Cryptocurrencies

The actual market capitalization of Ripple's XRP token is significantly lower than what is shown in the cryptocurrency ranking. As Messari researchers note, at present, with a capitalization of $13 billion, around 41 billion XRP coins are in circulation. However, of this number, 19.2 billion XRP may be illiquid or subject to "significant trading restrictions"...

The cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and OKEx, which hold leading positions in the cryptocurrency exchange ranking, ended up behind the Huobi crypto exchange in commission fee volumes for 2018...

On January 23, the SEC's official website, only a day after it happened, posted information about the withdrawal of the Bitcoin ETF application. However, VanEck reported that despite the withdrawal of the application, it is not abandoning its plans to open a bitcoin ETF. The company plans to continue discussing the matter with the SEC, after which it will refile the application...

Setting up bitcoin payments for your store will be quite easy if you use special software from Bitfury. The Bitfury startup is best known for its Bitcoin cryptocurrency mining products. Now it has released a software suite that makes it easy to connect to the bitcoin Lightning Network...

Testing has begun of a cryptocurrency vault opened by the Dutch bank ABN AMRO. In this vault, clients will be able to store bitcoins alongside fiat currency. ABN AMRO will offer Bitcoin storage in the same online-banking environment that clients use for their everyday activities...