Not exact matches
An increase in
trading volume on
Chinese markets has been seen as driving much of the most recent gains in
Bitcoin's price.
In 2017, the
Chinese government shut down the country's
bitcoin trading exchanges, which until then accounted for nine - tenth of the digital currency's global
volumes.
About a year ago, the
Chinese cryptocurrencies dominated the
trading volume for
Bitcoin and most altcoins.
Other dominant
Chinese bitcoin exchanges such as Huobi and OKCoin also had a noticeable increase in
trading volume.
As
bitcoin exchanges in China shut down, public trading volumes of Chinese Yuan became literally zero; therefore, any news from China related to Bitcoin should be irrelevant to the
bitcoin exchanges in China shut down, public
trading volumes of
Chinese Yuan became literally zero; therefore, any news from China related to
Bitcoin should be irrelevant to the
Bitcoin should be irrelevant to the price.
At the time of reporting, South Korea has overtaken the
Chinese market in terms of
bitcoin trading volume, becoming the third largest
bitcoin exchange market in the world and evolving into a powerhouse within the global cryptocurrency sector.
With over 80 % of the
bitcoin trading volume expressed in the
Chinese currency, CryptoNinjas feels that a weak yuan regime provides a tailwind for the currency.
Chinese exchanges and yuan
trades now dominate
bitcoin markets, as macro factors and fee structures pump up
volumes.
Huobi and OKCoin, the two largest
Chinese exchanges that now account for some 92 percent of
Bitcoin global
trading by (self - reported)
volume, both reported almost double the usual
trading volume over the past weekend.
Broker - based OTC
trades are typically high -
volume in nature, so the effect of the rumored ban would be to shut out regular
Chinese bitcoin users, by making it impossible for them to buy or sell the virtual currency.
WhalePanda emphasis on the fact that the
trading volumes in
Chinese Bitcoin exchanges are comparatively very low in comparison to other global exchanges.
Past yuan devaluations have had a positive impact on
Chinese bitcoin exchange
trading volumes and the price of
bitcoin.
Given this week's turmoil in the stock market in China, it would be tempting to assume that the current increase in
bitcoin price and
trading volume on
Chinese exchanges is a direct result of this alone.
More importantly, the
trading volume and market share of the South Korean
bitcoin exchange market overtook that of the
Chinese bitcoin exchange market, officially becoming the third largest
bitcoin market in the world behind Japan and the US.
Trading volumes by Chinese bitcoin trading platforms are close to reaching all - time highs and in terms of daily trading volume, China has already surpassed
Trading volumes by
Chinese bitcoin trading platforms are close to reaching all - time highs and in terms of daily trading volume, China has already surpassed
trading platforms are close to reaching all - time highs and in terms of daily
trading volume, China has already surpassed
trading volume, China has already surpassed the US.
Since the moratorium on withdrawals at leading
Chinese bitcoin exchanges in February of this year, smaller
volume traders have been flocking to OTC
trading platforms like Bitkan.
Regulation makes a large impact on cryptocurrency markets as the U.S. SEC rejects 2 ETFs, PBoC warnings lead to global
volume crash and
Chinese «Big 3» instituting
trading fees, Japan sees
bitcoin as legal payment method.
Chinese trade volume has seen the CNY plummet from the fifth position just a few weeks ago, to an all - time low of nineteen out of all the world's
bitcoin trades.
The Big Three
Chinese exchanges have finally resumed
Bitcoin withdrawals as
trading volume appears to be coming back, pushing BTC price back above $ 2,400.
Three main
Chinese crypto exchange platforms, BTCChina, Huobi and OKCoin, account for more than 98 % of the global
bitcoin trading volume.
At 35 % market share,
Chinese exchange
volume steps down to $ 103m of
bitcoin traded daily, down from the apparent $ 1.6bn - worth
traded daily before the implementation of fees.
The
Chinese cryptocurrency market boom in the end of 2015 tripled the
volume of
bitcoin trade and caused the
bitcoin rally in December.
Prior to China instituting a fixed flat rate charge of 0.2 % on all
bitcoin trades, cryptocurrency enthusiasts had tried to estimate a «true
volume» - a more realistic
trading volume for
Chinese exchanges that may indicate the region's actual dominance in the market.
The
Chinese renminbi (CNY) is under - represented on LocalBitcoins considering the amount of
bitcoin mining and
trading that goes on there, though
Chinese residents have access to several high -
volume exchanges and also use other, China - only OTC platforms to
trade off - exchange.
From about early 2014 until late January this year,
Chinese exchanges accounted for about 90 % of global
bitcoin trading volume, according to the website bitcoinity.org, which collates
trading data reported by exchanges.
«And, in fact, it was the fake
volumes that made the government mistakenly believe that the
Chinese market accounted for so much of the global
trading volume, and caused the government to supervise
bitcoin in China so forcefully.»
Consequently, on 25 of January
trade volume on
Chinese bitcoin exchanges crashed.
In a relatively short period, the daily
trading volume for
Chinese Bitcoin has been cut in half, and Japan has been the biggest beneficiary.
The
Chinese Localbitcoins markets set a new all - time high for
trade volume this past week, with over 115 million CNY worth of
bitcoin being exchanged.
As a result, the
Chinese Bitcoin exchange market's
trading volume declined significantly, only accounting for around 1 percent of global
Bitcoin trades.
A good thing to know:
Trading volumes by Chinese Bitcoin trading exchanges are close to reaching all - time highs and in terms of daily trading volume, China has already surpassed
Trading volumes by
Chinese Bitcoin trading exchanges are close to reaching all - time highs and in terms of daily trading volume, China has already surpassed
trading exchanges are close to reaching all - time highs and in terms of daily
trading volume, China has already surpassed
trading volume, China has already surpassed the US.
Ever since the
Chinese government demanded in September that
bitcoin exchanges in the country shut down, China's on - exchange
bitcoin trading volume has all but disappeared.
But overplaying China's
trade volume leads to the wrong conclusion that
bitcoin's value is purely derived from its role as a speculative plaything for
Chinese investors.
With
Chinese trading volume already waning before the news landed, and sentiment strong over
Bitcoin's inbuilt regulation - resistance, it appears that any moves towards an outright ban in China during the coming weeks will have a minimal impact on the market anyway.
With the downfall of
Chinese bitcoin trading, Bitfinex has taken the third place in the rating with 11.72 % of the market share by
volume.
A bulk of overall
bitcoin trading volume traditionally belongs to
Chinese market.
Bitcoin trading against the
Chinese currency has dwindled to 19 percent of total
volume in the past six months, from about 90 percent last year, according to digital currency data website Bitcoinity.
The continuing decline of the
Chinese stock market contributed to the growth of
bitcoin trading volume.
It is no coincidence that Bitmain, the worlds largest
Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer, is a
Chinese company.While China still dominates crypto mining and mining equipment manufacturing, the countrys
Bitcoin trading volume has fallen.
The
Chinese Bitcoin exchange market's daily
trading volume has halved within a period of three days, from 15 percent to less than seven percent.