages won't take too long to load and also I don't have to keep scrolling (because as images load the page keeps scrolling so I literally must wait 2 minutes to be able to read the page properlu.

No need thumbnails, but just a smaller image that saves loading time and gives more viewing pleasure:)

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[kidis]

Crypto Exchange Regulations: Current Landscape

Marketplaces and exchanges have been around for centuries, but over the years trading has moved away from the outdoors to the indoors, to open outcry trading, and the onset of computers saw trading activity move to fully electronic systems. The rate at which crypto trading grew on the back of the then booming Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market has surpassed everyone’s expectations and, given the profitable nature of operating an exchange, resulted in a huge rush to the market by a number of cryptocurrency exchanges.

While launching a trading platform is a big technical challenge in itself, the bigger challenge is to ensure 24/7 reliability (something that traditional exchanges do not have to worry about given the trading halt on weekends) and durability as the market scales. Aside from technical challenges, there are also a number of legal issues to consider given the attraction towards the new asset class by users from across the world. To make things even more complicated, a number of crypto exchanges have funded their operations by launching their own token, a move which may backfire if regulation takes a firmer hold on the industry. For the most part, the focus has been on projects and teams that raised money through ICOs as a possible violation of securities laws. More recently, crypto exchanges have come under larger scrutiny and the SEC even took action against the decentralized token exchange, EtherDelta. What this case shows is that even though the decentralized nature of such exchanges makes it more difficult to shut down, it does mean that they can still be held liable for their actions.

Exchanges should be at the forefront of any regulatory change and should resist the temptation to circumvent regulation, but rather embrace it and challenge the rest of the industry to also do so.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/crypto-exchange-regulations-current-landscape

[kidis]

Level Playing Field

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that it will not add a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures market in March. The crypto media was abuzz with excitement and also plenty of confusion. Now, it is worth remembering that these futures contracts are cash settled and do not require participants to actually hold BTC at any point in time.

However, the main point to note is that CME and CBOE BTC futures do not expire on the same day and this discrepancy resulted in plenty of confusion for a retail-driven market not well-versed in financial protocols.

Read the article: https://coin360.com/blog/level-playing-field

[kidis]

Crypto Debt

The % of ETH locked in the credit ecosystem of MakerDAO has risen to 2.10% from 2.06%, where it was at the time of the recent stability fee hike. However, the ability to execute cryptocurrency trades at the “peg” level has proven difficult and as a result, the company has confirmed that it is exploring yet another fee increase, this time to 7.5%.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/crypto-debt

[kidis]

Crypto Spring

Bitcoin hash rate, the computing power securing the network, has reached levels not seen since early November 2018. With the mining difficulty remaining relatively flat for over a month now, new cryptocurrency miners have found it easier to bring their rigs online.

There have been numerous reports that Bitcoin miners in China are buying used equipment and making deals with mining farms and hydroelectric plants. This season a significant amount of excess electricity is expected to be generated by hundreds of hydropower stations, especially in China’s mountainous southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan. This level of excess power would result in competitive electricity costs for Bitcoin miners.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/crypto-spring

[kidis]

Leverage. Friend Or Enemy?

[kidis]

Crypto “De-Central” Banking

There were huge on-chain token movements for MKR yesterday – $48M moved vs the $4.4M in total on chain volume the previous day. The move took place ahead of yesterday's Governance and Risk meeting, which was focused on 'Supply/Demand Imbalance' and took place ahead of today's stability fee vote. Ethereum came under selling pressure ahead of the event, however, DAI staged a modest recovery during the Governance and Risk meeting, which indicated that the decrease in ETH was exaggerated.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/crypto-decentral-banking

[kidis]

Do You Believe?

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) adoption is set to accelerate moving forward, and the pain thresholds associated with higher borrowing rates may have been severely underestimated, especially given the broad-based valuation collapse of cryptocurrency assets over the course of 2018. As such, the base case scenario for being long Ethereum still stands, even in spite of the recent stability hike by MakerDAO/Dai. As a guide, a total of 58 addresses participated in the recent stability fee hike, representing 0.58% of MKR crypto holding addresses, of which 73.2% voted in favour of the highest hike, 17.9% in favour a 2% increase, and just 8.9% to maintain the status quo.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/do-you-believe

[kidis]

Indecisive

What started off as a relatively calm trading session, turned into a run and a consequent break of the $3900 level as crypto market participants pre-positioned for the upcoming expiration of CME Bitcoin futures and also reacted to the less than favorable news of a 5.11% rise in BTC’s mining difficulty. In addition, as pointed out by the team at Skew, there is a good amount of Bitcoin expiration options this week - 36,000 options. Trading activity is said to be focused on cleaning the strikes, with a decent size noted at 3500 strikes (puts).

