Gate.io, an online exchange for blockchain assets, today launched its revamped platform available to users located in Canada, the USA and Japan. The relaunch will allow users living in the affected countries to make spot trades on main-net cryptocurrencies and will offer them over 200 digital assets. Gate.io intends to make it easy for clients…
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The Cyprus regulator (CySEC) announced that it has decided to withdraw the AIFLNP authorisation of the company DFG Meze Model Ltd. The authorisation AIFLNP is with number LPAIF42/2014 of DFG Meze Model Ltd and the company has also expressly renounced its authorisation. The announcement was made yesterday and the withdrawal is effective as of March…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday opened charges against Volkswagen AG, Martin Winterkorn, its former CEO, and two of its subsidiaries for scamming U.S. investors by issuing corporate bonds and fixed income securities that raised billions of dollars through misleading statements about the company's "clean diesel" fleet of cars and their environmental impact.…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Union Capital Partners. Union Capital Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The US crypto exchange Coinbase added Stellar Lumens XLM to its Coinbase Pro platform for full trading. Trading on the XLM/USD, XLM/EUR, and XLM/BTC order books will soon start in phases, beginning with post-only mode and proceeding to full trading should Coinbase's metrics for a healthy market be met. Support for XLM will be immediately…
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It’s Friday. It must be time for another update on the continuing saga of QuadrigaCX, the beleaguered Canadian crypto exchange that has re-written the book on how not to operate an exchange of any kind, while handling other people’s money. Now Gerald Cotten’s poor widow would have us believe that, out of the goodness of…
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TradeStation International, the international arm of TradeStation (a Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) company), is offering access to all the world's major stockmarkets across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Created in collaboration with Interactive Brokers, the TradeStation Global platform was launched in 2018 and enables direct market access and execution in FX, Equity, Futures…
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) is continuing its foray into the crypto space by releasing its beta version of its custodial solution for digital assets through a third part, Shuttle Holdings, a New York investment firm. Its forthcoming Digital Asset Custody Service, or “DACS” for short, is built upon IBM’s private cloud and encryption technologies, coupled with…
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Blockchain has been used in multiple sectors and organizations across the world. From healthcare to the diamond industry, various elements of businesses have been disrupted by blockchain. Now, a new, giant blockchain project is coming to life - one that actually works to improve the actual interoperability between various blockchains. The blockchain is called Cosmos.…
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While many are awaiting the Bitcoin ETF, a blockchain one is going up on the the London Stock Exchange. Invesco, an investment management company, has formed a partnership with Elwood Asset Management, a digital asset investment firm to launch a blockchain ETF on the London Stock Exchange. The goal of this partnership is to improve…
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