The main cryptonion of the market maintains a sustained increase at the end of the week, towards the 2.800 dollars per unit, contrasting with the rest of the main cryptoactive ones, amid a climate of apparent optimism previous to the established date of the 1 of August that Had been taken as the limit for the implementation of the segregated Witness protocol.
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Earlier this afternoon, BTC traded at 2,773.42 after appreciating more than 7%, according to Coinmarketcap statistics. Its estimated capitalization volume stands at 45.68 billion dollars after accumulating transactions for more than $ 16.475 million during the day, while maintaining the dominance of the market for cryptoactive with a 51% share.
The trend occurs after the start of the blocking period for segwit and the signaling by the vast majority of the mining pools. At this moment, the voluntary activation of the segregated witness protocol already looks irreversible, after completing the signaling period on the way to the total implementation of this scalability proposal
n any case, the activation of the BIP148 is still scheduled for August 1, which should not, however, have any major consequences for the operation of the Bitcoin blockchai
Meanwhile, the other large-volume Cryptomonedas behaved lower, with Ethereum down 3.04% to $ 195; Ripple at 16 cents after a 4.2% contraction and Litecoin down 2.49% to $ 40.75 per unit.