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Ultimately, the future of cryptocurrencies — their value, security, and staying power — is still up in the air. But the experts we spoke to believe owning some crypto could create value over time. Whatever your interest or motivation, experts stress the importance of making sure you understand the unique volatility and risk factors of cryptocurrency before investing.
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Since trading fees do not directly relate to the products traded, U.S. regulations do not apply to the fees Binance.US charges. As a result, Binance.US offers the same low fees and discounts as its parent company. Binance.US is one of the market leaders in the United States in terms of low fees, even without considering the discounts.
Yet tales of meme-coin holders becoming millionaires have attracted new waves of retail investors to crypto — along with a growing number of nefarious players. In May, the Federal Trade Commission tallied a record number of crypto investment scams, with Americans’ losses totalling around US$80 million since October.
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Li, Q. L., J.-Y. Ma, and Y. X. Chang (2018), “Blockchain queue theory”, in International Conference on Computational Social Networks, 25–40. Springer.
Long-term holders, who have held their Bitcoin for more than 12 months, are reluctant to spend their coins, according to Glassnode’s “The Week On-Chain” report. Another positive is that investors continue to withdraw coins from centralized exchanges whose share of supply has dropped to a new record low at 12.9%.
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Coinbase made headlines recently as the first crypto exchange to go public on the Nasdaq, and established firms like Fidelity are adding crypto to their investment offerings. The adoption of online payments using crypto is growing too, thanks to brands ranging from legacy publisher (and NextAdvisor partner) TIME to digital payment facilitator PayPal and international auction house Sotheby’s.
Bitcoin uses a Proof-of-Work mining system. This means a network of miners computes complex calculations to keep the Bitcoin blockchain running. Miners earn newly minted Bitcoins as a reward for their work. Proof-of-Work allows Bitcoin to attach a physical value to its transactional system. A Bitcoin is worth a certain amount of computing power.
Currently, the global crypto market cap stands at $2.94 trillion, an increase of 3.21%. Other cryptocurrencies were also trading in the green.
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Since its inception, Binance has quickly become the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Binance is primarily known for its low fees and large amounts of liquidity. The exchange currently offers more than 500 cryptocurrencies and over 1,200 trading pairs. This certainly makes it an attractive place to trade as crypto investors can have their pick of almost any digital asset they wish to trade.
"Brian's work for Binance.US has been invaluable and we hope he will continue to be an integral part of the crypto industry’s growth, advocating for regulations that move our industry forward," Zhao Tweeted on Friday.