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Subscription-Based Crypto Exchange Hits 500,000 Pre-Registered Users

Subscription-based crypto exchange hits 500,000 pre-registered users

Subscription-Based Crypto Exchange Hits 500,000 Pre-Registered Users


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A cryptocurrency exchange that operates on a subscription-based fee model says that more than 500,000 traders have pre-registered to join its platform, which will not launch until next month.

While most cryptocurrency trading platforms charge a percentage fee on every trade, DX.Exchange charges most traders a flat 10 EUR monthly fee, after which they can trade up to 50,000 EUR for “free” during the billing period. Traders who exceed this limit will be charged percentage fees.

The exchange, which is based out of Estonia and holds two licenses from the country’s ministry of economic affairs and communications, claims that it has formed a partnership with multinational stock exchange giant Nasdaq to use the latter’s matching engine to arrange trades. Nasdaq did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.

Nevertheless, the move would not be unprecedented. Nasdaq has said that it is licensing its tech to a handful of cryptocurrency exchanges, including Gemini, which uses its surveillance technology to prevent traders from engaging in market manipulation and other illegal activities.

DX said that this partnership, along with the company’s regulatory licensure, has helped the platform attract interest from institutional traders and brokers.

“Because we are fully regulated, a number of Banks and Brokers have reached out on how they can connect directly to the exchange to give their clients access,” says Daniel Skowronski, CEO and Co-Founder of DX. “By connecting directly they can still offer a full suite of crypto currencies to their clients while decreasing their risk dramatically.”

It’s notable that DX has managed to pre-register so many users, even as declining consumer interest has led to a sharp decrease not only in cryptocurrency prices but also in daily exchange trading volumes. Data from CoinMarketCap indicates that total cryptocurrency volume has decreased more than 50 percent since January when the market regularly processed more than $40 billion worth of trades during a rolling 24-hour period and crossed the $70 billion mark at least once.

However, DX isn’t the only cryptocurrency exchange to see strong interest among new users even as trading volumes have declined. As CCN reported, Binance, which regularly ranks as the world’s highest-volume crypto trading platform, said that its user base more than quadrupled to 9 million during the first half of the year.

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Published at Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:58:12 +0000

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“We realize that part of the bitcoin ethos is choice, and while consensus eventually needs to be met, the process by which we get there involves a vote on how to move the protocol forward,” the post reads.

Airbitz hopes to enable users to exercise their vote and support their protocol implementation of choice.

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The move appears heavily tied to the ongoing bitcoin scaling debate. Airbitz users can now select whether to use nodes supporting a specific solution, such as bitcoin Core, bitcoin Unlimited or bitcoin Classic.

The wallet provider has traditionally taken a neutral stance towards any one solution, criticizing those taking sides at the expense of progress.

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Instead, we believe the industry needs both bigger blocks, like bitcoin Unlimited proposes, and scaling solutions, such as Segregated Witness from bitcoin Core.

It added at the time that a hard fork of the bitcoin network “is both unlikely to happen, and unlikely to result in the continued existence of the weaker chain.”

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The latest incarnation of the wallet meanwhile privileges connection quality over customer preferences.

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“The Airbitz architecture by default connects to various Electrum based public bitcoin nodes to query and send transactions to the bitcoin network,” Monday’s post continues.

Part of that architecture, which is inherent to other mobile, light-client SPV wallets, is to choose nodes that follow the longest chain.

“You can enter as many servers as you wish, but note that Airbitz will only connect to 4 nodes and will chose those that provide the best network connectivity.

The release mimics that of bitcoin Core’s latest update, which facilitates an opt-in system whereby non-SegWit supporting miners can still be accepted.

Airbitz has also taken an increasing interest in revitalized DAOs in recent months, having in November partnered with Wings.ai to increase its Blockchain app security portfolio.

What do you think about the new Airbitz wallet? Let us know in the comments below!


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