[vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Since the beginning of 2020, the crypto industry has started to make progress. The productivity gains were observed till mid-February, and the capacity finally increased by 50%. “][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”Outcomes of the first quarter 2020″ size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) capacity grew twice over the period from January, 1 to mid-February showing 120% increase.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Ripple (XRP) also surprised investors with a growing tendency that offers the hope for recovery after the losses of 2019. In fact, Ripple was among the worst crypto assets in 2019.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”The mid-May decline that coincided with this year minimums, invalidated all the rises. Bitcoin even fell below the last year’s April minimums. ETH showed worst results and was thrown back to December 2018 level. Ripple also appeared among the weakest coins demonstrating the throwback to the rates of summer 2017.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”But despite all these difficulties the first days of April show positive trends and significant improvements.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”Altcoins’ privacy is a trend among investors ” size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”At the beginning of the second quarter Dash (DASH) showed himself as one of the leading private coins. Currently the coin that takes 20th place among the assets with biggest capitalization (about $700 million) is experiencing its biggest growth. Over these Easter holidays, it has increased by over 80%.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”Monero (XMR)” size=”small”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”The capitalization of Monero is more than $960 million and now it takes 14th place: 20% growth since the beginning of the year.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”ZCash (ZEC)” size=”small”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”ZCash takes the lowest position in the rating: the 26th place with $350 million. But it also shows a significant increase by 30%. “][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”These are good results for cryptos with maximum transaction anonymity.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”In the second part of 2019 such coins were almost banned by regulators especially in USA and got under the restrictions of General Data Protection Regulator regarding confidentiality and data protection for trading and broker companies. The regulators also began to exclude private assets from lists of exchanges and adopt their operating to new standards.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”But even despite these difficulties the crisis lead by COVID-19 makes investors return to anonymity coins.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Is it a sign of the new stage for such assets? We cannot say for sure but we already notice the growing interest for anonymity, and this interest will determine their popularity.”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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