Trading Platform Forex Suggest to Launch Crypto Calculator for Cost Evaluation

Luxembourg-based crypto institution Forex Suggest announced Wednesday the roll out of a cryptocurrency calculator for clients to evaluate trading costs on cryptocurrencies.

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The crypto market has experienced serval waves of volatile headwinds this year, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Luna’s collapse to a liquidity crisis among crypto lender platforms, all showing a choppy trading environment in the crypto market.

To have a better calculation and evaluation of the trading cost in the crypto space, Forex Suggest believes a crypto calculator would be a great tool for investors to study “how much the crypto you used for purchases could be worth if you held onto it” in terms of the recorded value of cryptocurrencies, according to the calculating platform.

According to a test by Blockchain.News as an exampleif an investor bought 1 unit of Ethereum (ETH) on Apr 8, 2021, the calculator showed the value of ETH on that date was around $2000, losing around $400 compared to the current price. In addition, the table also showed the maximum value of the same amount of ETH at All-Time-High (ATH), which was trading at $4.9K on Nov 10, 2021.

The trading platform suggested the biggest increase in value over the past two years goes to Solana (SOL), increasing in value by over $25, a rise of almost 98%. In contrast, Dogecoin (DOGE) has seen the second biggest rise (95.4%), followed by Polygon (MATIC) in third place (95%).

Per the press release from Forex Suggest, the majority of the top-performing cryptocurrencies have increased in value in the past two years, with the average increase among the twenty best coins being 51.35%.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency in terms of trading volume, has increased by 61.20%, from just over $9,000 per coin to over $24,000.

However, the top two worst performers (Uniswap and Dogecoin) have seen their values slash by over 500% each. According to the press release, chainlink’s third biggest decrease was its value dropping by 273%.

Retail customers can enjoy more options for transactions nowadays as more private firms are open mind to accepting crypto as a way of payment. The trading platform suggested that Amazon ranks as the biggest company to accept crypto, marking almost $470 billion in revenue in 2021.

Despite clients not being able to pay for goods with tokens directly, they, alternatively, can redeem the retailer’s vouchers and use them to make purchases.

American telecommunications operator At&T and Technology giant Microsoft follow the lead. Both sides received over $168 billion in revenue in 2021.

Previously, the trading platform conducted a study showing that Hong Kong is the most crypto-ready economy globally. In general, the city enjoys a higher number of blockchain startups, with the number of crypto ATMs proportional to the population and no taxing capital gains on cryptocurrencies.

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Blockchain.com Gets Full Approval to Operate Crypto Exchange in the Cayman Islands

Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in London, announced that it had received full regulatory approval from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) to operate its exchange and clearing house in the Cayman Islands.

Following the approval, the Bahamas-based company said it would begin offering regulated crypto derivatives products and trading services to institutional investors in the Cayman Islands, operate a non-fungible token marketplace, and provide over-the-counter Crypto Brokerage Services.

Blockchain.com’s chief commercial officer Lane Kasselman spoke of the development: “The Cayman Islands is a key jurisdiction for us — our parent company is domiciled there, and it is a recognised global financial services hub.”

The exchange said that compliance and regulatory approvals would be sought in each regional country, and the company is also committed to developing in countries such as Dubai, Italy, and others.

Lane Kasselman added that:

“The only way to achieve a permanent regulatory framework for crypto is for industry leaders and regulators to work together to ensure consumer protection and investor trust.”

In March, FTX received a partial license from Dubai, where it mentioned that it would develop a regional headquarters in Dubai.

At the end of March of the same year, Cryptocurrency exchange Blockchain.com secured a Series D investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

The exact amount of the investment was not disclosed, but the financing brought the exchange to a valuation of $14 billion.

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Trading Platform Forex Suggests to Launch Crypto Calculator for Cost Evaluation

Luxembourg-based crypto institution Forex Suggest announced Wednesday to roll out a cryptocurrency calculator for clients to evaluate trading costs on cryptocurrencies.

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The crypto market has experienced serval waves of volatile headwinds this year, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Luna’s collapse to a liquidity crisis among crypto lender platforms, all showing a choppy trading environment in the crypto market.

To have a better calculation and evaluation of the trading cost in the crypto space, Forex Suggest believes a crypto calculator would be a great tool for investors to study “how much the crypto you used for purchases could be worth if you held onto it” in terms of the recorded value of cryptocurrencies, according to the calculating platform.

According to a test by Blockchain.News as an exampleif an investor bought 1 unit of Ethereum (ETH) on Apr 8, 2021, the calculator showed the value of ETH on that date was around $2000, losing around $400 compared to the current price. In addition, the table also showed the maximum value of the same amount of ETH at All-Time-High (ATH), which was trading at $4.9K on Nov 10, 2021.

