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Russians Can Use Qiwi, Sberbank, Yandex Money and Now Binance P2P Exchange to Buy Bitcoin With Rubles

12/02/2020 by Idelto Editor

A growing number of platforms allow Russian residents to purchase cryptocurrencies with local fiat money. Established cryptocurrency exchanges are not the most trouble-free option, however, as they often require extensive registration and rarely support popular payment methods in the region, unlike small online exchangers and peer-to-peer platforms.

Also read: Russia’s New Prime Minister Has an Opinion of Cryptocurrencies

Russian Users Ask Search Engines How to Buy Bitcoin

Resurging cryptocurrency markets have lifted the mood across the crypto space. The global community hopes to see the continuation of the positive trend that has the potential to restore popular interest in decentralized digital currencies, along with the upcoming Bitcoin halving. The first signs this might be happening are already here with worldwide Google searches for bitcoin hitting a monthly high in February.

Russia, as а promising market for cryptocurrencies, is no exception. Russian searches for “биткоин” (bitcoin) on both Google and Yandex have been increasing. In the past month, Russian speaking users have been asking the search engines about bitcoin’s current rates in U.S. dollar and Russian ruble and over the past week there’s been a 350% spike in Google queries about the bitcoin cash (BCH) rate on Google. “Buy bitcoin” is a common keyword combination on Yandex Search.

There’s plenty of options to keep an eye on moving crypto prices nowadays. For example, Bitcoin.com’s Bitcoin Markets tool provides real-time price updates in both dollars and rubles among multiple fiat currencies. The platform is also available in Russian and you can chose your preferred language and currency from the settings. Various Russian sources offer market data for leading cryptocurrencies including specialized websites such as Bitcoininfo.ru, the crypto section of the business news portal RBC, and the analytics page on the Forex broker Alpari’s website.

Russian Online Crypto Exchangers Thrive

Despite persisting regulatory uncertainty, Russians have many options to buy cryptocurrencies at their disposal. Numerous platforms support crypto purchases in local currency. The Bestchange.ru website offers multiple choices in terms of digital coins and payment methods. It lists dozens of verified online exchangers that are monitored constantly for best rates and lets you choose a cryptocurrency you want to buy or sell as well as a payment method you would like to use to send or receive electronic fiat.

The portal gathers some interesting statistics about the most popular trades and exchangers. In the past couple of weeks, for example, buying BTC using Qiwi had the largest share of all exchanges, 9%. Qiwi is a well-known e-wallet provider in Russia and you can create a wallet using only a phone number or log in with a social media account from Facebook, Vkontakte and Google. Selling BTC for funds transferred to a Sberbank account is the second most popular deal, at 8%.

The list of utilized exchangers includes less conspicuous platforms that are also less problematic for traders. You can try Netex24, which accounts for 5% of all trades through Bestchange.ru, to buy and sell several major cryptos such as BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, and the stablecoin USDT with the leading fiat payment processors in Russia and neighboring countries like Yandex Money, Tinkoff, and Ukrainian Privatbank’s internet banking service Приват24. Among the leaders are also 365Cash (4%), which does not require user registration, and Шахта (3%), which supports purchases with bank cards issued by Visa, Mastercard, and the Russian Mir system.

Binance Adds Russian Ruble to Its P2P Platform

Cryptocurrency exchanges are also catering to the needs of the region’s traders. These include local leaders such as Exmo and Currency.com as well as global platforms like Huobi with its Huobi Russia branch that accepts rubles, and Binance, which has a Russian version of its website and supports ruble-denominated trading. This week, Binance also added the Russian ruble to its peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform making it the third supported fiat currency after providing services for the Chinese yuan and the Vietnamese dong. Commenting on the announcement, CEO Changpeng Zhao stated:

Russia is a vibrant market for blockchain and crypto advancement. We strive to provide our Russian users with easy fiat-to-crypto access. P2P trading provides an open marketplace and more flexible access for users to trade multiple cryptocurrencies with other users or merchants in the payment methods they prefer.

Russians are awaiting greater regulatory clarity regarding the crypto space. The adoption of the Law on Digital Financial Assets, the most important of three crypto-related bills, has been postponed many times since the spring of 2018, with the Central Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance arguing about the scope of the legal framework and the status of decentralized cryptocurrencies. According to a recent statement by the chairman of the parliamentary Financial Market Committee, Anatoly Aksakov, Russian regulators have managed to settle their disagreements on the legalization of crypto assets and the law is likely to be voted in by the State Duma in March.

