Yesterday proved rather interesting for the digital currency markets, particularly as related to alt coins. While prices were mostly up on the day across the board, one particular dynamic stood out as noteworthy: a massive leap in LTC / USD was followed shortly thereafter by a similar climb in XBT / USD. We’ve written previously about the interaction of bitcoin and litecoin, noting that their trading indicates a strong relationship between the two (see here and here for further detail), but for litecoin to so visibly and dramatically lead trading is relatively unprecedented and largely unexpected. Bitcoin maintains a total …
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BTC Trading Corp (BTC-TC) announced that it will close all trading by October 7, two weeks from today. BTC-TC is one of the largest bitcoin securities exchanges, responsible for 101,000 BTC ($12M) in deposited securities and 2,900 BTC ($350K) in daily volume. The company’s notice cited “recent changes in the virtual currency regulatory environment” as the reason for shuttering operations. Also closing is LTC-Global, a litecoin-denominated securities exchange also run by Ethan Burnside, the same operator as BTC-TC. Closing Process All trading was temporarily halted and order books were cleared after the announcement was made at 5am EST. After trade …
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Sep 23, 2013
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Tagged Active Mining, GLBSE, LTC, Regulatory Pressure, SEC, trading, volume
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As the digital currency markets continue to mature and build trade history, we can learn more about market reactions, patterns and influences. Often cited as the digital version of gold – a finite, non-state wealth store – bitcoin may be joined in the world of nouveau analogies by litecoin, which has already become commonly referenced as digital silver. Litecoin (LTC) is nearly identical to bitcoin with a few notable exceptions. Litecoin uses a different proof-of-work algorithm chosen specifically to make mining possible with consumer-grade hardware. Additionally, the LTC protocol targets 2.5 minutes average block times (compared to 10 for BTC) …
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