General Market Outlook
The market continues to consolidate similarly to the two previous
days. Coins are split between positive and negative growth or loss
again, still with a handful making strong double digit percentage
gains. Trading volume continues to fluctuate between $11 billion
and $13 billion in 24 hours. Ravencoin (RVN) and Polymath (POLY)
are the major stand outs of the top 100 coins by market cap - up
over 19% and 14% respectively in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC)
is right around $6,650 for no significant change and a total
market dominance of about 53.9%, and Ethereum (ETH) is right at
$205 for -1.0% change in the past 24 hours. Market cap for the
overall cryptocurrency market has made no significant change, still
at just under $211 billion total.
Major Headlines
Huge Bitcoin Futures Trading Growth
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has forged the path Bitcoin
futures. Their exchange has continually been the initial launching
exchange for BTC futures products in the United States. Experts
that work for the exchange have done in depth research in the
cryptocurrency industry, and used their knowledge to help influence
financial regulatory bodies to be more receptive to the new
industry. Their newest data on trading data shows an increased of
41% percent in Q3 over Q2, with a 19% increase in the number of
open contracts on Bitcoin futures.
U.S. Government To Auction 660 BTC
The U.S. Department of Justice will host a bid auction for roughly
660 confiscated Bitcoins (BTC). The event will take place on
November 5th with registrations open until October 31st. Those
interested are required to make a $200,000 deposit. The total BTC
will be auctioned in seven chunks, one is a set of six 100 BTC, and
a final grouping of 60 BTC. The Bitcoins involved have been seized
in various federal criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings.
One of the most recent cases resulting in BTC involved Theresa
Tetley and Tomas Costanzo. Tetley ran unregistered multimillion
dollar Bitcoin to fiat exchange out of California, earning roughly
$300,000 annually. Costanzo was prosecuted last year for similar
charges.
Decentralized Wholesale Shopping
A new e-commerce platform is using blockchain technology to give
individual consumers the purchasing power of major companies. The
platform uses smart contracts and live data streams to emulate the
same purchase volumes wholesalers would see from big chain stores.
It then provides a system of microdistribution for access to the
products. Buying.com will even facilitate a new kind of physical
storefront, where by sourcing the power of popular opinion,
products will be sourced only when the store knows that the
customer base for the order is already in place.
It will function with a native cryptocurrency (BUY), and will
enable a rewards system.
Top 5 Gainers
Simmitri (SIM) +700.84% at $0.089983
YoloCash (YLC) +135.10% at $0.006579
Patron (PAT) +98.87% at $0.024217
SiaCashCoin (SCC) +87.05% at $0.000242
HollyWoodCoin (HWC) +69.22% at $0.140474
Top 5 Losers
Project Coin (PRJ) -48.21% at $0.833652
SpreadCoin (SPR) -44.53% at $0.015449
Auroracoin (AUR) -29.36% at $0.097113
ZelCash (ZEL) -27.16% at $0.057359
BitcoinX (BCX) -23.77% at $0.009751
New
Coins Listed
Veros (VRS) listed to EtherDelta
SiaCashCoin (SCC) listed to IndoDax
Kolin (KOLIN) listed to Komplin
INS Ecosystem (INS) listed to Bithumb
Credits (CS) listed to Bitfinex
By: BGN Editorial Staff