Do you think Russians will have more or fewer options to buy cryptocurrencies with rubles once Moscow regulates the industry? Share your thoughts on the subject in the comments section below.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or a recommendation, endorsement, or sponsorship of any products, services, or companies. Bitcoin.com does not provide investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Neither the company nor the author is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services mentioned in this article.

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Ethereum’s Value Transfer Is Now Dominated by Stablecoins

31/01/2020 by Idelto Editor

Research Shows Ethereum Blockchain Dominated by Stablecoins

The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain has become home to a number of stablecoins. On January 29, Messari researcher Ryan Watkins explained that the stablecoin value transfer issued on the ETH chain recently flipped the number of native ether transactions. Essentially, Ethereum’s value transfer is now largely made up of stablecoins like tether, pax, and dai.

Also read: Cashfusion Far More Practical Than Other Coinjoin Protocols, Says Data Analyst

Researcher: ‘Ethereum’s Economy Now Dominated by Stable Value Transfer’

On Wednesday, Messari analyst Ryan Watkins reported on the Ethereum blockchain and how the ETH economy is now dominated by stablecoins. The ETH chain has a great number of stablecoins such as TUSD, USDT, DAI, PAX, and GUSD. All five of these stablecoins leverage the ETH chain for stable value transfers. “Stablecoin transfer value has now flipped ETH on Ethereum,” Watkins tweeted. While sharing another chart, Watkins indicated that most of the story is consumed by tether (USDT) transitioning to Ethereum last year. Watkins believes the flippening took place in mid-2019 and emphasized that since then “Ethereum’s economy is now dominated by stable value transfer.”

During the last week of August 2019, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the significant migration of tether from the Omni Layer network to Ethereum. At the time, ERC20 tether transactions flipped their Omni equivalent. The stablecoin tether is a $4.6 billion dollar network and all the coins are issued and maintained on chains like BTC (Omni), ETH (ERC20), EOS, and Tron. After the significant migration into the ERC20 standard, a majority of the USDT in circulation stems from the ETH chain. Additionally, researchers have noted that 70% of the circulating tether supply is controlled by roughly 104 addresses. Following Watkins’ tweet about stablecoins flipping the chain’s native currency ether, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) commented on the topic.

“Many of us (early adopters) don’t like stablecoins,” CZ tweeted. “But [the] fact is, that’s what’s needed to help us cross the chasm, as most new crypto people will still think in fiat base for a while to come. I wish that’s not the case, but we live on earth, not utopia.”

One person disagreed with CZ and said that certain stablecoins will likely remove revenue from trading platforms. “Very hypocritical — I totally agree with you about centralized stablecoins like Paxos – Binance USD or USDC,” the individual wrote. “[But] how about crypto — collateralized ones like DAI? The truth is that [decentralized finance] apps, like Uniswap, [and] Makerdao take away a lot of revenue from exchanges like Binance,” he added. However, the Binance founder said he wasn’t worried about that situation and stated:

The more choices for users, and the more innovation for the industry, the better for all of us. Don’t worry about Binance, we will manage — We are adaptable.

Stablecoins and Exchange Tokens Outshine 2017-2018 ICO Tokens That Used Ethereum’s ERC20 Standard

Another crypto proponent agreed with CZ’s assessment and said: “That’s usually how new tech and ideas are adopted. The present generation needs one foot on the old and one on the new at the same time to feel safe and be familiarized in their new surroundings.” Out of the five stablecoins maintained on the ETH chain, tether USDT is by far the most dominant. This is followed by Circle’s USDC, Makerdao’s DAI, Pax Global’s PAX, True USD (TUSD), and Gemini’s GUSD.

Today, @RyanWatkins_ reported that transfer value of stablecoins on ethereum has surpassed that of $ETH. Token transfers as a whole have been happening with higher frequency on ethereum than non-token transfers. These are both signs $ETH is proving more utility than currency. pic.twitter.com/cAt4hfqBLU

— Christine Kim (@christine_dkim) January 29, 2020

At the time of publication, 2.29 billion USDT is represented by ERC20 tokens and there are 439 million USDC tokens housed on the ETH chain as well. In addition to all the stablecoin value held on Ethereum, a great number of exchange tokens leverage the chain. For example, exchange tokens like BNB, LEO, HT, CRO, OKB, and KCS just scratch the surface when it comes to exchange-created coins hosted on the ETH chain. Stablecoins and exchange tokens are the most used ERC20s today by a long shot, and they have surpassed most of the initial coin offering (ICO) ERC20s issued in 2017-2018. Observers like Watkins and others have asked whether “it is good for ETH or does it damage ETH’s monetary premium?” Watkins further discusses this topic in his latest research analysis hosted on the Messari website.

