The significant bearish momentum experienced across cryptocurrencies throughout November drove a significant increase in monthly trade volume among the leading markets.
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BTC Posts Strongest Volume Since May
According to Coinmarketcap, BTC saw an increase in monthly trade activity of 43 percent in November. Nearly $156.5 billion worth of BTC changed hands — the strongest monthly volume for the currency since $185 billion in May.
The second most-traded cryptocurrency, USDT, also saw a dramatic increase in trade volume, with $106.5 billion worth of the stablecoin changing hands. November has been the strongest month for USDT trade in the second half of 2018, with volume up more than 53 percent from October.
ETH also posted its strongest 30-day trade volume since May, with over $58.8 billion worth of the currency changing hands in November. ETH saw a 42.7 percent gain in trade activity month over month.
Ripple Retains Top 5 Ranking
EOS has continued to maintain its position as the fourth most-traded cryptocurrency, a distinction it recaptured in October after briefly dropping to fifth place in September. EOS pairings produced $24.2 billion in trade in November, up 73.6 percent month over month, to finish with their strongest monthly volumes since June.
XRP held its rank as the fifth most-traded cryptocurrency in November, reaching a 30-day trade volume of roughly $21 billion. Monthly trade volume increased 54.4 percent from October, marking one of the strongest months for XRP in 2018. However, its 30-day trade volume failed to match the $24.7 billion in trade activity recorded for XRP pairings during September.
Monthly BCH Volume Rises by 43%
BCH continued to rank as the sixth most-traded cryptocurrency, with approximately $13.6 billion in total monthly trade in November. Trade volume increased 43 percent from the preceding month, making it the currency’s strongest 30-day period for trade volume since July.
LTC ranked as the seventh most-traded cryptocurrency in November for the third month in a row. When compared with October, the LTC markets saw a 42.4 percent increase in trade activity. By trade volume, November was the strongest month for LTC pairings in the second half of 2018.
ETC climbed two spots in the monthly volume rankings to eighth place, with almost $5.27 billion in volume. Despite posting a 25 percent increase in monthly trade activity, ETC pairings recorded their third-weakest monthly volumes this year.
Strong Second Half for Leading Markets
November saw little change in trading of dash, with month-over-month volume increasing by just 0.4 percent. The 30-day trade volume for dash pairings was $5.18 billion, bumping it down one place to rank as the ninth most-traded cryptocurrency in November.
NEO had its strongest month in the second half of 2018, with trade activity hitting roughly $5.57 billion. Trading rose 21 percent month over month, pushing it down one position to rank as the 10th most-traded cryptocurrency.
CKUSD also hit its strongest monthly volume level for the second half thus far, with nearly $4.5 billion in trade. November saw a month-over-month increase in trade activity of more than 32 percent, driving CKUSD up one position to finish as the 11th most-traded cryptocurrency.
BSV Ranks as 14th Most-Traded Crypto
QTUM gained one position to rank as the 12th most-traded cryptocurrency after posting nearly $4.4 billion in volume. November was the currency’s strongest month for volume since July, with trading up 18 percent month over month.
ZEC produced its strongest 30-day trade volume for the second half of 2018, at $4.07 billion. ZEC recorded a month-over-month volume increase of 16.3 percent, pushing it up one rank to become the 13th most-traded cryptocurrency in November.
Although it only traded for two weeks in November, BSV posted $3.27 billion in trade volume to rank as the 14th most-traded cryptocurrency.
TRX Trade Volume Tumbles
XLM saw an increase in trade activity of 106 percent in November, with 30-day trade volume of approximately $2.74 billion. Despite recording its strongest monthly volume for XLM in the second half of 2018, Stellar rose just one place to rank as the 15th most-traded cryptocurrency.
TRX was the only leading currency to post a drop in month-over-month volume. TRX pairings produced $2.42 billion in trade volume in November, down 34 percent from October. It lost five positions to rank as the 16th most-traded cryptocurrency.
Stablecoins PAX and TUSD Climb Into Top 20
November saw two new entries into the top 20 cryptocurrencies by trade volume from two stablecoins, Paxos Standard Token (PAX) and TrueUSD (TUSD). PAX posted 30-day trade volume of $1.54 billion to rank as the 17th most-traded cryptocurrency. TUSD pairings, meanwhile, generated $995.5 million in trade activity in November, making it the 18th most-traded cryptocurrency.
ADA and ONT Regain Top 20 Rankings
After slipping five places from September to rank as the 21st most-traded cryptocurrency in October, ADA climbed back into the top 20 to rank 19th in November. Monthly trade volume hit roughly $952 million, pushing the currency up two places and comprising a 12.6 percent increase in month-over-month volume.
ONT also re-entered the top 20, gaining eight positions to rank as the 20th most-traded cryptocurrency. ONT posted $946 million in 30-day trade volume, up 50 percent month over month.
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A drastic decline in the cryptocurrency market might be an evidence of faded trading enthusiasm still, it does not mean that startups have given up on a blockchain-based IPO alternative. Instead, being an affordable fundraising tool, Security Token Offering is gradually taking over the market share.
A Remedy for ICO Scams
So far investors, who are somehow involved in the crypto-industry, have been very well aware of Initial Coin Offering, aka ICO, the process of tokens distribution with an intention to collect sufficient amount of money for the further project development.
Once a project decides to hold an ICO, it usually faces a dilemma that resolves in a kind of tokens it chose to issue. Until today the most preferable type of ICO tokens was a utility token that does not imply any rights in the company’s decision-making process.
Utility tokens do not fall under regulatory oversight, therefore, the process of token distribution does not require particular legal settlement. However, owing to these exemptions ICOs have stained their reputation with numerous “pump-and-dump” schemes.
That is exactly the reason why the financial watchdog of countries, where ICOs gained massive adoption, was ultimately forced to ban the fundraising activity.
For example, as previously by Coinspeaker, the People’s Bank of China has declared ICOs illegal, and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately.
When it comes to security tokens, investors might sigh with relief — their money is safe. Unlike the above-mentioned utility tokens, security tokens enable holders to share profits while casting their votes to define the company policy.
Moreover, the process of tokens distribution is less attractive for ICO scammers, since STO (Security Token Offering) is subject to federal laws governing securities.
Nevertheless, Chinese financial authorities do not bother with finding the differences as they are up to get rid of STO as well.
Beijing Against STO
Several months have passed since the ICOs were outlawed in China and it seems like STOs are going to share the sentence as Beijing has issued a warning about malicious activities associated with Security Token Offerings.
At a wealth management forum held over the weekend, Huo Xuewen, chief of Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Finance, said that the government would crack down on STOs until it had approved the process. It is worth mentioning that STOs would be seen as illegal financial activities in the interim.
In addition, he stated:
“The ICO model is getting left behind for a new concept called STO. I want to issue a warning to anyone considering running an STO in Beijing. Don’t do it in Beijing – it is illegal. You can only engage in such activities with the approval from the government.”
Well, while swaths of crypto-enthusiasts harbour an opportunity for savvy investments in STOs, China has been tightening its grips on any fundraising activities closely related to the crypto-market.
But in the meanwhile, the rest of the world is getting along with STOs quite well. Over the past several months, tons of blockchain companies – including some that already raised funds in ICOs – are planning to hold their own STOs.
