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Bitcoin (BTC)Bitcoin BTC, -0.10% is regarded as the world’s first decentralized digital currency, and was created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is a deflationary currency whose issuance is capped at a total supply of 21 million coins. Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency and is traded on various exchanges and is also used in peer to peer transactions.
Why Bitcoin?Bitcoin remains the main coin to watch as we approach the end of the year, and analysts are warning that the price may fall slightly lower as we near the “accumulation” stage. As a result, any new money entering the market will be drawn to BTC first, and institutional investors are waiting for an SEC decision on a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by VanEck and SolidX on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), with the deadline being set for February 27, 2019.
Fidelity Investments will also launch the Fidelity Digital Assets spinoff that provides cryptocurrency trading solutions to institutional investors in 2019, while NASDAQ Inc. is also planning to list Bitcoin futures next year. In addition, December 19 marks the Cboe XBT Expiration Date and this represents the end of the final opportunity to trade the XBTZ18 Bitcoin futures contract.
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https://coincodex.com/article/2549/how-to-buy-bitcoin-btc-on-coinbase/
IOStoken (IOST)IOStoken IOST, -1.08% is a Singapore-based project which launched in January 2017; the project focuses on the Decentralized Internet of Services and provides a scalable, secure and decentralized blockchain app platform. The IOST token is used to facilitate payments across the network and help to disperse fair rewards and incentives to network participants.
Why IOStoken? The team are on schedule to hit the targets laid out in their roadmap, and their Testnet 2.0 is set for December 20 while their MainNet is scheduled for Q1 2019. The team have announced that the exact dates of these releases will be as follows:
Testnet v2.0 "Everest" - December 20, 2018
Mainnet v1.0 - February 25, 2019
The Everest release will see the team ramp up the amount of developer activity on their platform as dApp creators can now prepare their product launches on the final testnet version and project developers will see their creations migrate onto the Mainnet in February 2019.
How to buy IOST?https://www.binance.com/en/trade/IOST_BTC/?ref=10960637Nuls (NULS) Nuls NULS, -4.77% is a global open-source project with a highly customizable blockchain infrastructure. The team behind the project aim to lower the barriers to entry and help to foster the adoption of blockchain technologies. Nuls reduces the costs of development, thus making the use of blockchain technology more desirable for commercial entities and organizations.
Why Nuls?The team have announced that the NULS token is scheduled to be listed on Huobi Korea Exchange on December 17. Deposits start from 15:00, Dec 14 (GMT+8) and NULS/BTC and NULS/ETH trading will be available from 15:00, Dec 17 (GMT+8). Withdrawals will be available from 14:30, Dec 18, 2018 (GMT+8). In a quiet week for project announcements, the listing could spark an increase in trading activity.
How to buy NULS?
https://www.binance.com/en/trade/NULS_BTC/?ref=10960637
How to buy Nuls (NULS) on Binance?https://coincodex.com/article/1721/how-to-buy-nuls-nuls-on-binance/How did last week's coins perform?
Last week’s coins experienced mixed results as Komodo KMD, 5.64% fell by 12.5% and is currently trading at around $0.52. TomoChain TOMO, 4.68% experienced a significant amount of positive sentiment around its mainnet launch and grew by 14.3% and TOMO is currently trading at $0.17. ZCoin XZC, -2.12% suffered the most and was unable to resist the overall downturn; the privacy coin lost 16% in value, and is currently trading at $4.34. Over the course of the week, the total cap dropped by 9.5% and moved from around $114B on Monday to $103B on Sunday.