What do you think about stablecoins flipping ether on the Ethereum chain? What do you think about the number of stablecoins and exchange tokens that leverage the ERC20 standard? Let us know what you think about this topic in the comments section below.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or a recommendation, endorsement, or sponsorship of any products, services, stablecoins or companies. Neither the company nor the author is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services mentioned in this article.

Image credits: Shutterstock, Twitter, Messari analyst Ryan Watkins, Fair Use, and Pixabay.

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Another Crypto Exchange Discourages the Use of Bitcoin Mixing Services

30/01/2020 by Idelto Editor

The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was recently scrutinized for flagging a customer’s funds because the individual had used a bitcoin mixing application. Now the platform Paxos Global is discouraging the use of crypto mixers after a customer allegedly sent coins to a mixing service.

Also read: Regulatory Roundup: EU-Wide Crypto Regulations, New Rules in Europe, US, Asia

Paxos Global Discourages the Use of Bitcoin Mixers

The fight for privacy against corporate entities and governments surveilling our everyday financial transactions continues to escalate. Cryptocurrencies have made it harder for governments to track people, with digital currency mixing services thwarting blockchain analysis. However, exchanges have been increasing their surveillance methods a great deal and a number of them have beefed up KYC practices. Last December, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a Binance customer complaining after his funds were frozen because he used a bitcoin mixer. Eventually, the Binance user received his funds but only after promising not to utilize bitcoin mixing services. “I got my [satoshis] back, but not without promising Big Brother I wouldn’t mix those UTXOs,” the Twitter account Bittlecat remarked. He added:

It is really sad that [Coinjoin] is seen as criminal activity, and I’m glad that we are discussing this.

Paxos Global has discouraged the use of bitcoin mixers when the exchange wrote a message to the Twitter user Ronaldmchodled asking if he sent funds to a transaction mixing service.

Following the issues with Binance, another trading platform has been accused of following the same blockchain surveillance practice. Paxos Global customer @Ronaldmchodled said he got a message from Paxos asking him to state where he had sent his BTC withdrawal. Paxos Global told Ronaldmchodled that the firm noticed the funds were sent to a mixing service. “Apparently you are not allowed to do what you want with your bitcoin once you own the keys,” Ronaldmchodled tweeted on January 28. “Fortunately that’s not how Bitcoin works, but the level of chain analysis here is alarming. What is the correct response?”

Paxos Global’s official Twitter account did respond to Ronaldmchodled’s tweet. “Sorry if we were unclear — We wouldn’t necessarily outright deny service to someone who has used a mixer, but we do monitor for alarming patterns,” Paxos replied. The trading platform added:

As a regulated financial institution, it is within our responsibility to ensure that our customers are not engaged in money-laundering or other illicit activities. We do our best to follow AML/KYC standards for this type of institution. Please contact us if you’d like to discuss further. DM or email.

Invasive Transaction Surveillance Grows Under New Regulations

Of course, many bitcoiners spoke up when Paxos Global responded and tried to ask the business questions. “Why not take a stance to fight for bitcoin and join companies like Bull Bitcoin fighting to protect bitcoin’s fungibility?” asked Brad Mills. Matt Odell questioned if the exchange “[Paxos Global] was actively flagging all suspected Coinjoin usage or just Wasabi usage? Do you have a public policy on this posted anywhere?” The Paxos Twitter account did not respond to further questions after discussing the matter with Ronaldmchodled.

“No compliance team will ever explain what they do, otherwise it’s a recipe for anyone on how to bypass,” one individual tweeted in response to the questions. “This is true in all domains and especially the financial sector since ever, way before crypto.”

The crypto community is not too pleased with the amount of transaction surveillance and harsh KYC guidelines these days. Cryptocurrency trading platforms and exchanges are dealing with strict regulations from governments this year. In Europe, exchanges have to implement more KYC/AML solutions because of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5). And in the U.S., trading platforms are subject to the FATF-driven regulations which were recently applied to digital assets. At the same time, cryptocurrency users are trying to make bitcoin transactions more private and projects like Wasabi and Samourai are improving regularly. Alongside this, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) users are excited about Cashfusion which offers a better anonymity set than traditional Coinjoin transactions.

What do you think about Paxos Global discouraging users from leveraging bitcoin mixers? Do you think there are more exchanges other than Paxos and Binance that participate in transaction surveillance tactics against mixers? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or a recommendation, endorsement, or sponsorship of any products, services, bitcoin mixing wallets or companies. Bitcoin.com does not provide investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Neither the company nor the author is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services mentioned in this article. throughout

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Everybody’s Staking But Who’s Using Proof of Stake Blockchains?

