區塊鍊和加密貨幣是當今主流媒體熱議的話題。雖然以太和比特幣的購買者大多為個人投資者，但以太和比特幣的價值總和已經超過了PayPal的市值，直逼高盛。
但這團繁花背後又有什麼樣的故事呢？投資者們買入以太都是在下賭註，賭人們和公司會使用以太坊的計算能力，賭他們需要用以太來實現這些功能。另一方面，比特幣已經形成了主流的商業模式，比如賽百味和艾派迪公司現已支持比特幣付款。
比特幣已經享有盛名，而以太則是挑戰者，它試圖取代比特幣在加密貨幣市場的領導地位。以太已經超過了創立已久位列第二的萊特幣。隨著比特幣和以太坊的不斷發展，很多投資者看到了瑞波幣和達世幣的潛力。最好的方法就是分散投資，在長短期投資中進行切換，因為市場的波動對每個貨幣的影響是不同的。
加密貨幣市場在經過了連續幾週的上漲後，開始出現修正，對於加密貨幣的持有者來說是個壞消息，但是對於加密貨幣CFD的交易者來說，卻是個難得的機會，他們可以利用槓桿進行賣空。
不久前，加密貨幣預測以太坊區塊鍊的市值將成為全球第一，成為最有價值的公鍊。但是在六月中旬，以太坊的價格在24小時之内突然從415美元跌至292美元，跌幅超過32%。以太坊的市值也跌至比特幣的62%。
截至上週五，以太坊/美元的成交價位236.3美元，較當天開盤價下跌了5.09%。
IFM Trade 的CEO Oskar Pecyna表示，IFM Trade看到了投資者對加密貨幣CFD日益增長的興趣。IFM Trade同時覆蓋大量加密貨幣CFD產品（比特幣、萊特幣、兩種類型的以太坊、達世幣以及瑞波幣），這樣的平台很是少見。投資者自然會對多樣化的投資組合感興趣。
此前分析家們曾預測，以太會超過比特幣，從某些角度來看，這個情況可能會在年内發生。盡管以太價格出現下降，但很多分析家們仍然堅信不疑。
以太坊的下一個沖擊目標是467美元，比特幣近來的變化使得以太坊日益膨脹，吸引了金融業的大量關註。如此高速的增長會持續下去嗎？時間會告訴你答案。
What’s the deal with Cryptocurrencies?
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies are a hot topic recently being widely discussed in the mainstream media. While Ether and Bitcoin are being purchased mainly by individual investors, the combined value of all Ether and Bitcoin is now worth more than the market capitalisation of PayPal and is considerably approaching the size of Goldman Sachs.
But what is the story behind this hype? In simple terms investors buying Ether are placing a bet that people and companies will want to use the Ethereum computing capabilities and will need the Ether to do so. On the other hand Bitcoin has made its way to the mainstream commerce, with companies like Subway or Expedia accepting Bitcoin for purchases.
Bitcoin is renowned but Ether is becoming a pretender to take over the leader position of the cryptocurrencies market. It has already surpassed long established Litecoin which was the second biggest cryptocurrency of the world for years. A number of investors are now focusing on Ripple and Dash seeing the potential, following the growths obtained by Etherum and Bitcoin. The best strategy would be to diversify and potentially switch long and short positions on single cryptocurrencies as there seems to be a lot of volatility on the market which affects each of those currencies differently.
Currently after weeks of growth it seems that the cryptocurrency market is facing a correction. It might be bad news for the holders of the actual cryptocurrency, but a great opportunity for traders on cryptocurrency based CFDs giving a flexibility of short sell and leverage position when needed.
Just recently, the cryptocurrency powering Ethereum blockchain was heading towards the title of the world’s largest by market capitalisation, making Ethereum the most valuable public blockchain. But, suddenly in mid-June its price dropped from $415 peak to $292 in 24 hours, an impressive 32% decline. Due to this move, Ethereum’s market cap fell to less than 62% of bitcoin’s, down from more than 82% mid-month.
As of today, ETH/USD is traded at $236.30 as shown above (as of 08.46 a.m. GMT) which started off its trading day with a 5.09% depreciative value.
Acknowledging the influx of media coverage of cryptocurrencies, Oskar Pecyna, CEO of IFM Trade, indicated that IFM Trade sees an increased interest in CFDs based on cryptocurrencies. Being one of the few platforms covering such a wide scope of them (Bitcoin, Litecoin, both Euthereum types, Dash and Ripple) it naturally attracts traders interested in diversifying their portfolio into multiple cryptocurrencies. “We offer leverage that allows entry into the cryptocurrencies trading with a smaller starting capital. Such structure combined with a short selling option is an interesting set-up for traders expecting corrections on the rallying cryptocurrency prices.”, he said.
Previously, analysts have envisaged that Ether would surpass Bitcoin, estimating in some cases that this could take place during this year. And despite Ether’s recent price drop, many analysts still believe this will be the case.
With Ethereum’s next challenge to reach $467, Bitcoin’s change in vitality in recent times has had an inflated impact on Ethereum which currently has a lot of interest from the financial industry. Will it continue with this significant growth? Time will tell.
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