Coinbase Exchange Passes Bitstamp and BTC-e in Trading Volume
This week, Barry Silbert posted a tweet saying the new Coinbase exchange had exceeded Bitstamp and BTC-e trading volume for the first time. Silbert is the Founder of Digital Currency Group, a company building the foundation for the digital currency revolution by supporting new startups and ideas Bitcoin ecosystem. He is also the creator of the Bitcoin Investment Trust, as well as the founder of SecondMarket, a platform that manages private investment funds. It was on the 12th of February when Barry claimed over twitter that the exchange“trading volume had eclipsed Bitstamp and BTC-e for....
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An API outage at Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp is apparently causing a halt of some services at Coinbase, a service that allows its users to easily buy and sell Bitcoin without the need to sign up for an exchange. Coinbase acquires its bitcoins from exchanges like Bitstamp, and when they don't have Bitcoin to buy, you can almost bet they will not have Bitcoin to sell. No word yet on just when the Bitstamp API outage is to be cleared, but when it is, Coinbase purchasing is likely to resume shortly thereafter.
Bitcoin exchange BTC-e has confirmed it is processing bitcoin withdrawals. Bitstamp has revealed it plans to start processing its customers' bitcoin withdrawals again later today. The exchange halted bitcoin withdrawals earlier this week after it was discovered a bot had launched a massive DDoS attack on a number of bitcoin exchanges. A tweet from the BitStamp this morning read: Bitstamp & Bitcoin core developers have implemented a solution that passes our preliminary tests and audits. News: http://t.co/azGqiX4hqL. - Bitstamp (@Bitstamp) February 14, 2014. Bitstamp issued the following....
San Francisco-based exchange Coinbase has fallen behind decentralized exchange Uniswap in terms of trading volume since the beginning of 2023, making the DeFi exchange the premier decentralized trading spot for users. Trading Volumes On Uniswap And Coinbase Taking to X (Formerly Twitter) Bitwise researcher Ryan Rasmussen revealed that Uniswap performed better than Coinbase in terms […]
It should no longer be a surprise that the price of Bitcoin hit $1000 this week on Japanese exchange Mt. Gox, but now, another exchange has creeped up to the $1000 mark. That's Bitstamp, of course. The exchange, which has always trailed a ways behind Mt. Gox (except for recently when the price between Mt. Gox and Bitstamp were nearly equal) is now in the 4 digits - which really reinforces just how valuable Bitcoin has become. The question is: will the $1000+ price keep it up?
Mt. Gox has long been the leader of the bitcoin exchange market, but earlier this week Bitstamp revealed itself as a serious contender. On Monday (22nd July), 8,294.02 BTC were traded on Bitstamp, compared with 8,215.90 BTC on Mt. Gox. At several points since then, according to hourly data published on BitcoinCharts, Bitstamp has, again, overtaken Mt. Gox. Nejc Kodrič, CEO of Bitstamp, said: "This represents a milestone for us as well as recognition of our joint efforts. We will continue to improve and serve our clients to best of our capabilities," he added. Hourly bitcoin trading volumes....