According to the owners of these exchanges, the reason for this popularity was a huge rally last year. Rodrigo Batista, CEO of Mercado Bitcoin (Bitcoin Market), reached 750,000 subscribers in 2017 and increased 275% compared to last year, "Variable that tells the price of this bitcoin is" for Bitcoin's Andrey Horta, which is 300,000 Serving people, the drop in profits of other investment is another factor which attracts investors to Bitcoin.
Exchanges can not demand demand up
To handle the number of investors, which are growing almost 3.5 times year-on-year, the exchanges have to strengthen their IT system and hire more employees. You have quadrupled his staff with 40 people.
With 350,000 registrations, São Paulo-based Foxbet had to suspend service to new investors in mid-December. Foxbet's founding partner, Gouto Shiivon, said, "From day one, the daily volume has increased five times and we have not been able to meet this demand." In November, the number of employees of the company rose to 60, and another 15 people were hired in January, when the company was re-opened to the public.