The oldest crypto-exchange services supported the "killer bitcoin"

Two oldest crypto-currency services - Bitcoin-purse Blockchain and online exchange Bitstamp - announced the support of Ethereum, which in terms of market capitalization ranked 2nd after Bitcoin. Starting this week, Bitstamp users can trade "air" for the US dollar, euro or bitcoin, and Blockchain - to create wallets.

"The community around Ethereum, the ecosystem and technology has grown very much over the past year, so we were confident that we need to recommend it to our users." We are very excited about the potential that Ethereum carries, "said Blockchain CEO Peter Smith. In turn, the head of Bitstamp Neych Kodrich called the "airwaves" a "very promising" currency. Until October 1, the Exchange will be able to trade Ethereum without commission for transactions.

The recognition in the financial circles of Ethereum - the crypto currency created by the Canadian programmer with Russian roots by Vitalik Buterin in 2014 - continues to grow. Earlier, the private Swiss bank Falcon Private Bank expressed support for digital "coins," while the Swiss exchange service Shapeshift.io allowed its users to directly transfer funds between Bitcoin and Ethereum purses.

At the beginning of the year, CoinMarketCap, an analytical company, valued the $ 20 billion Crypto-currency market, now more than $ 140 billion. Bitcoin accounts for about $ 71 billion, on Ethereum - $ 28 billion.
In the rating of 40 under 40 (40 most influential young people who were not yet 40 years old), compiled by Fortune magazine, 23-year-old Buterin took tenth place. For the first time, the creator of the "ether" entered the list last year, being immediately on the 31st line. As the newspaper notes, for a year the capitalization of Ethereum has grown from $ 1 billion to almost $ 30 billion.