OKEx will enable the deposit of COSMOS (ATOM) at 06:30 (UTC) on April 23. The trading of ATOM/BTC, ATOM/ETH, and ATOM/USDT opened at 10:00 on April 23. The withdrawal will be enabled at 06:30 on April 26.

Nigeria has shown the most interest in Bitcoin, followed by South Africa, Saint Helena, Austria and Switzerland, according to Google Trends. Meanwhile, citing Google Trends, Benin has shown enthusiasm for blockchain, followed by Georgia, Saint Helena, Ghana and China.

As of 05:27 (UTC) on April 23, Coinhills statistics show that the US Dollar is the most traded national currency for Bitcoin, dominating 45.62% of the global fiat-to-Bitcoin market, followed by the Japanese Yen (37.75%), the Brazilian Real (11.99%), the Korean Won (1.97%), and the Euro (1.05%).

Citing statistics from alternative.me, the Fear & Greed Index currently reads 68, seven units more than yesterday, indicating the crypto market is in "Greed.".
As per the index, a value of 0 means "Extreme Fear" while a value of 100 represents "Extreme Greed."

Now BCHABC marks 302.97 USDT on Binance with an increase of 5.76% in the past 24 hours.
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Citing data from Binance, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) sees a sudden spike, rising above 5,500 USDT. BTC now marks 5,529.11 USDT.
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CoinNess Market Index shows that BTC surged by 1.04% within 5 minutes. BTC currently marks $5489.01 on Binance.
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Thai-based Seamico Securities Digital, a brokerage company backed by Elevated Returns, has officially announced its received its Thai ICO portal license which will allow it to issue real estate security tokens.
On April 22, the President of Elevated Returns, Stephane De Beats, announced on his Twitter profile that Seamico Securities Digital received its Thai ICO portal license. With the permit now secured it plans to begin issuing tokens through the Tezos platform by this summer.
As reported by CoinNess.com, Elevated Returns (ER) announced on Feb 11 that it has chosen the Tezos blockchain to launch its real estate investment offering.

Yoni Assia, the CEO of the world renowned social trading and multi-asset brokerage company, eToro, has emphasized the benefits of the company's newly launched stablecoins as a development that would help alleviate the volatility of the market.

BTC currently marks 5,405.54 USDT on Binance with an increase of 3.54% in the past 24 hours.
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According to Beijing ChainsGuard which provides blockchain-based information security services, WikiLeaks currently has two public Bitcoin (BTC) addresses to accept donations. By April 19, 2019, one address (1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v) has received more than 20,000 donations, with more than 4042 BTC totally; and all of them have been transferred.
Another address (36EEHh9ME3kU7AZ3rUxBCyKR5FhR3RbqVo) has received 261 donations, with over 4 BTC totally. Within the 261 donations, there are 10 from the mining pool Eligius; the rest are from the exchanges such as Bittrex.com, Xapo.com, and HaoBTC.com. It should be noted that this does not mean that these organizations donate directly to WikiLeaks. It is likely that their individual users can directly withdrawal Bitcoin to the WikiLeaks' donation address through the withdrawal function.

As of 03:00 (UTC) on April 23, the global index of Bitcoin (BTC) swings above the $5,400 level, marking $5,415.20. It has registered an increase of 2.36% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Strong Buy" with one indicator sending out a selling signal, three showing a neutral signal, and 14 indicating a buying signal.
The broad market slides towards a more bull-dominated end, with 76 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $180.91 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $45.30 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 5,377.74 USDT on Binance, $5,421.50 on Bitfinex and $5,404.19 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $171.95 (+1.49%); XRP marks $0.3237 (+0.79%); BCH marks $293.09 (+1.10%); EOS marks $5.26 (+1.25%); LTC marks $77.16 (+1.17%); ETC marks $5.94 (+1.29%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: DGD (+39.09%), ICX (+17.61%), ADA (+9.80%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: MXM (-11.02%), AOA (-5.64%), MAID (-5.61%).
Top Gainers and Losers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 44 categories: Artificial Intelligence (+7.53%), Authentication (+5.93%), and DAG Technology (+5.86%);
2. Only 3 losers among 44 categories: Sharing Economy (-7.63%), Internet of Things (-2.92%), and E-Commerce (-2.39%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: BTC (+$299 mln), DASH (+$174 mln), and ETH (+$116 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: A50 (-$415 mln), BAT (-$11 mln), and HT (-$7 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$29.17 mln), Bitfinex (-$978 k), and Coinbase Pro (+$9.47 mln).

