Before interacting with any given asset, it may be important to look up the asset’s type and function depending on your goals. Not all digital assets were created for investment purposes.
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The first cryptocurrency was bitcoin. The bitcoin domain was registered in 2008, but the first transaction took place in 2009. It was developed by someone called ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’. However, there is speculation that Nakamoto is a pseudonym as the bitcoin creator is notoriously secretive, and no one knows whether ‘he’ is a person or a group.
Of late, crypto prices have risen on the back of comments from billionaire Elon Musk and Ark Investment Management LLC's Cathie Wood.
Litecoin was released in October 2011 by ex-Google employee Charlie Lee. Launched with the intention of being a cheaper version of Bitcoin for everyday purposes, Litecoin was formed in a ‘hard fork’ (split) of the Bitcoin Core client, the free and open-source software that underpins the cryptocurrency. Litecoin offers faster transaction times than Bitcoin and a greater supply – there are a potential 84 million Litecoin that can exist compared to Bitcoin’s 21 million. Bitcoin vs Ether vs Litecoin: Summary Table Bitcoin (BTC) Ether (ETH) Litecoin (LTC) Launched 2009 2015 2012 Market cap* $78.3 bn $13.6 bn $2 bn All-time high price per unit* $19,763 $1,432 $375 Transaction speed Slow Fast Slow Corporate users No JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, CME Group, BNY Mellon No What Affects the Price of Cryptocurrencies?
Bitcoin’s new all-time high at $69,000 and Ether’s slow climb toward $5,000 are clear signals that bulls are in control and a hint that altcoins intend to follow.
Much like Dogecoin, it is cryptocurrency that was started off the back of an internet meme.
By hitting the $200m from a previous $150m market cap, Bitrise has again proven the pessimists wrong. The market cap shows that the coin is quickly gaining the confidence of the investors. There are many developments that have taken place in the last few days that have significantly driven such fast growth.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced in a recorded message played at a Bitcoin conference in Miami that next week he will send proposed legislation to the country's congress that would make the cryptocurrency legal tender in the Central American nation.
Ripple (XRP) broke and closed above the overhead resistance at $1.24 on Nov. 8, signaling that bulls are attempting a comeback. The bears tried to pull the price back below $1.24 but failed to sustain the lower levels.
Safemoon is a cryptocurrency token that was launched in March 2021. The token is housed on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), a blockchain developed by Binance that runs parallel to the traditional Binance Chain (BC). The difference between the two is that Binance Smart Chain has smart contract functionality, opening up many avenues for decentralised applications (dApps) to be constructed.
China is one market to impose strict regulation that impacted prices. In February 2018, the country blocked its citizens from accessing websites that offer cryptocurrency trading services, prompting a 15% fall in Bitcoin and 20% plunge for Ether. Similarly, in January 2018, Bitcoin’s price was hit by new South Korean legislation requiring traders to reveal their identity.
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Earlier today, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) flash crashed to $8,000 on Binance U.S., the American trading platform of the world's top crypto exchange Binance.