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Cryptocurrencies Market Might Have A Free Future In Chile, As The Minister Of Economy Expressed Desire To Work With Blockchain Technology

Chile’s Minister of Economy, Development, And Tourism, Jose Ramon Valente, declared that it is necessary to give the cryptocurrencies market a chance because, in his opinion, the country cannot remain outside blockchain technology.

During the presentation of the new executive vice-president of the Production Development Corporation, Valente stated that cryptocurrencies could be considered as “the economy of the future”. For this reason, he says, the Chilean government does not want to be left out of this innovation.

With this idea in his mind, the minister urged the country’s economic actors not to “artificially hinder” the crypto ecosystem, since its success or failure must be related solely to its functioning.

What we are interested in is basically giving them the opportunity, because they are an important innovation that is happening all over the world […] if we give them a chance and they fail, well, they will fail as many good ideas that are left in the way fail.

Jose Ramon Valente, Minister of Economy, Development, And Tourism of Chile

Cryptocurrencies market in Chile will not face regulations, as the country is still accepting original blockchain technology

However, Valente assured that the Ministry “is not for or against cryptocurrencies market”. The concern is that Chile may be closing in on the technological advances occurring in the rest of the world, namely, the blockchain technology.

These statements come after weeks of tension over the legal dispute between Chilean cryptocurrency exchange houses and banks, as these entities refuse to provide commercial services to the exchange platforms.

A few days ago, the Tribunal for the Defense of Free Competition of Chile ordered 9 banks to reopen the accounts of the cryptocurrencies exchange houses.

The position of the Ministry of Economy could calm down the reprisals against Chile’s Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem. However, there is still a long way to go to resolve the legal situation of the cryptocurrencies market in Chile, as there is no law for the cryptocurrencies regulation of crypto exchange.

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Cryptocurrencies Market: Bitcoin (BTC) Futures Trading Reached Historical Highs

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Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a good run in the institutional markets, an event that has been represented in the data of the futures trading platforms led by the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the CME investment group. According to statistics published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), on Wednesday, the BTC trading volume exceeded 3 times the daily average of this platform of agreements for future purchases of Bitcoin (BTC), better known as XBT Bitcoin Futures. Is could benefit the entire cryptocurrencies market.

In this way, the market reached its highest volume in the last five months since the CBOE activated the platform last December 2017, the first Bitcoin futures market in the United States.

Kevin Davitt, CBOE’s lead instructor, noted that the platform’s average daily volume is 6,600 quoted futures contracts per day, an average that was constant throughout the week with 3,881 quotes on Monday, rising to 6,653 on Tuesday and 5,634 quoted B TC contracts on Thursday.

Bitcoin (BTC) is becoming interesting for stock exchange markets, improving the cryptocurrencies market, as a whole

In addition, this Wednesday they reported a total of 19,000 traded Bitcoin futures contracts, trading 18,210 futures for May, some 703 for June, and 87 for July.

Davitt says that Wednesday’s volumes are not related to the expiration of contracts, so the platform will verify whether this is an aberration in market volumes or whether there has been a positive increase in Bitcoin (BTC) institutional market.

No doubt, we will be watching to see if this is a volume aberration or if more and more institutional types are moving into cryptomoney. Overall bullish sentiment continues on XBT Bitcoin Futures.

Kevin Davitt, Lead Instructor, CBOE

On the other hand, the CME Group also presented an increase in operations on Wednesday, doubling its contract volume to 11,000 BTC future operations in one day. A figure that confirmed the interest of institutional investors in cryptocurrencies market.

The international stock markets have begun to consider the possibility of incorporating Bitcoin (BTC) into their marketing platforms, highlighting the projects of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Bank of Switzerland, and the Ukrainian Stock Exchange. All these initiatives make cryptocurrencies markets penetrate into the traditional finances and become another common asset for institutional and individual investors.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Mining – Only 4 Million BTC Left For Mining

Bitcoin (BTC), the first and the most dominant cryptocurrency in the market, recently reached a round figure, as the 17 millionth Bitcoin was mined at block 520,013. The amount is extremely significant, leaving only 4 million Bitcoin (BTC) to mine on the horizon.

Let’s remember that Bitcoin’s White Paper, authored by Satoshi Nakamoto, included a maximum of 21 million bitcoins. However, despite the apparent closeness to the figure, it is estimated that the last Bitcoin (BTC) will be mined at the height of block 6,929,999, somewhen in the year 2140, according to the nowadays technologies.

The readjustment of the mining difficulty, which occurs every 2016 blocks, and the reductions in the reward are the key to this activity

The programmed reduction of the coins is called halving and occurs every 210,000 mined blocks (approximately every four years), halving the reward.

The first reduction occurred in November 2012 and the split reward was from 50 to 25 BTC. The second, occurring in July 2016, let miners earn only 12.5 BTC per a single mined block.

When reset to 0, miners will only receive rewards for commissions paid for transactions made by users.

Bitcoin (BTC) is a deflationary cryptocurrency

The fact that there are only 21 million BTC is important, as this limit prevents inflation. The amount of coins produced through mining is reduced in a programmed manner, which helps to make this cryptocurrency deflationary.

With increasing difficulty, Bitcoin (BTC) mining is demanding for more and more high-end equipment with increased computing capacity.

