区块链和加密货币是当今主流媒体热议的话题。虽然以太和比特币的购买者大多为个人投资者，但以太和比特币的价值总和已经超过了PayPal的市值，直逼高盛。
但这团繁花背后又有什么样的故事呢？投资者们买入以太都是在下赌注，赌人们和公司会使用以太坊的计算能力，赌他们需要用以太来实现这些功能。另一方面，比特币已经形成了主流的商业模式，比如赛百味和艾派迪公司现已支持比特币付款。
比特币已经享有盛名，而以太则是挑战者，它试图取代比特币在加密货币市场的领导地位。以太已经超过了创立已久位列第二的莱特币。随着比特币和以太坊的不断发展，很多投资者看到了瑞波币和达世币的潜力。最好的方法就是分散投资，在长短期投资中进行切换，因为市场的波动对每个货币的影响是不同的。
加密货币市场在经过了连续几周的上涨后，开始出现修正，对于加密货币的持有者来说是个坏消息，但是对于加密货币CFD的交易者来说，却是个难得的机会，他们可以利用杠杆进行卖空。
不久前，加密货币预测以太坊区块链的市值将成为全球第一，成为最有价值的公链。但是在六月中旬，以太坊的价格在24小时之内突然从415美元跌至292美元，跌幅超过32%。以太坊的市值也跌至比特币的62%。
截至上周五，以太坊/美元的成交价位236.3美元，较当天开盘价下跌了5.09%。
IFM Trade 的CEO Oskar Pecyna表示，IFM Trade看到了投资者对加密货币CFD日益增长的兴趣。IFM Trade同时覆盖大量加密货币CFD产品（比特币、莱特币、两种类型的以太坊、达世币以及瑞波币），这样的平台很是少见。投资者自然会对多样化的投资组合感兴趣。
此前分析家们曾预测，以太会超过比特币，从某些角度来看，这个情况可能会在年内发生。尽管以太价格出现下降，但很多分析家们仍然坚信不疑。
以太坊的下一个冲击目标是467美元，比特币近来的变化使得以太坊日益膨胀，吸引了金融业的大量关注。如此高速的增长会持续下去吗？时间会告诉你答案。
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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