The trading platform suggested the biggest increase in value over the past two years goes to Solana (SOL), increasing in value by over $25, a rise of almost 98%. In contrast, Dogecoin (DOGE) has seen the second biggest rise (95.4%), followed by Polygon (MATIC) in third place (95%).

Per the press release from Forex Suggest, the majority of the top-performing cryptocurrencies have increased in value in the past two years, with the average increase among the twenty best coins being 51.35%.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency in terms of trading volume, has increased by 61.20%, from just over $9,000 per coin to over $24,000.

However, the top two worst performers (Uniswap and Dogecoin) have seen their values slash by over 500% each. According to the press release, chainlink’s third biggest decrease was its value dropping by 273%.

Retail customers can enjoy more options for transactions nowadays as more private firms are open mind to accepting crypto as a way of payment. The trading platform suggested that Amazon ranks as the biggest company to accept crypto, marking almost $470 billion in revenue in 2021.

Despite clients not being able to pay for goods with tokens directly, they, alternatively, can redeem the retailer’s vouchers and use them to make purchases.

American telecommunications operator At&T and Technology giant Microsoft follow the lead. Both sides received over $168 billion in revenue in 2021.

Previously, the trading platform conducted a study showing that Hong Kong is the most crypto-ready economy globally. In general, the city enjoys a higher number of blockchain startups, with the number of crypto ATMs proportional to the population and no taxing capital gains on cryptocurrencies.

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Blockchain.com Gets Full Approval to Operate Crypto Exchange in the Cayman Islands

Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in London, announced that it had received full regulatory approval from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) to operate its exchange and clearing house in the Cayman Islands.

Following the approval, the Bahamas-based company said it would begin offering regulated crypto derivatives products and trading services to institutional investors in the Cayman Islands, operate a non-fungible token marketplace, and provide over-the-counter Crypto Brokerage Services.

Blockchain.com’s chief commercial officer Lane Kasselman spoke of the development: “The Cayman Islands is a key jurisdiction for us — our parent company is domiciled there, and it is a recognised global financial services hub.”

The exchange said that compliance and regulatory approvals would be sought in each regional country, and the company is also committed to developing in countries such as Dubai, Italy, and others.

Lane Kasselman added that:

“The only way to achieve a permanent regulatory framework for crypto is for industry leaders and regulators to work together to ensure consumer protection and investor trust.”

In March, FTX received a partial license from Dubai, where it mentioned that it would develop a regional headquarters in Dubai.

At the end of March of the same year, Cryptocurrency exchange Blockchain.com secured a Series D investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

The exact amount of the investment was not disclosed, but the financing brought the exchange to a valuation of $14 billion.

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MicroStrategy’s Saylor Hands Over CEO Role to Deputy, Focusing on Bitcoin Business

Michael Saylor, the CEO of MicroStrategy corporation and one of the biggest Bitcoin advocates, has handed over his CEO role to his deputy personnel.  

Phong Le, the new CEO, has been serving as the company’s president. The new changes were announced during the company’s earnings conference call on August 2.

Saylor will now serve as executive chairman, with plans to put his focus exclusively on hoarding cryptocurrencies.

In a statement on Tuesday, Saylor said: “I believe that splitting the roles of Chairman and CEO will enable us to pursue better our two corporate strategies of acquiring and holding bitcoin and growing our enterprise analytics software business. As Executive Chairman, I will be able to focus more on our bitcoin acquisition strategy and related bitcoin advocacy initiatives, while Phong will be empowered as CEO to manage overall corporate operations.”

During the earnings conference call, Le said he doesn’t expect any potential strategy changes for the firm. He mentioned that he has aligned with Saylor on the company and Bitcoin strategy throughout their time working as a team.

Le also thanked Andrew Kang, the CFO in charge of MicroStrategy’s financial division, for his positivity towards factors behind the company’s move to hold Bitcoins.

Le further stated that the new changes announced on Tuesday are designed to create time for him to run the company’s business activities while Saylor focuses on corporate strategy, innovation, and the Bitcoin strategy.

“I would sort of seeing this as a business as usual transition,” Le said during the conference call.

Saylor founded MicroStrategy in 1989 as a software developer, but in recent years started buying billions of dollars of Bitcoin with corporate funds.

Unmoved by The Market Crash

Saylor’s handing over his CEO job to his deputy happened when MicroStrategy witnessed massive losses in its Bitcoin bet.

The business intelligence and software company released its second-quarter results on Tuesday. In the earnings report, the firm stated that it posted an impairment charge of $917.8 million on its Bitcoin holdings in the second quarter, up from $170.1 million in the first quarter and $424.8 million in the second quarter of 2021.

MicroStrategy is one of the companies impacted by the recent crypto market crash. The company currently holds about 130,000 Bitcoins worth around $3 billion, a decline or another paper loss for the enterprise software maker. The firm acquired the Bitcoins for a total of about $4 billion.

