CME and CF Benchmarks to Launch 4 New Cryptocurrency Reference Rates and Real-Time Indices LeapRate

May 30, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

CME and CF Benchmarks to Launch 4 New Cryptocurrency Reference Rates and Real-Time Indices

The move expands their suite of benchmarks to cover over 96% of the investible cryptocurrency market. The new indices, which are not tied to tradable futures products, aim to provide transparent, reliable pricing for institutional investors and other market participants. "Our new benchmarks are designed to provide clear and transparent pricing data to a broad…

January 02, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

GSTechnologies Completes Acquisition of CAKE and the Bake Cryptocurrency Platform

The fintech-focused firm said the deal accelerates its digital asset strategy and “positions the company for future growth in the rapidly evolving digital asset ecosystem.” Funded entirely through internal resources, the deal integrates Bake.io’s web application and mobile app into GST’s operations. Bake, a retail-focused cryptocurrency investment platform, provides features such as staking, swaps, and…

February 15, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Bitcoin ETF investments push the cryptocurrency over the $1tn value line

At one stage, the Bitcoin price reached $52,328.53, the highest in over two years. This 5.56% increase took the virtual currency’s market cap to $1,026tn. Reuters indicated that, since the start of this month, the Bitcoin price rose by 22%. LSEG Lipper data shows recent capital inflows of $1.64bn into the US spot Bitcoin ETFs…

February 08, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

South Korean authorities clamp down on cryptocurrency looters

Reportedly, Haru Invest emphasised high-yield promises while it froze certain platform functions in June 2023. Around this time, the outfit also cut 100 jobs. The company cited issues with its partners as the reason why customers could not make deposits or withdrawals. Yonhap News described the company as a “rug pull” front for fraud, which…

January 25, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Bitcoin ETFs can see the cryptocurrency shoot through the roof

This economist was also correct in his bullish S&P 500 approach, despite everyone anticipating recession and stock price drops. Lee said this index would end at 4,750 in 2023. It closed at 4,769. Still trying to regain a balance after the FTX scandal, TerraUSD $60bn wipe-out, and crash which saw Bitcoin plunging from $69,000 in…

January 08, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

UK users being put to the test by cryptocurrency exchanges

Starting today, cryptocurrency investors will have to declare which type of investments they action and answer questions on a variety of financial services and regulations if they wish to keep on trading on these platforms. On this declaration, users must choose an investor profile, which is either high net-worth above £100,000, more than £250,000, or…

October 31, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

UK Government looking to tighten control over cryptocurrency

In the follow-up to this initial paper, the Government indicated it plans to regulate several cryptocurrency dealings according to the same rules used for banks and financial services companies. UK Financial Services Minister, Andrew Griffith, said: I am very pleased to present these final proposals for cryptoasset regulation in the UK on behalf of the…

October 18, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Bitcoin’s 10% jump sheds light on ETF investments in cryptocurrency

The sudden increase came in response to an incorrect report, which rumoured that BlackRock Inc. got the go-ahead to launch a spot cryptocurrency ETF. This catapulted Bitcoin to a value of $30,002 on Monday, the highest it has been since August. Things simmered down after BlackRock said the relevant application is still under review with…

August 11, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BitMEX ordered to pay $100 million for illegal operation of a cryptocurrency trading platform

The US watchdog found that from November 2014 to October 2020 BitMEX offered leveraged trading of cryptocurrency derivatives to retail and institutional customers in the US, while operating as a common enterprise. BitMEX was aware that US customers could access the BitMEX platform. CFTC also found that US customers placed orders directly through BitMEX’s user…

May 27, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

PayPal set to allow customers to withdraw cryptocurrency

During the conference, da Ponte was also probed on the subject of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), following news that the PayPal vice president had met up with central bankers across the globe. Though da Ponte accepted the logic of central banks issuing their own tokens, he refused the common opinion that just one of…

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