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October 14, 2018

Bitcoin developments (October 2018)

The topics: Bitcoin Startup Acinq Raises $1.7 Million to Double Down on Lightning, Lightning Network-Enabled Instant Bitcoin Coffee Purchase, CoinGate launches Bitcoin Lightning Network payments for thousands of merchants, Pay for beer in BTC, A large group of Wall Street firms is getting behind a new crypto exchange, Top Wall Street advisor Ric Edelman embracing crypto, VanEck/SolidX ETFs Delayed Again as SEC Seeks Comment on Fund Proposal
August 16, 2018

Bitcoin developments (August 2018)

The topics: The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange has started a new startup for Bitcoin futures contracts, the SEC has postponed decision on VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF until September 2018, more Bitcoin trading in Turkey now the Lira is dropping rapidly, an important Swiss bank starts with the acceptance of cryptocurrency assets and more info about the growth of the Lightning Network.
August 16, 2018

New registration even easier

We have improved the registration page where new users can sign up, making it much easier.
July 12, 2018

Soon new price increase for Bitcoin?

There are more and more reports in the media that there will soon be a large price increase for Bitcoin. Experts expect a price of $ 25,000 or higher by the end of the year. In this post we show you what the possible cause is.
July 12, 2018

Improved trading engine

Today we have rolled out an improved trading engine (V0.18.1). The engine is even more stable and is further optimized to handle larger amounts of users and traders. Also the emails that are sent after a buy or sell have become clearer.
April 19, 2018

Faster Cryptotrader Web App

From today the new Cryptotrader Web App (v0.15.0) is available. The Web App loads faster and you notice that especially on a Smartphone with a slow internet connection.
April 14, 2018

Is Bitcoin a good investment?

There are many developments around Bitcoin that can result in a (much) higher price. Bitcoin is programmable money that will make many new financial applications possible. Multiple groups are working on Lightning network which we will be able to carry out millions of Bitcoin transactions per second at very low costs, the first countries start accepting Bitcoin as official payment currency, there are many new Bitcoin ETF initiatives, because of the devaluation of the USD and Euro more and more people are switching to Bitcoin. Every 4 years the amount of new Bitcoins is halved and the demand for Bitcoins keeps increasing. But there are also risks ...
April 3, 2018

Improved trading engine

Today we have deployed an improved trading engine (V0.15.0). This engine now uses a dynamic pocket size that automatically adapts to market conditions.
March 23, 2018

Server upgrade cryptotrader

Today we have migrate to a larger server in the Amazon Cloud (AWS) for Cryptotrader. Due to the strong growth in new customers, we needed a larger server with more memory and processor capacity. The migration was successful and we were down for 5 minutes during the migration.