Despite the recent plunge in crypto prices, MicroStrategy plans to continue investing in Bitcoin. The Virginia-based software company is one of the firms with Bitcoin holdings, alongside automaker Tesla Inc. and payment company Square, which recently rebranded itself Block Inc.

In January this year, MicroStrategy revealed it would continue buying Bitcoin and holding the asset. The firm disclosed it will use excess cash flows or find other ways to raise money and continue putting them into Bitcoin.

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Zipmex Resumes Some Altcoin Withdrawals After Suspending Withdrawals in July

Mainstream tokens, including bitcoin and ether, remain locked, but all Solana (SOL) tokens will be credited to investors’ trading wallets, Zipmex’s official statement wrote on Tuesday.

The company set up plans to allow users to withdraw Ripple’s XRP from Zipmex’s Z wallet on August 4 and Cardano’s ADA on August 9.

On July 21 of this year, ZipmexX suspended users from withdrawing cryptocurrencies, citing the possibility that the exchange’s assets could be swallowed up by the financial crisis facing Celsius Network and cryptocurrency lender Babel Finance.

The company revealed that it lent $48 million to Babel Finance and $5 million to Celsius, which has filed for bankruptcy. To address the liquidity crisis, the company is working with the two companies and is actively negotiating a possible rescue package with investors.

Zipmex said that:

“We promised to resolve the Z Wallet situation and resume services. That’s why after having stabilized the situation we’re releasing unaffected digital assets namely: ADA, SOL, and XRP into users’ Trade Wallets starting tomorrow, 2 August 2022.”

In an official announcement, Zipmex said, “Tokens in Z Wallet will be debited and the corresponding amount will be credited back into your Trade Wallet. No user action is required. Once the tokens in the Trade Wallet are available, you may withdraw as per usual.”

Last week, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Zipmex’s Thai unit to lift the freeze on some digital coins.

The company said it is doing its best to release some tokens to users’ trade wallets starting in mid-August with full compliance.

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Digihost Plans to Move Mining Rigs from NY to Alabama, Expand Energy to 55 MW in 2023

U.S.-based crypto miner Digihost Technology Inc. plans to move drilling rigs from New York to Alabama, expanding energy capacity to 55 MW in the second quarter of 2023.

Bitcoin miners are on track to have energy capacity at their Alabama facility in Q4 2022 after the company completes construction of its 55 megawatts (MW) facility in Alabama to host some of its crypto miners from New York with 28 MW hash capacity,

The company also added that it sold the Bitcoin (BTC) produced in July — 64.17 BTC mined at $23,337 BTC — to avoid shareholder dilution and pay energy costs.

By the end of July this year, Digihost had mined about 220.09 bitcoins and 1,000.89 ethers (ETH).

According to data from Coinmarketcap, the bitcoin price rose 0.23% in 24 hours and is currently trading at $22,934.03.

The world’s second-largest Ethereum currency is up 2.67% in 24 hours and is currently trading at $1627.

Based on current bitcoin exchange prices and other cryptocurrencies, Digihost holds a total value of approximately $5.04 million and 1.627 million ether.

Most recently, Core Scientific — which sold 7,202 bitcoins at an average price of $23,000, raised about $167 million to pay down debt, capital investments to increase data centre capacity, and pay for ASIC servers,

As of the end of July, the company had no debt.

Riot Blockchain announced in July that it would relocate some of its miners from New York to Texas to reduce operating costs.

Digihost Technology Inc. mined about 13.69 BTC, an increase of 26.7% compared to July last year.

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91% of Bitcoin Mined, Remaining less than 1.9m Units to Issue before 2140

The number of Bitcoin is becoming rare, as only 9% of Bitcoin (BTC) is left to be mined for the next century, according to data from the Clark Moddy Bitcoin Dashboard.

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Per the announcement from Bitcoin Magazine, which firstly published the notification on Twitter on Tuesday local time, the remaining supply of BTC means “only 9% left to be mined over the next 118 years.”

The data platform shows that 91% of the Bitcoin has been mined, leaving less than 1.9 million units of BTC to be issued, while the total fixed supply of 21 million BTC remains unchanged. This scarcity of BTC could intensify the inflation of Bitcoin in the long term due to limited total supply, given that part of Bitcoin’s liquidity is locked up among whales.

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Subject to the mechanism of halving, referring to an exponential and periodic deduction reward rate for generating every new block of the crypto unit during the mining process, the reward of BTC mining has been halving three times over the last decade. Currently, crypto miners can be rewarded $6.25 BTC per block of crypto units. The next Bitcoin halving is expected to occur around April or May in 2024, followed by another mining halving reducing to 3.125 BTC for its rewards.

