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Ethereum Rebounds Thanks to ETFs

After the approval of Bitcoin ETFs, Bloomberg expects Ethereum ETFs to follow. How has the market reacted?

These are festive days for crypto enthusiasts, marked by much positive news. Following the approval of Bitcoin ETFs yesterday evening, many now anticipate Ethereum ETFs. This may be why its price has surged in recent hours.

What will happen in the coming days? Will the anticipated spot ETFs on Ethereum in May arrive? Find out all the latest news on this topic in this article!

Ethereum ETFs: Are They Coming Soon?

According to Eric Balchunas, one of the world’s leading ETF experts, there’s a 70% chance that Ethereum ETFs will arrive. This may be why the SEC’s announcement initially positively impacted Ethereum’s price more than BTC. The most capitalised crypto in the market had already partly priced in the event, although in the last hours, it’s recording a +9% increase compared to yesterday.

In any case, the long-term outlook for the entire market is optimistic; the bear market is officially over, and large investment funds are ready to inject significant amounts of money to offer their “brand new” financial instruments.

The first helpful deadline for Ethereum ETFs, which could grant another victory to the crypto world, is May 23rd. We will see if the SEC and its chairman, Gary Gensler, will set aside their reservations about the crypto created by Vitalik Buterin.

The Impact on Charts of ETF Approval

Those expecting a tumultuous price movement immediately after the ETF approval might be disappointed; Bitcoin’s value in the hours following the announcement remained between $44,500 and $47,000. It’s probably because the whole world expected an affirmative response from the SEC. The situation changed after trading on the ETFs began, which recorded more than 2 billion in volumes in a few minutes. Bitcoin has reached nearly $49,000 and now seems intent on reaching the crucial level of $50,000.

However, Ethereum’s rally started earlier. Probably thanks to the words of Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas and other commentators on the Ethereum ETFs. The crypto broke through the $2,400 support and reached $2,600 overnight.

The current scenario in which Bitcoin’s price action is placed could further improve thanks to the entry of investment funds. According to estimates by Chartered Bank, BlackRock, VanEck, and Microstrategy, from 40 to 100 billion in the next four years.

The fact that Bitcoin’s price didn’t react super explosively to the announcement could also be an opportunity for retailers, especially those with a strategy to protect themselves from volatility. Our strategy is recurring purchases involving tiny, regular purchases over time; try it in the Moneybox section of our app!

One question remains: when did the trading of ETFs officially begin? These financial instruments are available on three exchanges: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

Trading on the most famous, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust listed on NASDAQ, began a few hours ago, while for the Galaxy Bitcoin ETF by Invesco, available on the CBOE, it was already possible to set purchase orders from last night. The volume counter generated by these financial instruments has gone crazy; at the time of writing, more than 2 billion dollars in spot ETFs on Bitcoin have already been traded.

These are all the latest essential news on ETFs on Ethereum and Bitcoin. Continue following our blog so you do not miss any updates.

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Spot ETFs on Bitcoin approved!

The approval for Bitcoin spot ETFs has finally arrived. Here’s everything you need to know. When will trading begin?

The Bitcoin spot ETFs have been approved over six months since BlackRock’s approval request, followed by those of many significant American investment funds.

A few minutes ago, the SEC announced that these financial instruments meet the guidelines. Here are all the details on the approval of the Bitcoin spot ETFs. When will trading of these financial instruments begin, and what will happen to the price of BTC?

Impacts of the approval

The approval of the Bitcoin spot ETFs, widely anticipated in recent months, has finally arrived today, January 10, 2024.

The SEC has approved the applications of ARK 21Shares, Invesco Galaxy, VanEck, WisdomTree, Fidelity, Valkyrie, BlackRock, Grayscale, Bitwise, Hashdex, and Franklin Templeton. The document is available on the SEC’s website.

New institutional players will now be able to offer Bitcoin to their clients, radically changing the perception of the leading cryptocurrency and the entire sector. This development opens up new possibilities based on a more robust image and a positive perception from the general public. Inevitably, the rest of the crypto industry will benefit from this change and the exposure to a new public segment, introducing alternative dynamics.

The crypto world expects the most significant influx of capital in its history. According to some estimates, between 100 and 300 billion dollars could enter the market in the next four years thanks to these financial instruments. If this happens, the impact on the price of Bitcoin will be, to say the least, explosive.

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Discover Celestia (TIA), the new crypto on Young Platform!

Celestia (TIA) now available on Young Platform

You can now buy, sell, and hold TIA on Young Platform! Learn about this innovative project and the purpose of its token!

Celestia: everything you need to know  

Celestia is a distinct modular blockchain infrastructure designed to enhance the scalability and flexibility of networks developed on it.

