Today’s clear leader however is Bitcoin Diamond which has surged a whopping 60% in 24 hours. The spike happened a few hours ago propelling this Bitcoin offshoot to $4.70 from $2.27 in ten minutes. It has since pulled back to $3.55 which is a 64% jump from this time last weekend.
OKEx currently dominates BCD trade with 18% of the total volume, followed by Huobi and Binance. Trade volume for Bitcoin Diamond has not jumped in line with the pump indicating that prices could fall back to previous levels. BCD currently sits at 28th spot with a market cap of $538 million.
Total crypto market capitalization has climbed slightly by just under 2% to $283 billion on the day. Trade volume however continues to fall and is down to $11 billion from $14 billion this time yesterday.
Bitcoin Diamond has been sluggish in attracting credible adoption since its fork from Bitcoin. However, its current development progress and marketing is set to endear to crypto users in the developing world through the BCD Bazaar. With fast deliveries and low transaction costs, BCD is poised to break even.
With most of the audience in these countries unable to access affordable financial services, BCD Bazaar will give them an avenue to access these services not only to pay for goods and services but help them make payments for healthcare and insurance among other services.