According to the announcement of Spend, Spendcoin (SPND) will be listed on Binance Chain. Spend.com will enable an additional 1% rewards back until May 1, 2019 when spending BNB on the Spend Wallet and Spend Visa Card.

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 02:00 (UTC) on April 23, ETH registered a net outflow of $5.43 million in the past two hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: OKB (+$1.13 mln), ADA (+$716 k), SHE (+$580 k);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: ETH (-$5.43 mln), LTC (-$5.15 mln), BTC (-$3.43 mln).
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IDC expects blockchain solutions spending in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) to reach nearly $523.8 million in 2019, an increase of 83.9% from the $284.8 million spent in 2018, according to the latest update of the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide.
Furthermore, IDC forecasts blockchain spending in APEJ to grow at a robust pace over the 2018-2022 forecast period with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 77.5% and total spending of $2.4 billion by 2022.

Brazil's inflation rate raised to its highest level in four years which spiked Bitcoin's trading volumes. The inflation rate has reached 4.58%.
As reported by CoinNess.com, Cointrader Monitor, a monitoring tool that analyzes Bitcoin price movements in Brazil, announced that Brazilian cryptocurrency exchanges traded over 100,000 BTC on April 10, 2019.

Citing a report by Diar, the privacy-geared cryptocurrency Zcash is having its moment with the network now being secured by 42% more hash power than it had at the start of this year.
Since the start of 2018, Zcash's hashrate has grown by a whopping 950% as miners flock towards the cryptocurrency that has yet to face its very first halving slated for late 2020. Transactions however have remained at a steady plateau for the past 7 months.

Market trends of blockchain and cryptocurrency are examined to make predictions. CoinNess.com will study market trends-related consumer behavior, employment, blockchain tech advancements, new product development, competition, government norms and other factors that impact the bull and bear of blockchain and crypto industry.
CoinNess.com Market Index:
REP, $22.68, +7.75%;
BNB, $23.89, -0.61%;
TRX, $0.0250,+0.02%;
BCH, $292.30, +0.41%.
Bull:
1) REP: Augur (REP) Is Available On Coinbase
Coinbase announced on Twitter, "REP is now live at http://Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase iOS and Android Apps. Coinbase customers can log in now to buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store REP."
2) BNB: Three Wallets To Support Binance DEX
Revealing on Weibo (China's equivalent to Twitter), ZHAO Changpeng, the founder of Binance, said that Enjin Wallet, ELLIPAL and Infinito Wallet would support Binance DEX.
3) TRX: Justin SUN Said TRON Occupies 2% Of Total USDT Supply
TRON founder Justin SUN tweeted to say, "TRON Occupies 2% Of Total USDT Supply. 50 million out of 2.5 billion. Goal for Q2 2019: Supply and Ethereum achieve 10%. We will reach 50% of USDT in 2019."
Bear:
1) BCH: Japan-Based VCTRADE To Delist BCH
According to Crypto.Watch, VCTRADE will delist BCH at 06:00 on June 28 (UTC+9). VCTRADE will convert the BSV stock, which was generated by the BCH hard fork, with 1 BSV to 6,180 yen to the corresponding holders.

According to a recent report by Diar, last week saw Coinbase announced their move into new key cryptocurrency markets, as well as a broader outreach into emerging economies. In its attempt to bring new use cases into crypto, not all meets the eye as the drive into the new countries are limited to crypto-to-crypto trading pairs and mostly bypass the important fiat on/off ramp that would be beneficial for the new markets. On a positive note, however, Coinbase is set to hit a near 1-year trading high after coming off its worst month since mid-2017.
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According to the data of OKEx's contract, as of 00:00, April 23 (UTC), among the rich accounts of OKEx Bitcoin quarterly contract, the proportion of short positions (27.80%) is more than that of long positions (19.33%), with a gap of 8.47%.
Among the rich accounts of OKEx Ethereum quarterly contract, the proportion of long positions (24.40%) exceeds that of short positions (14.46%), with a gap of 9.94%.
At present, the number of BTC contract positions is nearly 53,800 BTC, decreasing by 6.27%; the number of ETH contract positions is nearly 720,000 ETH, with a decrease of 0.57%.

