Developed in 2012 by Toronto-based programmer Vitalik Buterin, and backed by an initial $18 million crowdfund, Ether (ETH) is a cryptocurrency that underpins a blockchain network called Ethereum. While Bitcoin was designed to be a digital currency, Ethereum is a more general implementation of blockchain technology.
Binance has grown into the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. During the month of May, Binance had spot trading volume of approximately $1.5 trillion, which was a 63% increase from April. As you can see in the image below, the volume traded on Binance is significantly higher than its closest competitors, Huobi and Okex.
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At 6am on Tuesday 9 November, Ethereum reached $4,842.54 according to Coinbase, setting a new record for the popular cryptocurrency synonymous with the rising crypto trend of NFTs.
Identifying the determinants of asset prices is one of the most important questions in finance. Traditional asset pricing theories are founded on the idea that equity prices should be determined by fundamentals such as earnings (Gordon 1959, Campbell and Shiller 1988). In contrast, the behavioral finance literature posits that prices do not always follow fundamentals due to investor sentiment trading (Shiller 1981, Baker and Wurgler 2006, Stambaugh et al. 2012). Eventually however, equity prices seem to trace their fundamentals (Pa´stor and Veronesi, 2003, 2006, Bartram and Grinblatt 2018).
Wavelet coherence plots as above highlight areas in the time-frequency space where the two series co-move. The warmer the colour, the higher the coherence (which can be interpreted as correlation) at that location in the time-frequency space; the colours used in this work range from dark blue (0, no coherence) to yellow (1, strong coherence). Statistically significant areas of coherence are surrounded by a thick black line.
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In the United States, Binance is also being probed by the Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and tax authorities, Bloomberg News has reported.
The digital asset at press time is trading at $0.00000424. While the market cap is around $2,402,538,956. The trading volume for the last 24-hours is at about $12,121,142. And about 428.16660 TR have been burned. The coin had peaked to $0.000006 levels on the 28th of October. And is witnessing a downfall ever since.
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Support for users of both platforms definitely needs some improvement. Currently, the support provided by Binance beats that of Binance.US. With the restriction limiting U.S. users to this platform, many choose to shift their accounts to other crypto exchanges completely.
The CFPB names more specific risks that consumers should be prepared for, including volatile exchange rates, potential high fees on exchange platforms, and fraud risk. If your funds are lost or stolen, they can be especially difficult to recover, thanks to the decentralized nature of blockchain and lack of any governmental oversight.
It is also the case that not all of Binance services are available in every country. One such country, while perhaps surprising, is the U.K. As of mid-2021, as the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) ruled that the company’s U.K. arm is unable to conduct regulated activity, it has had a knock-on effect for U.K. users.
Although Binance has the edge over Binance.US in most categories, Binance is only available to customers who live outside the United States. US citizens that still wish to trade with Binance are only permitted to open an account with Binance.US.