Tag: Bitcoin

December 08, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Bitcoin venue Coinbase Exchange introduces volume rebates

Coinbase Exchange informed clients of its Bitcoin trading exchange today that next week they will begin offering volume-based rebates. Their standard maker-taker fee structure still applies, however, traders will now receive a daily rebate based on their trading volume as a percentage of the total 30-day volume for each Coinbase Exchange order book. Maker Orders Maker orders are…

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December 04, 2015 BY Mike Fox

itBit Bitcoin OTC volume drops 28% month-over-month for November

Volume of Bitcoin OTC trading at agency brokerage itBit dropped 28% month-over-month in November, the company stated seasonal trends negatively impacted trading volume during Thanksgiving week. Moreover, stagnant price activity was also a factor for the 2nd half of the month. The bitcoin market was relatively quiet following a volatile period in early-November that saw the bitcoin…

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November 13, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Coinsetter sees trading outage due to disk space problem

Today Coinsetter the ECN style Bitcoin exchange sent out a notice stating that a number of users experienced trading issues over the past 36 hours. Jaron Lukasiewicz, the Coinsetter CEO personally sent out the notice to clients on this situation. Some clients reported not being able to execute and/or cancel orders, which was caused by a…

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November 09, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Coinbase updates mobile applications

Bitcoin exchange expert Coinbase has unveiled a set of updates to its mobile apps that seek to help traders monitor Bitcoin trading activity wherever they are. The enhancements are introduced as Bitcoin trading activity has surged over the past couple of weeks and the company notes that it has seen increased interest from traders in…

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November 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Top Bitcoin Myths – #3: Bitcoin allows for anonymous payments

The following guest post is one of a series courtesy of Marco Streng, CEO and Co-founder of Genesis Mining. — The best way to define Bitcoin is to visualize it as a public ledger. This ledger records every transaction that occurs on the network and every transaction that will ever occur on the network. With limited technical…

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