In fact, BTC can currently be mined only with ASIC chips specialized in the SHA-256 algorithm. The Chinese company Bitmain is the largest producer of this type of hardware and its most powerful equipment, so far, is the Antminer S9.

It is estimated that the concentration of ASIC miners in a blockchain threatens the decentralization of the blockchain, especially if they belong to the same producer, mainly due to the powerful computing capacity of this equipment.

Other cryptocurrencies, such as Etherum (ETH) or Ripple (XPR), on the other hand, do not have a clear production limit, so they have important inflation rates. However, at least the Ethereum community and its own founder, Vitalik Buterin, have begun to examine this aspect and to assess the advisability of setting a maximum.

In short, Bitcoin (BTC) mining has reached to only 4 million BTC left, thus, the Bitcoin (BTC) is becoming rarer. Thus, Bitcoin (BTC) might go up.

 

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Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin (BTC), And Ethereum (ETH) – How The Cryptocurrencies Market Looks Today?

The cryptocurrencies are trading mixed this Thursday, with Bitcoin (BTC) remaining at its lowest value against the USD in the last 3 days, Ripple (XRP) showing a slight recovery, along with the Ethereum (ETH).

Bitcoin (BTC) still at around its lowest value in the last 3 days

The Bitcoin is trading at $8,916, dropping by 0.71% in the last 24 hours.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange wants to reduce the increases on its futures contracts, according to a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The decision would reduce the increases from 10 to 5 points, with a point equal to $1. Futures contracts were launched in December 2017, when Bitcoin stood at a record high of $20,000.

Among other news, Nasdaq announced yesterday the intention to launch its own cryptocurrency exchange in the future, as the regulatory environment evolves in the cryptocurrencies market.

Ripple (XRP) slightly recovering

The Ripple (XRP), the 3rd crypto coin in the market by market cap, marked a slim appreciation by 0.87% reaching to $0.82, at the moment of this article.

Massive sell orders made Ripple (XRP) lose its support and remained below the $0.85 level. Most probably it will struggle to jump back to around $0.90 in the upcoming days.

Ethereum (ETH) scores a small increase, despite the recent negative news

The 2nd crypto coin on the market by market cap, the Ethereum (ETH), gained about 2%, at the moment of this writing, reaching to $636.78, despite the recent MyEtherWallet hack.

Besides, Parity Technologies stated today that they will not alter the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain by changing the EIP-999 code to recover the $264 million lost due to a coding error in the wallets, back in November 2017.

“We have worked hard to contribute to the development of the Ethereum ecosystem. We’re not going to damage it. We find the right solutions through collaboration,” wrote the company’s representative on Twitter.

In conclusion, the cryptocurrencies market is not doing well since yesterday, mixed tradings being registered, with crypto coins scoring gains, such as Ripple (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH), while others scoring losses, the best example being Bitcoin (BTC) which today hit its lowest in the last 3 days.

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Bitcoin Center, Based in Manhattan, Was The Host For Bitcoin (BTC) Enthusiasts Who Still Put Their Trusts In The Cryptocurrencies Market

At the Bitcoin Center, in Southeast Manhattan, in New York, the most loyal Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts want to continue to believe in the bright future of this cryptocurrency, despite the past weeks’ prices drops and a reduction in the regular enthusiasm related to cryptocurrencies market.

“Two months ago we could not breathe here, there were so many people we had to leave people out,” says Nick Spanos, founder of the Bitcoin Center, based in a back room of a restaurant in the neighborhood of East Village serving as a base camp for followers of the Bitcoin (BTC) crypto coin.

On this Thursday, a few hundred BTC enthusiasts were there to exchange Bitcoin (BTC) via a smartphone brokerage applications, enjoy the free buffet, or listen to Nick Spanos.

As another sign of the interest slowdown, the weekly number of searches on Google with the term Bitcoin is 5 times lower than the peak of Google searches for the Bitcoin (BTC) currency in December.

Bitcoin (BTC) investment, as well as with any asset on cryptocurrencies market, is not a “get rich quick” scheme

“I panicked at the end of December,” said Zalman, a 24-year-old digital assets enthusiast who does not give his last name. He made his first purchases a few months before the price spiked, in December 2017.

“The drop was hard to digest even though I knew the course could not go up forever, I did not sell because I believe in the technological revolution behind it [Bitcoin blockchain technology],” he says.

“But then it was enough for me to remember the 2013 bubble to convince me to keep my bet,” he adds in reference to the dip in the course of the Bitcoin (BTC) in 7 days, from $1,137 on November 29th, 2013 to nearly $600 seven days later before a rebound in stride.

It is these recent investors, attracted by a sharp rise in prices at the end of last year, who really suffered from the cryptocurrencies market volatility.

“New Bitcoin (BTC) investors who entered the market when bitcoin was worth $19,000 are disappointed but the community, including those who invested not later than last May, has not lost any money,” notes Michael Casey, the chairman of CoinDesk’s monitoring committee, an information platform on cryptocurrencies market and blockchain technology.

Bitcoin (BTC) investment is not that scam of the “get rich quick” type. “The goal is to keep your bet and ultimately get monetary independence,” said Nick Spanos, who also added that they do not need such cryptocurrencies market investors in their Bitcoin Center.

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