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NXT Is Now on HitBTC

Today is a big day! Why? Because NXT is now officially available on HitBTC. Recently, the NXT coin won our ongoing vote, and though the integration process took longer than was originally planned, we have successfully added the NXT to HitBTC. We are convinced that trading BTC/NXT with HitBTC

HitBTC Gives Special Rewards to XMR Traders

On July 18, 2014, HitBTC announced its special reward for XMR traders and now we are very happy to congratulate first winners. Between the 18th and 19th of July HitBTC gives 100 XMR to a user who has traded XMR at the highest price of the day. Our first winner

Special Offers For Monero Traders!

HitBTC’s exchange is developing at a very fast pace, and new currencies are being added rapidly. Just a couple of weeks ago the Monero coin was added to the exchange. Now we are happy to announce two special offers for Monero traders. Starting today the 0% fee is applied

Monero Now Available on HitBTC Exchange

July 4, 2014. Hitbtc is proud to announce that Monero has been added to our exchange. Much of the launch’s success is owed to HitBTC’s market making program which allowed the virtual currency to accommodate a large number of participants – we thank the Monero market makers and community

DOGE Coin Is Launched on HitBTC Exchange with 0% Fee

We are happy to say that Dogecoin is finally added on HitBTC and we bring very special fees for DOGE traders. Earlier we started an open vote to pick the next altcoin to be added on our exchange. The first round winner was Dogecoin, showing its increasing popularity with more

OpenSSL Problem Is Under Control

We would like to inform you that another critical security vulnerability was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1 and 1.0.2-beta1 (https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt). We are using the latest version of OpenSSL which is not subject to this vulnerability. That’s why all your

Traders Challenge Is Over!

Traders Challenge is over! We are happy to announce the final results of the Virtual Traders’ Challenge. The competion lasted for a month and more than 250 traders participated in the event. We congratulate winners who were chosen based on their trading aptitudes. Check out winners and full leaderboard on

Changes in Rebate Policy

Due to increasing participation and various professional market makers participating on our platform we have decided to change our rebate policy. Starting June 1st 2014 00:00 UTC an order which will not be executed immediately will be granted a 0.01% rebate on execution. Orders executed immediately will incur

HitBTC at Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam

HitBTC at Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam

HitBTC representatives had participated in an International Bitcoin Conference 2014, which was held in Amsterdam. In addition to participating in the plenary meetings and getting knowing the Bitcoin world key personalities, we were also actively involved in the promotion of our exchange at this event. In the Expo Hall the

New Currency Vote: Choose the Next Coin to Be Quoted on HitBTC

We want our exchange to be the leading platform on all fronts including the number of quoted coins. That’s why it is important for us to know the opinion of our users and community. Today we bring a new feature to our registered users and guests: Voting for new

New Exciting Demo Trading On HitBTC

Despite the sudden work that we had to carry due to the recent circumstances (see previous news), we also had time to make a long-planned unique innovation – a demo trading mode. This is a special mode when you are able to credit yourself unlimited test funds and try your strategy

OpenSSL Problem Is Under Control

Dear Customers, On April 7th, 18:00 UTC our Security Department has received information about a critical OpenSSL vulnerability (https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140407.txt). We set incoming and outgoing transaction processing to manual control, then made an urgent software update which has closed the possibility to exploit

$10,000 Bounty for Gifted Mobile App Developers

Dear Friends! Today we are excited to announce the mobile app developer challenge! This is our first global contest to encourage developers to create mobile apps leveraging the HitBTC exchange. This project is carried out in collaboration with teddmarketing.com. Are you hungry to hone your skills, push your limits

Statement at HitBTC Regarding Mt. Gox Insolvency

BLAME MTGOX, NOT BITCOIN! The Bitcoin insolvency at MtGox was caused by the culmination of several issues at their company and is in no way connected to the Bitcoin architecture. MtGox failed to respect elementary security rules, had out-dated software and did not perform any audits. However, many other exchanges,