Introducing a new usability update: the Dashboard
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The Dashboard is your Bitstamp account’s new homepage, bringing all the most important exchange functionalities within one click’s reach. Manage your portfolio, add favorite cryptocurrencies to your Watchlist, overview your open orders and more.
Welcoming Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux as Bitstamp's Managing Director for Europe
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We're delighted to announce the appointment of Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux as its Managing Director for Europe. His appointment is a key part of Bitstamp’s dedication to growth in 2021.
What is Algorand (ALGO)?
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Algorand (ALGO) is a blockchain platform for fast and secure global transactions and simple creation of financial instruments. It uses Pure Proof of Stake as its consensus mechanism, which gives it robust security and achieves true decentralization.
What determines the price of cryptocurrencies?
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There are plenty of factors that have an influence on the crypto - from the law of supply and demand to usability, market trends, media recognition and other variables.
Weekly News Roundup – 17 May 2021
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10 million Ethereum entered DeFi since May 2020, eBay officially opens its platform to NFT sales, Singapore’s biggest bank launches crypto trust solution, and other crypto news over the last week.
Withdrawal fees for Ethereum increased
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In light of the highly increased traffic on the Ethereum network, we recently made temporary increase to our ETH withdrawal fees to reflect the rising costs of Ethereum transactions.
Introducing ALGO, AUDIO and CRV at Bitstamp with zero fees until the end of July!
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The DeFi listing frenzy at Bitstamp continues with a trio of assets focused on bridging DeFi and traditional finance, decentralized exchange of assets and next-generation music streaming! This time around, we are listing
Algorand (ALGO), Audius (AUDIO) and Curve (CRV).
Weekly News Roundup – 10 May 2021
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US banks to allow Bitcoin trading in 2021, Goldman Sachs has begun using non-deliverable forwards, top DeFi protocols generated $252 million in revenue for token holders and users in April, and other crypto news over the last week.
Weekly News Roundup – 4 May 2021
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Crypto moves fast and it can be hard to keep up with all the developments. To help you stay on top of what’s going on across the industry, we’ve created this overview of the key news from last week.
Exploring support for twelve additional assets at Bitstamp
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After closely monitoring the market and performing due diligence to determine which projects fit within our internal digital asset framework, we have now started actively exploring support for the following 12 cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.