TIA serves a dual purpose as both a utility and governance token. It’s essential for paying fees on the network and the Layer 2 platforms that will be developed in the upcoming months, and it’s also vital for participating in protocol governance votes.

The project, launched in October 2023, began with its prototype in 2019. The founding team includes Mustafa Al-Bassam, CEO and co-founder of Chainspace (acquired by Meta), Ismail Khoffi, John Adler, and Nick White. Celestia raised $55 million across two distinct funding rounds, earning it the status of a unicorn startup (valued at over $1 billion). Its venture capital supporters include prominent names like Coinbase Ventures, Jump Crypto, Placeholder, Galaxy, and Delphi Digital.

Interested in Learning More?  

Delve deeper into Celestia in the Academy.

How to Use TIA on Young Platform  

Explore the full range of features for Celestia (TIA) available on Young Platform and Young Platform Pro:

  • Buy and sell with EUR
  • Set up recurring purchases
  • Deposit from another wallet or send via the Celestia network
  • Create a single currency or a customised Moneybox
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Buying Render (RNDR) is available now!

Render Network (RNDR) available on Young Platform

Starting today, you can buy a new cryptocurrency on Young Platform: learn about Render (RNDR)!

From now on, you can buy, sell, and store RNDR on Young Platform! Learn how this innovative project works and what the token is used for to decide if it’s right for you!

Render: everything you need to know

Render Network is a unique protocol in its field, as well as one of the fastest-growing blockchain platforms currently.

It is built on Ethereum and leverages blockchain technology to democratise access to the necessary resources, predominantly graphics cards (GPU), for content rendering.

RNDR serves both as a utility and a governance token: it is essential for accessing the platform’s decentralised rendering service as well as for participating in voting on the future of the protocol.

The project, created in 2017 by Jules Urbach, then CEO of OTOY, a company specialising in rendering and computer graphics, stems from an ambitious idea: to use blockchain technology to revolutionise graphic rendering.

Want to learn more? Dive deeper into Render Network on Academy!

How to use RNDR on Young Platform

Here are all the features available for Render (RNDR) on Young Platform and Young Platform Pro:

  • Buying and selling with EUR
  • Recurring purchase
  • Deposit from another wallet or send through the Ethereum network
  • Creating a Single Currency or Custom Moneybox
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Step 3.0: A New Journey Begins!

Step’s evolution into a crypto game continues: discover the new Hub and Journey, with new challenges and lessons

Last summer we introduced the first elements of Step 3.0: levels, profile and experience points.

Today the crypto game takes another important evolutionary step. In a nutshell, in the Home you will find a guided path to discover cryptos (and more). But let’s go step by step, and delve into all the new features.

The Journey

You will find an entirely new Home, which will guide you through the blockchain maze, showing you the way. 

You will be the protagonist of a futuristic journey, for which you only need two things: a great deal of curiosity… and downloading the Step update!

You will be teleported on a path that is first gentle and then gradually more challenging: you will start as a Newbie, then become Analyst and finally Master. 

During this adventure you will develop various skills and habits such as walking, analysing markets and acquiring new knowledge.

It doesn’t matter if you already know Web3 like the back of your hand, or if you’ve never heard of it, in the ‘Education’ challenges you will find both the basics and trivia and insights into crypto. All of this, in highly digestible pills.

Missions

On the way, you will meet a robot who will reveal a secret to you: if you take a little detour, you can accumulate extra XP and YNG. Just follow the signs for Missions.

You may have already used them, in fact they have been live for quite some time now, but we have not yet given them the recognition they deserve. On the other hand, the Step community has appreciated them very much and we are very happy about that.

For those unfamiliar with them, they are events lasting a few weeks, which allow you to win YNG if you complete all the required Quests. 

Try them, we’re sure you’ll enjoy them. It’s not over yet, continue below to find out how we rearranged Step.

Hub and navigation

We have not forgotten about seasonal cleaning and renovation: user experience is crucial and we always keep an eye on it. 

Thus the Step sections became three, making the app more essential, but at the same time richer.

  • The Home section is dedicated to the Journey, and there you will always find your personal achievements and profile.
  • Missing the old features? You can find them all in the Hub. Here you can redeem steps, make forecasts and complete Quests also outside the Journey, in the order you want.
  • On the right hand side you will find ‘Explore‘, where you can read and view lots of new content by endlessly scrolling. Read market news, watch in-depth videos, or brush up on theory.

That’s all for now. In the meantime, we are excited to hear what you think of these new features. For our part, we will never stop improving Step by following the advice of the community and will accept all kinds of comments. 

The real journey? Building Step together, so that it may stay the most effective and fun way to learn about cryptocurrencies! 

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Buying Lido DAO (LDO) is now possible!

From today, a new crypto is available on Young Platform: find out all about the listing of Lido DAO (LDO)!