As reported by CoinNess.com, SBI Virtual Currencies, the operator of Japan-based virtual currency exchange VCTRADE, announced on April 16 that it has decided to put a brake on the listing of BCH.
According to Crypto.Watch, VCTRADE will delist BCH at 06:00 on June 28 (UTC+9). VCTRADE will convert the BSV stock, which was generated by the BCH hard fork, with 1 BSV to 6,180 yen to the corresponding holders.

1. The public access of Binance and BNB mainnet swap will begin at 02:00 (UTC);
2. Full operations of Japan-based exchange Zaif will be reinstated;
3. Bibox will list FOR/BIX trading at 06:00;
4. gate.io will list ATOM, the token of Cosmos, at 06:00.

[Policy]
1. Japan has prepared a "manual" of cryptocurrency regulation proposals that it will hand out to G20 leaders and international financial chiefs;
2. Belarus' president Alexander Lukashenko told that Belarus will soon have surplus electrical energy that can be used to power new cryptocurrency mining farms;
3. Sergey Glazyev, an adviser to the President of Russia, has proposed to adopt a digital currency in Crimea to attract investors and avoid sanctions.
[Cryptocurrency]
1. IOST, a recently launched blockchain network based on Proof of Believability (PoB), today on April 22 announced a strategic partnership with Force Protocol.
[Exchange & Wallet]
1. Zaif has signed over its business to publicly listed Japanese investment firm Fisco on April 22 and full operations will be reinstated on April 23;
2. Bibox will list FOR/BIX trading at 06:00 (UTC) on April 23;
3. Huobi Global has resumed the deposit and withdrawal of BSV;
4. At 09:59:58 (UTC) on April 22, Binance has ended the BCHSV/USDT trading pair;
5. Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV are now available for margin trading on Poloniex for non-US customers;
6. Coinbase is moving to shut down its political action committee (PAC) without ever raising a cent.
[Others]
1. Crypto charity Airdrop Venezuela now raises $292,000;
2. South Korea's largest car manufacturer, Hyundai Motor Group, will use blockchain in its new tech for pairing electric vehicles (EVs) with smartphones;
3. JP Morgan revealed the list of circa 200 cooperating banks involved in its massive Ethereum-based banking network;
4. Bittrex said on April 22 that New York regulators erred in identifying two of its users as North Korean.

Major health information technology provider for the United States government, HMS Technologies Inc. (HMS) has partnered with blockchain startup Solve.Care. The development was announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on April 22.
As part of the collaboration, HMS will reportedly integrate Solve.Care's blockchain platform into their federal health information technology (HIT) initiatives in a bid to reduce government healthcare costs and improve interoperability and accessibility.

Coinbase is moving to shut down its political action committee (PAC) without ever raising a cent.
The San Francisco-based crypto exchange filed a Termination Report for its PAC on April 3, 2019, according to publicly available documents on the Federal Election Commission's website (FEC). The move means that the exchange wants to shut down its PAC, though it was not immediately clear if the committee had actually been shut down.

CoinNess.com now delivers a special report featuring the closing prices of the U.S. blockchain stocks at the end of the day.
NYSE Bundle:
Eastman Kodak Company (KODK): $2.38, + 0.85%;
IBM Common Stock (IBM): $138.89, -1.03%;
Accenture Plc (ACN): $178.07, -0.30%;
Square Inc (SQ): $72.58, +2.60%;
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): $4.00, +1.27%.
NASDAQ Bundle:
Overstock.com (OSTK): $13.86, -7.48%;
Marathon Patent Group Inc (MARA): $3.26, -1.21%;
Riot Blockchain Inc (RIOT): $5.52, +2.22%.