Fees

Fees

Mercados

DeFi Hype Has Sent Ethereum Fees Soaring to 2-Year High: Coin Metrics

The knock-on effects of the DeFi hype include high fees and less active users on Ethereum, according to Coin Metrics.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk archives)

Tecnología

BitMEX Is Making Bitcoin Network More Expensive for Everyone, Researcher Finds

Average fees paid by bitcoin users spike at a certain time every day due to the actions of one firm, derivatives exchange BitMEX, a researcher found.

BOTTLENECK: If too many bitcoin transactions are sent at one time, miners prioritize ushering through those with higher fees. Those with smaller fees must wait. (Credit: Shuttertsock)

Mercados

Square's Cash App Now Charging Fees for Bitcoin Purchases

Square's Cash App has started charging fees of as much as 1.76 percent on bitcoin purchases, sources have pointed out to CoinDesk.

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Mercados

As Lightning's Economy Takes Shape, Devs Are Split on Proposed Fee Hike

At the lightning network's inaugural conference in Berlin, the future economics of the bitcoin payment technology took center stage.

Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun, 2019

Mercados

Coinbase Pro Is Increasing Its Fees – And Users Aren't Happy

Coinbase's pro trader platform is set to hike some maker/taker fees from early next week, and smaller traders will be hit hardest.

(Montri Thipsorn/Shutterstock)

Mercados

Prime Trust Undercuts Rivals in Crypto Custody Race

Prime Trust has eliminated its fees for storing digital assets such as BTC, ETH and XLM, in a move the custodian called an industry first.

vault2

Mercados

Coinbase Rolls Out System to Free Up Stuck Bitcoin Payments

Crypto exchange Coinbase has deployed a system aimed to automatically reduce delays in bitcoin payments arising from transaction fee volatility.

delays

Finanzas

Lawsuit Alleges JPMorgan Chase Overcharged Crypto Buyers

An Idaho resident has sued the bank on behalf of "hundreds or thousands" of affected cryptocurrency investors.

jpmorgan

Mercados

Vitalik Wants You to Pay to Slow Ethereum's Growth

Ethereum's creator has proposed a new fee to help keep the cryptocurrency decentralized.

ether, ethereum

Mercados

Coinbase to Charge Fees for On-Blockchain Transactions

Digital currency exchange startup Coinbase is planning to shift the cost of transaction fees to its users starting later this month.

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