HitBTC Official Blog (Page 8)

GAS integration announcement

Dear traders, We are very glad to welcome $GAS by @neo_blockchain on HitBTC exchange. $GAS is a token created on the NEO blockchain platform with primary purpose of being fees for processing transactions on the NEO network. NEO utilizes blockchain technology and digital identities to digitize assets and automate

HitBTC is becoming an official EOS BP candidate

Dear HitBTC traders, We are excited to announce that HitBTC is becoming an official EOS BP candidate. HitBTC is the world’s most advanced cryptocurrency exchange. Since 2013, we have been providing markets for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Monero, USDT and over 300 more cryptocurrencies in total. EOS’s core

VRA integration and trading contest announcement

Dear traders, We are very glad to welcome $VRA by Verasity on HitBTC exchange. Verasity is a platform to host streaming videos that will reward both their creators and viewers with an internal cryptocurrency. The platform’s features include a “proof of view” verification that monitors users’ interest, advertising that

Trading fee tier system is going live

Dear Traders, Reminder: Today our new trading fee tier system is going live! This new tier system will reward our community members for high volume trading. Furthermore, by incentivizing high trade volumes we anticipate an increase in liquidity to all trading pairs creating an even better trade environment for all

The last open testing phase of HitBTC mobile app was completed

Dear HitBTC users! The last phase of the Open Testing of HitBTC mobile app has been completed and the winners of the Feedback Contest have been selected! We have received a lot of informative reviews and valuable suggestions that helped us to improve the application significantly before the official public

GRIN launch announcement

Dear traders, We are happy to announce integration of Grin ($GRIN), the private, scalable and open electronic transaction service. Grin is an open source software project that implements a MimbleWimble blockchain. MimbleWimble is a blockchain format and protocol that provides scalability, privacy and fungibility by relying on strong cryptographic primitives.

HitBTC will support the next stage of Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork

Dear traders, HitBTC will support the next stage of Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork. The upgrade is estimated to take place on 28 February 2019 after being postponed due to the need for further investigation of potential risks identified by ChainSecurity (https://blog.ethereum.org/2019/01/15/security-alert-

The first stage of the BTT Airdrop to TRON (TRX) holders

We have successfully supported the first stage of the BTT Airdrop to TRON (TRX) holders. In total, 10,890,000,000 BitTorrent (BTT) are currently being distributed for the next 12 months, corresponding to 1.1% of the total supply. All funds transferred to us from the BitTorrent Foundation were

System Updates — Lot Size and Price Step Changes

Today we are pleased to announce that we will be making the final set of adjustments in our updates to order lot sizing. Users should note that for a number of instruments we will be making lot sizes larger, posing a challenge for the update of existing open orders in

HitBTC will support the upcoming BTT Airdrops

HitBTC will open trading of BitTorrent (BTT) and support the upcoming BTT Airdrops to TRON (TRX) holders. The snapshot of TRX balances of HitBTC accounts will occur at block height 6,600,000 on the TRON blockchain, which is estimated to occur on 00:00 UTC February 11, 2019. If

Open Android Beta Test

Dear traders, We completed the first testing stage of our application on Android at the beginning of January. The results of the test and your feedback were instrumental for us to prepare for the public release of our app. Our goal is to continually improve, and since we are ready

Official announcements

System Updates — Lot Size Changes

Dear Traders, This week we will be performing another series of upgrades in order to provide improved lot sizing to our users. The changes being made have a broad impact, affecting roughly 50 pairs and will require a brief period of downtime for all pairs while we restart our matching

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HitBTC will support the upcoming Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork

Dear traders, HitBTC will support the upcoming Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork. It includes five separate Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) and is taken as a step to transit from the Proof of Work (PoW) protocol to a more energy efficient Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. As expected, this update

Official announcements

TUSD smart contract address update

Dear traders, TUSD (TrueUSD token) will be upgrading its smart contract at 3:00 UTC of January 4th. The new TUSD address will be 0x0000000000085d4780B73119b644AE5ecd22b376. To upgrade the contract, TrueUSD will use their DelegateERC20 feature. The old contract will continue to function with zero downtime; however, after the upgrade, ERC20

Official announcements

HitBTC 2018 Review

2017 was the year of the amazing bull run; the year the value of Bitcoin grew 1,950%; from $974 to $20,000. Not the year of mass adoption, but certainly the year that blockchain and cryptocurrencies crossed over into mainstream awareness. And the latter is – though admittedly less exciting

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System Updates - Lot Size Changes

To allow existing orders to support the new lot size granularity, we will be making an update to every order currently active in each market. To make this update and guarantee correct execution behaviour for the orders during the update, we will be canceling the current orders and booking a

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HitBTC is updating its lot size

Dear Traders, We have been aware for some time that our users would like access to more granular lot sizes than are currently available in order to allow trading in a smaller size. So, by popular demand, we are happy to announce changes to bring lot sizes for all instruments

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HitBTC is wishing you a Merry Christmas!

Dear traders, It’s been a fantastic year for us all – with ICOs raising more than 7 billion dollars, blockchain technology implemented for voting in Switzerland, and Malta creating a hub for favorable regulation for promising projects. In 2018, we have come much closer to mass adoption of crypto. The

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A dedicated page for Trading Contests

Dear traders, We have been working on improving your trading experience to make it more accessible and transparent. Today, we are launching a dedicated landing page for all the trading contests, past present, and future, that are being held on HitBTC. This instrument will keep you updated about every contest

Official announcements

QAU - DTR Token Swap

Dear Traders, On May 31, 2018 Quantum Project (QAU) and Tokens.net announced their merge and token swap. Tokens.net has swapped all QAU tokens which have been deposited to the following address: 0x1d2C3D49460D34739809a096cC05832A0A3d79eE by the 15th of October, 2018. If you have not exchanged your QAU tokens to DTR,

New languages for our website and support

Dear traders, HitBTC is and has always been a multi-cultural and multi-national community – a quality that we highly value. Our doors are open to traders of all ages and nationalities from all parts of the world. We are listening intently to the voice of our community which helps

Market updates

BCH Hard Fork Update

Dear traders, As you may know, the fork for Bitcoin Cash is planned to happen on November 15. The development expectations for BCH have divided it into two separate coins, BCHSV and BCHABC. In the previous blog post, we announced the full support of the pre-fork trading for BCHABC

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HitBTC product update: Post Only orders

Dear traders, Today we introduce the new “Post Only” option for limit orders, also known as “Add Liquidity Only” orders. Usually, traders use Post Only orders to avoid paying the Taker fee and prevent faults of entry, as incorrect orders would fail to be executed. How it works: 1. Upon

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HitBTC launches pre-fork trading for the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork

HitBTC, a top-tier cryptocurrency exchange officially announces its support for the upcoming fork of Bitcoin Cash. The pre-fork trading will be available for the two coins that are up to appear after Bitcoin Cash hard fork: Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHABC) and Bitcoin Cash SV (BCHSV). The listing of

ICX Token Swap

Dear traders, Following today’s announcement by the ICON team, we would like to kindly inform you that all our customers holding ICON’s ERC20 ICX tokens on their accounts at the moment of the token swap will receive the new ICX Mainnet coins with the exchange rate 1:1