BitcoinAverage To Provide More Accurate Bitcoin Price Index

BitcoinAverage To Provide More Accurate Bitcoin Price Index

Leading Bitcoin price index, BitcoinAverage, has announced the release of its new system. It claims to revamp the pricing index to accommodate the needs of users at every level from casual to enterprise-grade. The London-based company has been seeking to establish itself as the leading source for Bitcoin pricing since 2013 and has since been developing open-source application programming interface (API) tools to provide real-time BitcoinCT r: 8 data to mobile apps, web services and businesses worldwide. It says in the announcement that BitcoinAverage is preparing for the launch of a new....


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