26/01/2020 by Idelto Editor

Everybody’s Staking But Who’s Using PoS Blockchains?

The primary use case for staking blockchains is staking. That is their raison d’être, and thousands of cryptocurrency holders have utilized this provision to increase their holdings by earning staking rewards. As the total amount of staked tokens trends towards 80% for some blockchains, however, it raises questions as to what other utility these chains provide.

Also read: The Fallout From Onecoin’s Ponzi Scheme Continues to Impact Investors

Two Thirds of All Staking Coins Are Locked Up

The total market cap of all Proof of Stake (PoS) coins stands at $12.6 billion, of which $8 billion is locked up in staking wallets. Much of this occurs imperceptibly to cryptocurrency holders due to exchanges managing staking on their behalf. Store tezos on Binance, for example, and you will automatically be eligible for staking rewards. The top five staking networks by market cap have the majority of their circulating supply locked up: Tezos (77%), Cosmos (73%), Decred (51%), Synthetix (81%), and Waves (53%).

Everybody’s Staking But Who’s Using Proof of Stake Blockchains? — The amount of staked coins as a percentage of total issuance has been growing steadily

Just as masternode coins were so-named because running a node was their defining feature, many staking coins now exist primarily to disburse staking rewards. It’s healthy to have coins distributed as widely as possible, and through locking up tokens, holders have a vested interest in seeing the network flourish. If the only users are stakers, however, not only will everyone’s staking rewards be diluted, but the network will wither away after failing to attract the developers, dapp users, and businesses that are its lifeblood.

Build First, Stake Later

Tellingly, the PoS chains that have achieved wide adoption were slow to add staking rewards, preferring to build a community and establish a diverse ecosystem of network participants. Two examples of this are Matic Network and Waves. The former has spent the past year onboarding dapp developers, forging partnerships, and gaining liquidity through multiple exchanges including Whitebit, where matic token-holders can claim lower trading fees and additional bonuses. Matic is now applying the final touches to its staking program which will see validators stake tokens as collateral and become part of the network’s PoS consensus mechanism. A partnership with South Korea’s Coinone exchange will enable users to lock up matic tokens for monthly periods in return for an APR of 30.29%.

Waves, meanwhile, operates Leased Proof of Stake, whereby holders can earn a return through running a full node and generating blocks or by leasing waves tokens to a full node. The current annual reward for staking waves stands at 6.23%, or 3.1% when adjusted for inflation. Like Matic, Waves has more to offer its community than merely staking; recent developments have included interoperable blockchain protocol Gravity Hub, which can communicate with networks such as Waves and Ethereum and serve as an oracle for non-blockchain data.

Waves also has a blockchain games marketplace created in conjunction with The Abyss where digital goods and in-game items can be traded. A strong developer community, complete with hackathons, online courses, and workshops, supports third parties creating and launching dapps using the Waves platform.

How Sustainable Are Staking Rewards?

Crypto networks that offer high staking rewards have no trouble attracting users willing to lock up their tokens to make ‘easy money.’ It is hard to see how staking rewards that run into double-digit percentages are sustainable, however. The rapid increase in the circulating supply dilutes everyone’s holdings, while the lack of features beyond staking deters adoption. Livepeer (LPT), for instance, which has 24-hour volume of just $40K, provides a staking reward of 64.8%, but when inflation adjusted, this drops to 18.8%. Fantom promises 57.7%, adjusted to 33%.

As mining has become commercialized and the days of easy altcoin profits have faded, staking and lending have become the primary forms of passive income. Exchanges that provide staking as a service have obviated the need to spin up a node, and the monthly payouts provide a steady source of revenue. Stakers nevertheless have some tough choices to make. Locking up tokens over an extended period increases the risk of loss when measured in BTC. It’s possible to be up in tokens for the month but down in BTC, rendering the whole exercise pointless from a commercial perspective.

The Future of Blockchains Lies in Staking

Despite empirical evidence that Proof of Work makes for a more robust blockchain, the days of new PoW coins are over. Grin was the last major mineable coin to launch; today it’s all PoS chains entering the market. Stakingrewards.com lists dozens of Proof of Stake coins that are scheduled to launch, ambitiously including Ethereum 2.0, whose launch date is anything but certain. When the new improved ETH blockchain does see the light of day, it’s expected to offer staking rewards of 3.7%. Other staking options scheduled for 2020 include Polkadot (5%), Cardano (3.7%), and Matic (10%). These blockchains promise to solve a range of problems including scalability, fast payments, and interoperability. Their greatest use case, however, is likely to be staking.