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/indecisive

[kidis]

Exchanges Listing Fees: An Overview

[kidis]

Stable again

The amount of ETH coins locked in the MakerDAO credit ecosystem has stabilized at 2.06% (vs 2.10% before the stability fee hike) and at the same time, DAI is trading better and more in line with its stablecoin peers. This renewed sense of stability is a strong indication that leverage plays will soon resume course. Whether it is with MakerDAO or someone else, cryptocurrency market participants will favour those with higher leverage.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/stable-again

[kidis]

Higher Higher

The cryptocurrency market is trying to finish off the week on a positive note and, more importantly for Bitcoin, above the $4,000 level. For the month, Bitcoin is up around 5% and Ethereum is also set to finish in the green, albeit with a gain of only 1.5%. On the other hand, EOS is up nearly 20% and its most recent surge has been driven by a positive note from Weiss Crypto Ratings which stated that "EOS is the leading cryptocurrency challenging Ethereum, and Bitcoin is likely to become a popular store of value for savers and investors."

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/higher-higher

[kidis]

When FOMO?

Heading into the CME Bitcoin March futures expiration later today, the cryptocurrency is attempting to consolidate its position above the psychologically important $4,000 level and Ethereum has the $140 level in its sights. A break above will likely see the ETH look to retest $165 area and another break above towards $200 would likely spur retail flow back into the crypto market. It is still too premature to call, but should it materialize, this rally would be even more leverage driven than before given the number of new vendors that provide margin/leverage trading, as well as the futures and options on various crypto assets. At the same time, regulators are acutely aware of the fast-growing asset class and will be prepared to clamp down on cryptocurrency exchanges offering highly risky products to retail clients. On that note, Cointelegraph reported that Star Xu, founder of exchange services provider OKCoin and the world’s 6th largest crypto exchange OKEx, has announced OK Group’s partnership with blockchain-focused trust company Prime Trust, potentially allowing the firm to launch its own compliant stablecoin.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/when-fomo

[kidis]

 

When Moon Sir?

Last week we asked, “When FOMO?”, spurred on by a crypto market where Bitcoin was trying to consolidate its position above the key $4,000 level, while also having to deal with expiring futures and options contracts. In particular, as we pointed out, decent size was noted at 3500 strike (puts). For those that are yet to be convinced of the importance that the derivatives market has on the underlying, it is worth pointing out that last Friday was another record day for Deribit with more than $40mln BTC options traded.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/when-moon-sir

[kidis]

Moon Boys Are Back






The aggressive crypto rally which took place in the early hours yesterday may have lost some of its steam but the upside bias remains intact. As a result, the cryptocurrency market remains well bid, with Bitcoin trading up around 6% at the $5,000 level, while Ethereum’s price is up over 10% at $168. As to be expected, there are plenty of theories and conspiracies being attributed to the movement.

Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/moon-boys-are-back

[kidis]

Spring Is In The Air





Heading into the close of the week, Bitcoin is set to finish with gains of over 20% and above the psychologically important 5,000 USD level, while Ethereum rallied all the way to the $180 area before pulling back to mid the $160 region. Social media has been abuzz with excitement, with plenty of “to the moon” references by market commentators. Some attributed the surge to a major order by an anonymous buyer which, as reported by Reuters, set off a frenzy of computer-driven trading. The said order, worth about $100 million, was spread across U.S. based exchanges Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp.


Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/spring-is-in-the-air

[Viron]

Looks like an awesome resource for folks like myself, keep up the great work, will be following.

[kidis]

Squeeze It





The bullish sentiment is showing no signs of abating, with Bitcoin trading firmly above the $5,000 mark and Ethereum on its path to reclaim the $200 level. However, those hoping to find signals of the future price action in metrics such as hashrate will be disappointed to learn that despite the rally, there has been little movement in the underlying rate. This of course, makes sense as the exchange trading aspect has little to do with the underlying mechanics of the blockchain, it is the by-product of price gains which tends to incentivize miners and other participants to enter the cryptocurrency market for physical contracts.


Read the full article: https://coin360.com/blog/squeeze-it

[kidis]

Looks like an awesome resource for folks like myself, keep up the great work, will be following.

Thank you so much!