Bitcoin, often hailed as the pioneer of cryptocurrencies, has revolutionized the financial world since its inception in 2009. Understanding Bitcoin's origins, its decentralized nature, and how it operates is crucial for anyone interested in trading or investing in BTC.
Bitcoin's underlying technology, blockchain, is a cornerstone of its value proposition. This section aims to demystify blockchain technology, highlighting how it ensures security, transparency, and decentralization in Bitcoin transactions.
Cryptocurrency Exchanges: One of the most prevalent methods for selling Bitcoin is through cryptocurrency exchanges. Platforms like Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken offer various features, including user-friendly interfaces, security measures, and different transaction fees.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Platforms: P2P platforms provide an alternative to traditional exchanges, facilitating direct transactions between buyers and sellers. This segment will explore the workings of P2P platforms and discuss their advantages and potential risks.
Navigating the Bitcoin market requires an understanding of various factors influencing its price. This part of the article will analyze trends, market sentiments, and external factors like regulatory changes and macroeconomic trends that affect Bitcoin's value.
Bitcoin's impact extends beyond just financial markets; it's a technological and cultural phenomenon. This section will explore Bitcoin's influence on the global financial system, its potential for future growth, and the challenges it faces.
Selling Bitcoin demands a comprehensive understanding of its technological basis, market dynamics, and appropriate trading platforms. With this knowledge, investors and traders can make informed decisions, capitalizing on the opportunities Bitcoin offers in the dynamic world of cryptocurrency.
HolyTransaction is a cryptocurrency wallet that is often found in the ratings of the best wallets in Europe and in the news feeds of Western European cryptocurrency media. HolyTransaction multi-currency wallet is convenient and easy to use. These are the characteristics that provided it with wide popularity among traders and investors, as well as enthusiasts working with digital assets.
Hotbit is one of the youngest exchanges opened in early 2018. The exchange does not work with fiat currencies. Hotbit has also adopted some advanced technologies such as GSLB, distributed server clusters, and storage. It goes with a high-speed memory-based trading engine all backed up in multiple machines, cold storage locations, and hot wallets with offline private keys.
Huobi is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in China in 2013. Currently, Huobi is based in Singapore because this country has friendlier cryptocurrency regulations. The company is registered in Seychelles. Before leaving China due to a cryptocurrency ban, the exchange was responsible for 90% of Bitcoin trading volume in this country. Now Huobi is an international platform with offices located in Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, and Korea. In China, the company provides blockchain consulting services. Huobi has sub-exchanges: Huobi Korea, Huobi US, etc. Huobi Global is the biggest Huobi exchange. In November 2019 Huobi Global had to shut down all the accounts belonging to the US customers due to strict cryptocurrency regulations of the USA.
Indacoin is a company working in the cryptocurrency field since 2013, based in London, the UK. Users can utilize the service to buy over 100 different cryptocurrencies through credit/debit card payment without registration.
Currently registered in the UK, the Isle of Man Infinito was founded in 2017. The main thing making InfinitoWallet outstanding is the number of supported coins and tokens.
itBit is a strongly regulated financial platform based in New York City. The company has an international office in Singapore. itBit was founded in 2013. It serves as an exchange of digital assets providing the opportunity to trade such cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Stellar Lumens, and Binance USD (BUSD), Paxos Standard (PAX), and PAX Gold (PAXG).
Jaxx was established in 2014 as a decentralized wallet, allowing its users to keep multiple coins in the same application. The founding company, Decentral is claimed to be the first large blockchain company from Canada. Currently, the wallet supports more than 80 popular coins and tokens.
JuBiter Blade is a secure hardware cryptocurrency wallet supporting top cryptocurrencies and ERC-20 tokens. It is connected to the user’s PC via USB or bluetooth.
Keepkey is a hardware cryptocurrency wallet. It supports more than 40 different crypto assets.
Korbit was the first exchange to introduce BTC/KRW trading in South Korea, and it's currently active in 30 markets where some of the top cryptocurrencies can all be traded against KRW. The platform also offers a trading API that supports automated trading.
Kraken was founded back in 2011 but was officially opened two years later. It is one of the oldest active cryptocurrency exchanges. Kraken provides efficient trading opportunities in numerous Fiat currencies. It is currently holding the world leadership in terms of Bitcoin to Euro trading volumes. The exchange supports both crypto and Fiat deposits as well as withdrawals.
KuCoin is a relatively new exchange that started to operate in the mid-2017. The team behind the project is claimed to be experienced in the blockchain research since 2013. KuCoin has more than a hundred coins listed as well as about 400 active Markets.
Kuna exchange is the Ukranian company led by Michael Chobanyan and operated by the group of companies registered in England, British Virgin islands and Estonia. It was founded in 2017.
LakeBTC is one of the oldest exchanges on the market. It had been found back in 2013 and it still has the Asian audience as the priority. The presence of different deposit types are making the exchange interesting for a starting traders. From another point of view the service is reported to be buggy from time to time and some complaints about the support service can be found over the internet. The company also provides the wallet alongside with the exchange, but it is a questionable decision to have both the exchange and the wallet with the same company. Unfortunately, it seems that LakeBTC has ceased its operations although there is no official statement to confirm that.
LBank was founded in Hong-Kong in 2016. It focuses on Asian markets and offers mostly crypto-to-crypto spot trading, but also works with fiat: not only US dollars (USD) but also Chinese Yuan (CYN). What’s more, traders can use their bank accounts directly to deposit or withdraw. There are also over 40 cryptocurrency pairs.
Ledger Nano S Wallet is a hardware wallet, a flagship product of the Ledger company, that has been in the industry since 2014. More than 1.5 mln units were sold across the world.
Liqui exchange was closed due to the lack of liquidity as was explained in its official announcement. This notification was published in January, 2019.
Liquid is a new exchange that was based on Japanese Quoinex and Qryptos exchanges in 2018. Liquid’s World Book combines a global network of liquidity sources by leveraging Quoine's Matching Engine, Smart Order Routing, and Cross Currency Conversion Engine technologies.
Livecoin was founded in 2013 in London. This exchange works with dollars, euros and roubles. It has more than 100 available coins to trade. Additionaly, the trading fee is not so high, it could be less than 0.02 for high-volume traders.
Livecoin's volume is quite high and it represents more than $30.500.000.
LOBSTR is one of the first XLM wallets on the cryptocurrency market that was founded in 2014 and officially registered in Belarus. LOBSTR wallet is provided by Ultra Stellar, LLC, an independent commercial entity unaffiliated with the Stellar Development Foundation. LOBSTR can be called almost the most convenient wallet for mobile gadgets since it is an easy-to-use mobile wallet with an attractive interface. Through the LOBSTR wallet, you can easily send and receive Stellar. A comfortable and simple user interface is perfect for beginners, as you can quickly navigate it.