Now you can finally buy, sell and store Lido DAO (LDO) on Young Platform. Check out the main features of this DeFi project and its crypto, to find out if it’s right for you!

Lido DAO: all you need to know

Lido is among the leading projects in the DeFi landscape today, as the most widely used liquid staking protocol for Ethereum.

In a nutshell, thanks to Lido, it is possible to stake ETH or MATICs and receive tokens in return that can be used on the most popular DeFi services, including DEXs and Yield Farming platforms.

LDO, on the other hand, is the governance token: it means that whoever owns it can vote in the decisions that govern the operation of the protocol. At the time of writing, the token ranks 35th by market capitalisation.

Also thanks to its token, Lido DAO is a particularly decentralised service, being governed precisely by a DAO. The latter is a decentralised autonomous organisation, which enables the management of a project in an automated and participative manner.

The project stems from the desire to solve the limitations of ETH staking, which were particularly acute during the run-up to the Merge between 2020 and 2022. Specifically, by some developers and personalities from the Ethereum community such as Stani Kulechov and Jordan Fish (@cobie on Twitter).

The 3 investment rounds that enabled the development of the project were led by Paradigm and a16z. Not only that, the protocol was verified through technical audits by no less than 14 bodies. 

Curious to learn more? Dive deep into Lido DAO with Academy!

How to use LDO on Young Platform

Here are all the features available for Lido DAO (LDO) on Young Platform and Young Platform Pro:

  • Buying and selling with EUR
  • Recurring purchase
  • Depositing from another wallet or sending via the Ethereum network
  • Creating a Single Coin Moneybox or Curated Bundle
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Multinetwork: transfer your cryptos conveniently

Send your cryptos via your preferred blockchain, to and from Young Platform with the Multinetwork

For some time now, many people in the community have been asking us to introduce the possibility of withdrawing and depositing crypto via different networks, such as Layer-2s. Here’s what it means and the perks of the Multinetwork feature!

What are networks?

During your journey in the crypto market, you might want to use a wallet or a DeFi application. 

To add cryptocurrencies to these wallets and use these apps, however, you will have to go through an exchange to convert euros into crypto.

Or, at some point, you might want to transfer the tokens you got from these applications to Young Platform, so you can convert them, or keep them to simplify your funds management.

To transfer crypto from Young Platform to other crypto applications and vice versa, you’ll go through the network of a blockchain.

And here is the heart of the matter: which blockchain to use?

Each cryptocurrency, in fact, is supported by different blockchains (and networks): BTC can mainly be transferred via the Bitcoin network, ETH via Ethereum and so on.

Over time, however, several increasingly fast and convenient blockchains have emerged, especially for transferring Ethereum’s native cryptocurrencies. Layer-2s such as Arbitrum, Optimism and Polygon have allowed ETH and all ERC-20 tokens to circulate in a scalable and efficient manner.

Therefore, in many crypto applications you will find the possibility of using different blockchain networks. Now you can do this on Young Platform too!

Which new networks are supported?

In this first round, the new networks only concern ETH, USDC and USDT, the most widely used cryptos in DeFi. New ones will be added in the future.

Here are the new networks supported for withdrawals and deposits:

ETH

  • Arbitrum
  • Optimism
  • BSC

USDT

  • Polygon
  • Tron
  • Arbitrum
  • Optimism
  • BSC

USDC

  • Polygon
  • Arbitrum
  • Optimism

The complete list of networks can be found on the Prices and Fees page, while guides on how to withdraw and deposit are available on our Support Portal.

Take advantage of the Multinetwork to transfer your cryptos in the fastest and cheapest way!

Warning: cryptocurrency transfers sent on the wrong network, or to the wrong wallet, or without a memo/tag may not be recoverable.

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New feature: convert small balances into YNG

One of the community’s most requested features has arrived: the conversion of ‘Dust’ into YNG tokens! 

You know when, after a sale, you are left with a few cents of a cryptocurrency, which you will probably never buy again? 

Doesn’t it bother you, every time you scroll through your wallet and see a microscopic balance, those pennies you can never sell? 

It’s finally time to get rid of them!

From today, those forsaken cents find a utility: you can convert them into YNG tokens with the new Dust feature.

How does it work?

You can convert all cryptocurrencies available on the exchange into YNG. This means that a cryptocurrency is only compatible with the Dust function if you can buy and sell it normally. Consequently, cryptos listed only to support airdrops and delisted cryptos are excluded.

Converting Dust is very easy (and also quite satisfying):

  • Go to the Wallet section of the app or website
  • Click on the button ‘Turn small balances into YNG’.
  • Select the cryptocurrencies you want to convert
  • Click on ‘Convert’ to complete the procedure and receive YNG.

