The cryptocurrency market woke up to a shock in early trading on Thursday morning. On the Binance US cryptocurrency exchange, the value of Bitcoin (BTC) plummeted nearly 87 percent in value, settling around $8,200. The issue that caused the value spike was reportedly corrected swiftly and the Bitcoin value returned to its normal levels within a couple of minutes.
Responding to regulatory pressure, Binance has curbed some services on cryptocurrency bets, highly leveraged positions and trading with tokens linked to shares, and has pledged to beef up its compliance staffing.
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For users of Binance.US, while liquidity is not a major issue, Binance does support more liquidity, enabling faster transactions and trades, something which is important for the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Still, the U.S. platform is still to catch up when it comes to providing users with the same amount of liquidity and ease when trading.
Cryptocurrencies work using a technology called blockchain. They are tokens that can be used as a form of payment in exchange for online goods and services. They carry a pre-determined store value of their own, just like any other fiat currency like the US dollar or the Indian rupee. Cryptocurrencies are digitally mined, where very sophisticated computers solve extremely complex computational mathematics problems. Their mining is painstaking, costly and only sporadically rewarding.
SafeMoon utilizes a strategy wherein they prevent day exchanging of their coins to fix the value instability issue. SafeMoon declared a remuneration policy for the long-term and earliest holders of the tokens. Individuals selling the tokens will be hit by a 10% punishment charge expense on the exchanges, and 5% of these punishment exchange charges will be dispersed to the current token holders.
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Meanwhile, there has been plenty of speculation that bitcoin’s big rise may have been due to a pump-and-dump scheme. One theory that the U.S. Justice Department is reportedly looking into is that the digital coin Tether (which is supposedly pegged to the U.S. dollar to make for a less volatile cryptocurrency) was used to manipulate the bitcoin market and cause a large run-up in price. This theory stems from an academic paper, which cast Tether in a very damning light. And it also led many to believe that the initial bitcoin craze was manufactured and destined to bust.
Bitcoin and Ethereum are in retreat following a flash crash. Binance U.S. was hit with a bug Thursday, resulting in a flash crash that saw Bitcoin’s price plummet by around 90%. Ethereum also dipped 50% on the exchange.
“Altcoin” refers to any blockchain-based cryptocurrency that isn’t Bitcoin. The term “altcoin” was coined as a shorthand for “alternative to Bitcoin,” and the vast majority of altcoins were created to improve Bitcoin somehow. Namecoin, Peercoin, Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum and USD Coin (USDC) are examples of altcoins.
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It comes after the cryptocurrency dipped by approximately after surging to $67,700 in late October as traders appeared to pull back in anticipation of another price pump.
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.
The SafeMoon wallet, which is live on iOS has seen over 600,000 downloads. And the SafeMoon holders count has surpassed the 2,850,000 milestones. Meanwhile, the SafeMoon Exchange aims to bring tokenomics to all of the cryptos on its platform, which is in the pipeline. The makers refer to it as “Cryptonomics”. SafeMoon ranks among the top De-Fi projects by social activity as of 04th November 2021.
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The cryptocurrencies prices are highly volatile compared with the traditional currency pairs and assets in the foreign exchange market due to fluctuations in the interest of the public. This factor is associated with the user and we must add the absence of current regulation and its constant pressure from governments. These factors make the volatility of the digital currencies constant, modifying the Cryptocurrencies Market Prices and affecting values of such cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Stellar Lumens, VeChain, Litecoin or Chainlink, among others.