Investments & Online Earnings

On February 28, the Constantinople hard fork took place at block #7280000 on the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by capitalization, Ethereum. Simultaneously with Constantinople, the St. Petersburg hard fork was activated on the Ethereum network. Its task is to disable the EIP-1283 protocol, in which problems with a Reentrancy-type vulnerability were discovered. It was precisely because of these that the upgrade was canceled in January.

Cryptocurrency exchange rates are characterized by extremely high volatility, and this sharply limits the use of cryptocurrencies outside a narrow area. Stablecoins, on the other hand, are directly pegged to the price of a certain asset, so they are not subject to excessive volatility and have very high investment appeal...

A recently conducted analytical study showed a decline in Bitcoin futures trading volumes. However, during the first quarter of 2019, the CME has noted steady growth in client interest in Bitcoin futures. At the same time, the number of futures contracts on the Chicago CME rose sharply, breaking previous records.

With the arrival of the cryptocurrency era came new threats from hackers as well – hidden mining, or cryptojacking. Previously hackers made a living by stealing bank card data and extortion, but now the demand for cryptocurrency has given hackers a new trade – the hidden mining of coins on computers and mobile devices using viruses.

A Bitcoin futures contract within the US regulatory field is a bid for the full recognition of cryptocurrency around the world. But what exactly are Bitcoin futures and how promising are they, how do cryptocurrency futures work, what is their appeal and their drawbacks, how great is the risk...