Swiss crypto market set to flourish after major bank announcements LeapRate

Bitcoin Suisse and Worldline partner to expand crypto acceptance at PoS

February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swiss crypto market set to flourish after major bank announcements

Switzerland represents a unique dichotomy when it comes to accepting all things crypto. Government officials have willingly thrown their country’s hat into the ring, vying for the economic benefits of having a blockchain development center headquartered in country. Crypto Valley is an ecosystem centered in and around the Swiss canton of Zug with active connections…

FlexTrade teams up with ACA Technology to provide data on-demand for trade surveillance

February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Goldman Sachs engineers to address crypto surveillance issues

A major stumbling block that crypto exchanges face is the issue of price manipulation and the lack of sufficient monitoring and surveillance tools to address these concerns on a daily operating basis. Until progress is made in this area, the SEC and major institutional players will not embrace cryptocurrencies going forward. Two former fintech engineers…

Newly launched crypto exchange Overbit adds FX, gold/silver pairs next week

February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Newly launched crypto trading platform Overbit adds FX, gold/silver pairs next week

Leaprate Exclusive... The cryptocurrency trading platform Overbit went live 10 days ago, on February 18th 2019. It allows cross-market trading using Bitcoin as the underlying asset and is an all-in-one platform, offering the ability to buy and sell cryptocurrency and various financial products. Users will be able to buy and sell currency transactions, stocks around the…

Litecoin is surging. Could the good times be back for Brokers in Crypto trading?

February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Litecoin partnerships increase public awareness of crypto as a payment mode

The Litecoin Foudation is the main organization campaigning for the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies by the public. In order to further its mission, the foundation has partnered with the organizers of major events to allow participants to pay with the major cryptos such as Litecoin, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The foundation has also been aggressively recruiting…

February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

BT Group welcomes Gemini to its Radianz Cloud community

BT Group (BT) today revealed that Gemini Trust LLC (Gemini), a cryptocurrency custodian and exchange based in New York, has joined its Radianz Cloud. Gemini is expected to benefit from the partnership by gaining access to a secure cryptocurrency cloud with thousands of users including exchanges, brokers, clearing and settlement firms among other institutions. Gemini…

February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

PayPal expands its small business loans initiative to Mexico

Online payment giant PayPal launched its Working Capital initiative in 2013 as an alternative method for business to access working capital much faster than through traditional means. Many small and medium-sized business (SMB) clients embraced the program and since then the company has advanced more than $6 billion in loans to over 170,000 businesses in…

If Russia ends its ‘Love-Hate’ of cryptos, can it be the ‘King of Blockchain’?

February 27, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Putin wants specific crypto regulation by July 2019

The Russian president is getting serious about regulation of cryptocurrencies. Russia is probably one of the most controversial countries when it comes to decisions and stance against and for cryptocurrencies. Now, however, Putin has put a new deadline for the government to adopt specific cryptocurrency regulations. The information comes from the official website of the…

February 27, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Amazon, Mastercard and Accenture develop a blockchain-based "tip" system

A dynamic trio is gearing up towards the launch of a new, niche blockchain-based product that could potentially revolutionize the supply-chain industry. The three tech giants that are partnering are Mastercard, Accenture and Amazon Web Services. The companies are going to develop a blockchain-enabled supplier "tip" system that allows customers to essentially tip smaller scale…

February 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Strategic Funds clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Strategic Funds. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

February 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

VL Financial selects Prime Trust as a custodian

Prime Trust has just been selected by technology solution Velocity Ledger Financial (VL Financial) as its preferred custodian. The two companies will facilitate the issuance and custody of digital assets, supporting the growth of tokenized assets in the new digital economy. VL Financial has applied for a Digital Asset Business Act (DABA) license to operate a Digital Assets…