The cryptocurrency market has turned into a perfect investment alternative for retail as well as institutional investors. It has grown to become a $2 trillion industry as mainstream adoption came knocking this bull season. The price volatility of these digital assets works in both ways as it helps people to make a good profit in a short period while on red days it can lead to significant losses as well. However, the most important aspect is the transfer of value where fluctuation in prices can make it complex to transfer it or lose some value during the exchange. This is where stablecoins come into play as it ensures a stable value against the market volatility, but the popular stablecoins such as USDT lack transparency and have often been marred into controversy. The value of USDT often falls below $1 and even rises above the pegged value during extreme market fluctuations.
Adam J Ford is a successful crypto trader who has made a name for himself in the financial world. With over 12 years of experience in the industry, Ford has become a trusted advisor and mentor to many aspiring traders and investors. Born and raised in London UK, Ford always had a passion for finance and economics. He attended New York University, where he earned a degree in finance and went on to start his career on Wall Street.
LH-Crypto had had some rewarding experience in developing financial products, which played the key role in creating a unique platform that is the best fit for crypto traders. The broker's technical facilities have significantly enlarged the investment potential of crypto-assets: now the company's clients can trade using leverage and micro-lots, while exchanges never offer anything like that. These opportunities are topped with instant withdrawal and clients' anonymity.
A container from Shanghai to Berlin takes less than 2 weeks to arrive via rail, to pay for it can take a month in the banking system. Amazon delivers packages same day, something no bank can do with an international electronic wire transfer. Cross-border payments costs have also increased two-fold since Multinationals moved out of commercial banking and set up their own banks post Lehman Brothers. Banks also drastically reduced their international trade facilitation and lending to SMEs, as Basel III rules forced banks to place higher risk capital against such risky business.
Forex is the largest market for trading operations. The volume of daily trade reaches almost 5.5 trillion. At the same time, futures trading volumes are 440 billion, the US stock market at 250 billion, and the cryptocurrency market volatility is only $ 5 billion. But such a large market is not without flaws. By the way, sometimes the commission of brokers reaches 5 or 10% of the trader's profit, which means hundreds of billions of dollars a day.
The spot price of gold has increased more than 20% since a year ago, making many traders and investors interested in owning the asset. And we've seen growing interest in our own token, PAX Gold - the biggest and fastest-growing gold-backed token with a market cap of more than $15.75 million. We just minted our 25th gold bar - which means there are 25 full 400-oz London Good Delivery gold bars in a Brinks vault in London backing the 10,000+ outstanding PAXG tokens.
A cloud-based crypto trading software provider says there are compelling benefits to using multiple exchanges when buying and selling coins — and claims to offer an intuitive interface for uniting accounts in one place. Executives at TradeSanta argue that utilizing multiple exchanges means that everyday traders can gain access to a broader selection of trading pairs, get a wider perspective of what’s going on in the marketplace, and even benefit from arbitrage, where one trading platform is selling Bitcoin more cheaply than another.
Fireblocks, an institutional platform for storing, transferring, and issuing digital assets, announced today that B2C2, the largest cryptocurrency liquidity provider and leader in electronic OTC trading, is employing Fireblocks to protect billions of dollars in digital asset value and provide security for more than 10,000 OTC trades daily. Utilizing Fireblocks' API, B2C2 now securely and instantly executes large value settlements with its institutional clients. B2C2 enlisted Fireblocks to add an efficient, digital asset security infrastructure to its best-in-class liquidity offering.
With the world constantly adapting to new technological advances, international trade must adapt as well. Ally Spinu, CEO of global B2B eCommerce trade platform, will be presenting her white paper titled "Innovations in International Trade: The Impact of Blockchain Technology" alongside academics and professionals from all over the world at the International Conference on International Trade (ICITE) 2020.
TradeStation Securities, Inc. (TradeStation), a Monex Group company and award-winning* online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, now offers its futures clients the ability to trade options on Bitcoin futures contracts (BTC) from CME Group (CME). TradeStation futures clients can now also trade Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) futures options on the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE). By supporting the trading of these new derivative products, TradeStation clients have another way to participate in Bitcoin price fluctuations through an established futures commission merchant.