Crypto startup Ternio, ranked 436th on market cap listings and valued at $4 million, has introduced its first consumer related product – a debit card with a “twist”. Not only can it be used in existing global payment card networks at the point-of-sale and ATMs, but each cardholder will be able to designate which of…
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The Bitcoin’s price volatile movements are constantly shocking the market. Going from great highs to great lows, the people’s currency is not doing very well in terms of market cap and adoption, it seems. One of the possible explanations of the great volatility in prices was that Bitcoin “whales”, or investors who hold especially large…
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Thailand is following in the footsteps of Japan, when it comes to regulating the cryptocurrency industry. Thailand has recently issued its very first licenses to four cryptocurrency exchange applicants. The Security and Exchange Commission in Thailand has already granted four licenses to Bitcoin Co, Satang Corporation, Bitkub Oline Co ltd and Coins TH Co. The…
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Apart from the rumor that Ripple will be the official cryptocurrency of the 2020 Olympic Games, the cryptocurrency is hitting some major goals, as RippleNet has welcomed 13 more new financial institutions to its network. Ripple already has around 200 customers. The latest ones include Olympia Trust Company, ConnectPay, Ahli Bank of Kuwait, Euro Exim…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 9, 2019. Highlights include: BTC Short Selling Volume Falls: BTC is holding steady as short selling volume has dropped nearly 30% since its peak on January 1st. Positive Economic Signals Worldwide: Stocks are up…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Keycroft Investments. 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…
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LeapRate Exclusive… FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has just announced that it has appointed Marc Stenzel as its new Compliance Director. Prior to ActivTrades, Marc Stenzel has worked as a Head of Compliance at Stater Global Markets and FxPro UK Limited. Before that, Stenzel was a Compliance Officer in IG Group for more than…
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Ampleforth, a decentralized store of value protocol, has just announced the completion of a second security audit. The first audit was completed by Chinese security firm SlowMist over the course of 1 week and reported no vulnerabilities. The second audit was conducted by Trail of Bits, a New York-based security firm. From November 5, 2018…
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LCH SwapAgent has just announced that €4.5 billion in notional of trades registered in LCH SwapAgent were successfully compressed in TriOptima’s multilateral USD/EUR cross-currency swap compression cycle. Compression is the process by which members can eliminate offsetting trades to reduce notional outstanding and the number of line items in a portfolio. Capital requirements such as…
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The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has just informed traders that it has added Ripple (XRP) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). Nick Cowan, Managing Director and Founder of GSX (Gibraltar Stock Exchange) Group Limited, commented: Ripple is a major player within the blockchain industry. In ways similar to our work at the GSX Group, it…
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