Despite the limited supply of Bitcoin and the reducing reward mechanism, it doesn’t stop crypto miners from the private sector from joining the market. 

Previously, Bitcoin miner Core Scientific secured $100 million in financing amid the crypto downturn for straightening its ability to mine more Bitcoins.

In terms of state level, El Salvador, as one of the major countries, adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. Since last November, BTC’s price has dropped over 70% from its All-Time-High (ATH) at over $68,000. The nation defended its monetary policy, continuing to acquire more Bitcoins by adopting the buying dip strategy as well as conducting Bitcoin mining actively.

Yet, some developed countries, such as Sweden, prefer to save more electricity for creating jobs rather than using it for crypto mining to generate potential yield.

Bitcoin was trading between $22,800- $23,000 level during the Asia time trading section on Wednesday, with over $435.8 billion in terms of market capitalization.

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Solana NTF Marketplace Magic Eden Is Expanding to Ethereum Blockchain

Leading Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden, accounting for over 90% of secondary NFT trades on the blockchain network, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding to the Ethereum blockchain.

The expansion would enable Magic Eden to integrate Ethereum NFTs into its platform. The company said that such integration would enable it to provide the same “go-to-market” benefits for Ethereum NFT creators the same way it does for its Solana users.

The platform aims to offer multi-chain solutions for both creators and collectors. This would enable creators to launch NFT projects seamlessly while accessing more liquidity at the same time.

Magic Eden wants to leverage the rapid growth of Ethereum and Solana blockchains witnessed over the previous 18 months to build an ecosystem where the social, cultural and connectivity utilities of NFTs can be shared across blockchains.

 Magic Eden’s Ethereum entry is designed to offer multi-chain solutions that provide the best experiences, including features such as a popular minting toolkit, whitelist and audience targeting tools, and marketing support to efficiently serve both NFTs creators and collectors.

 Magic Eden is also running private beta tests to support the launch of a cross-currency trading product where users can buy Solana and Ethereum NFTs either in their blockchain’s native currency or via credit card. The firm also plans to roll out cross-chain trading analytic tools within the next few months.

Zhuoxun Yin, the co-founder of Magic Eden, commented about the development: “We don’t think winning on ETH will happen overnight. We are entering the market with humility and are prepared to build for a long while. With that being said, we strongly believe our hypothesis on what NFT creators and collectors need from their marketplace.”

Responding to Competitors’ Move 

In late June, Magic Eden raised a $130 million Series A at a $1.6 billion valuation. During that time, the firm said that part of the funds would be used to expand to new blockchains, including Ethereum.

Magic Eden is the leading NFT marketplace for Solana digital collectables, hosting more than 90% of the ecosystem’s trades, according to data from DappRadar.

Its announcement to expand into the Ethereum blockchain is seen as an effort to take on its rival OpenSea marketplace.

OpenSea is the largest Ethereum NFTs marketplace, though the platform also supports Solana, Tezos, and Polygon blockchains.

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Paystand Acquires Accounts Payable Startup Yaydoo

Marking its entry into the Mexican market, the US-based blockchain-enabled B2B payments company Paystand has acquired Mexican accounts payable startup Yaydoo, for an undisclosed sum, according to a report by Axios media on Tuesday.

The acquisition is important as it signals Paystand’s rising interest in fintech startups to expand overseas.

Paystand majorly operates its business in the U.S. and Canada and is mainly focused on collecting revenue and helping businesses get paid more efficiently and faster.

Mexico City-based Yaydoo is focused on serving customers in Spanish-speaking Latin America — including Colombia, Peru, and Chile — and it specializes in managing order procurement and accounts payable systems.

By integrating its technology with Yaydoo, Paystand intends to bolster its current B2B payment capabilities to expand its market reach.

The acquisition will allow Paystand to enhance payment processing to its services, enabling clients to operate more efficiently.

Yaydoo, the Mexico City-based B2B software and payments company, offers three products, VendorPlace, P-Card and PorCobrar, for optimizing access to smart liquidity, managing cash flow, and connecting small, midsize and large businesses to an ecosystem of digital tools.

Combined, the companies serve over 500,000 customers and have processed more than $5 billion in payment volume.

While the two firms will continue operating independently, they will tap a massive opportunity of cross-selling each product into different markets and accounting functions.

Paystand CEO Jeremy Almond said the businesses are “two sides of the same coin.”

In December last year, PayStand, a platform using blockchain technology to automate commercial payments, added Bitcoin and Ether to its balance sheet.

In February last year, Paystand raised $20 million in Series B funding to make complex commercial transactions and payments easy and fast for enterprises.

The company’s service is based on a blockchain network that it said offers real-time, fund-verified payments, thus allowing businesses to move funds around instantly. Paystand automates and digitizes the payment lifecycle by integrating with client businesses’ databases, from invoice to reconciliation.

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