We know you can’t wait: tidy up your wallet and collect YNG!

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Sub Accounts: how they work and how to use them

Does your company have a crypto portfolio? Sub Accounts are the best way to manage different strategies or delegate activities

Learn what Young Platform’s Sub Accounts are and how to use them to better manage your corporate cryptocurrency portfolio. 

What are Sub Accounts?

Typically in a trading platform, a ‘Sub Account’ (SA) is a type of account subordinate to a main one, called a ‘Master Account‘ (MA).The MA may thus create secondary and segregated accounts, each of which may have different purposes. 

This facility is used for different purposes, but is usually set up to manage funds or assets separately. Here are just some of the common situations in which the Sub Account functionality could be useful: 

  1. Management: possibility of using Sub Accounts to separate funds for different trading strategies or markets. For example, a trader might have one SA for day trading and another for long-term investments.
  2. Monitoring: Sub Accounts allow transactions executed in different strategies or portfolios to be monitored separately. This can simplify record keeping and performance evaluation.
  3. Risk: SAs can be used to set commensurate risk limits for different trading activities. This helps to avoid excessive losses on a specific account.

In essence, Sub Accounts offer greater flexibility and control in the management of funds. Let us now turn to the advantages of choosing the Young Platform service.

Young Platform Pro Sub Accounts

The functionality is available on demand and only from the Pro version of Young Platform, where it is very simple and intuitive to use. But first let’s see what it consists of.

The Master Account has full powers to:

  • Send and withdraw funds to and from any SA
  • Move funds between accounts (free of charge, no fees)
  • View and manage SA orders
  • Check SA balances
  • View transactions executed by SAs
  • Enable or disable certain cryptocurrency pairs for individual SAs
  • Remove SAs
  • Reset SA passwords
  • View the access history of SAs

In addition, Sub Accounts can be ‘Managed’ or ‘External’, where the former is the mode dedicated to the company’s legal representative who wants to use both an MA and an SA, while the latter is the mode more suitable for teams. In the ‘External’ mode, the MA is managed by the legal representative, while the SA can be given to team members or collaborators.

The advantage of Young Platform is that you can combine this functionality with other services such as the Only Euro Bot: in this way, you simplify the receipt of cryptocurrencies in your account, without preventing you from making recurring trades or purchases.

In fact, as the Only Euro Bot simplifies the handling of payments in crypto by automatically converting them into euros, this can get in the way of trading. With Sub Accounts this is immediately solved: you activate the Bot on one account and with the other you focus on your market strategy.

Want to know more? Write to [email protected], our operators will contact you within 48h.

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Club Benefit: Get up to 78% discount on NordVPN plans

Only one person has the right to know what you do online: you. Discover NordVPN’s offer and the discount for your Club

Being tracked online is never pleasant, even if you have nothing to hide. Since we, too, are fans of online security and privacy, we thought NordVPN would be just the thing for Clubs.

What is NordVPN?

A VPN (virtual private network) usually hides your IP address and allows you to surf in private mode, even on sites with geographical limitations.

NordVPN is a VPN that uses a network of servers worldwide: more than 5,000 servers in 60 countries. But it is also much more! 

All plans, in fact, include these services:

  • Web access without geographical limits: explore the Internet from anywhere in the world
  • Surf safely even when connected to public Wi-Fi;
  • Worry-free sharing of files and information, e.g. to work or play online with other people;
  • Protection from malware, online trackers and malicious advertising.

More advanced plans even include Nordpass and Nordlocker, the password manager and encrypted file storage service.

In short, NordVPN has thought of everything: now you can surf carefree and completely control your data.

It can be used from any device and is also very intuitive! It is not hard to see why it is one of the top VPNs. 

How does the benefit work?

NordVPN offers three packages: Ultimate, Plus, and Base. The official website already offers discounts for each.

On top of these, Young Platform Clubs add an additional cumulative discount, exclusively applicable to two-year plans.

Combining the two promotions results in the following:

  • Bronze: up to 74% total discount + 4 months free
  • Silver: up to 75% total discount + 3 months free
  • Gold and Platinum: up to 78% total discount + 3 months free

How to apply the discount?

First, join a Club or upgrade to the most advantageous one with the Young Platform app.

  1. Visit this page
  2. Click on the “Get NordVPN” button
  3. Select the two-year plan, and choose the package you prefer
  4. Clicking on the button “Get [package]” takes you directly to the payment page
  5. Here, enter your email address
  6. Click on “Got a coupon?” 
  7. Enter the discount code received by email
  8. Check that the code has been accepted
  9. Select a payment method (yes, even cryptocurrencies are accepted!)
  10. Conclude payment

If you have any problems, you can contact NordVPN customer service at [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the service, you can request a refund within 30 days.