Do you think staking rewards of 20% or higher are sustainable? Do you intend to stake any of the PoS coins that will launch this year? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Data Shows $25 Billion Worth of Bitcoin and Ether Held by Seven Crypto Exchanges

26/01/2020 by Idelto Editor

On January 3, 2020, a small group of crypto enthusiasts celebrated the second annual Proof-of-Keys day with hopes to get people to withdraw funds from centralized digital currency exchanges. However, exchanges holding massive amounts of BTC only saw their reserves grow larger and data shows that Coinbase now holds 1 million BTC ($8.4 billion). Crypto users are still keeping large sums of digital asset holdings on trading platforms despite the fact that 2019 saw the most exchange hacks in one year over the last decade.

Also read: The Fallout From Onecoin’s Ponzi Scheme Continues to Impact Investors

Despite Proof-of-Keys Day, Seven Trading Platforms Have More Than $25 Billion in Crypto Reserves

2019 saw a significant amount of trading platform hacks and exchange losses according to a recent report authored by the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis. The company noted that even though there were more attacks there was less money stolen. However, Chainalysis highlighted that malicious hackers are becoming smarter. “2019 saw more cryptocurrency hacks than any other year,” the report underlined. “But of the 11 attacks that occurred this year, none of them came close to matching the scale of major heists such as [2018]’s $534 million Coincheck hack.” Last year digital currency exchanges lost approximately “$283 million worth of cryptocurrency” due to breaches and malicious hackers.

About a month before the second annual Proof-of-Keys day initiated by Trace Mayer, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the vast number of coins centralized exchanges held in reserve. The list was provided by Bituniverse using the firm’s Exchange Transparent Balance Rank (ETBR). The ETBR list had shown that Coinbase held roughly 966,000 BTC during the first week of December 2019. Today, the ETBR report from Bituniverse shows the San Francisco-based exchange now has 1.03 million BTC ($8.5 billion) held in reserves. The data from Bituniverse stems from onchain exchange balances recorded by Etherscan and Peckshield.

Additionally, the numbers from Bituniverse can also be cross-referenced with data from Chain.info’s crypto exchange reserve list. Chain.info’s data is slightly different, showing that Coinbase holds 983,000 BTC but most of the data is fairly consistent with the findings from the Bituniverse application. Figures indicate that Huobi is the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by reserve count with 462,000 BTC ($3.8 billion), 1.8 million ETH, and a large number of USDT as well. Binance has around 307,000 BTC ($2.5 billion) as of Saturday and 2.6 million ETH held in reserves as well. Then there’s Bitfinex (290,000 BTC or $2.8 billion), Bitmex (274,000 BTC or $2.28 billion), Bitstamp (242,000 BTC or $2 billion), Okex (211,000 BTC or $1.83 billion), Kraken (173,000 BTC or $1.8 billion), Bittrex (125,000 BTC or $1.2 billion), and Gemini (95,000 BTC or $922 million).

Proof-of-Solvency and the Recent Trend of Independently Recorded Crypto Reserve Lists

Other exchanges with a vast amount of digital assets held in reserves include Bitflyer, Gate.io, Poloniex, and Hitbtc. Bituniverse and Chain.info’s data shows that overall the centralized exchanges accumulated more reserves since the first week of December. Not only are a few crypto advocates afraid that large exchanges could be compromised for billions in digital assets by hackers, but there’s also the fear of fractionally reserving bitcoins.

There have been many articles and academic papers discussing the subject of proof-of-reserves when it comes to cryptocurrencies. Researchers from Stanford University published a report in 2015 called “Provisions” which tackles the subject of exchanges and reserve transparency. The Stanford researchers explained that proof-of-solvency “demonstrates that the exchange controls sufficient reserves to settle each customer’s account.” The paper introduces a privacy-preserving proof-of-solvency. “Whereby an exchange does not have to disclose its Bitcoin addresses,” the 33-page long academic paper notes.

During the last few months, platforms like Bituniverse and Chain.info have published reserve lists based on data provided by independent parties like Peckshield. Exchanges shown on these lists have neither confirmed or denied the bitcoin reserve data is legitimate. A number of community members within the cryptosphere believe trading platforms should provide their own reserve numbers so they can exemplify transparency themselves. Meanwhile, even though a lot of crypto influencers and proponents tell people regularly to store cryptos in a noncustodial fashion, the great majority of digital asset owners continue to store them on centralized trading platforms.

What do you think about the billions worth of BTC held on centralized digital currency exchanges? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Image credits: Shutterstock, Bituniverse App, Stanford, Chainalysis, Chain.info, Wiki Commons, Fair Use, and Pixabay.

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