Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have raised over $10 billion over the past two years, but reports indicate that nearly 80% of these fledgling startups will fail, either due to poor business planning, incompetent management teams, or the fact that they were an outright scam to begin with, plain and simple. The prevalence of shady behavior…
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Interdealer broker TP ICAP plc has announced that it has added David Shalders as Chair of the Board's Risk Committee on a permanent basis and is appointed a member of the Audit Committee with immediate effect. Leaprate reminds that JP Morgan’s Richard Berliand has recently joined TP ICAP’s Board as Chairman. Angela Knight, non-executive director and a…
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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 Premier FX/ Premier Exchange. Premier FX/ Premier Exchange is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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tZERO, the blockchain-meets-Wall-Street subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), has informed the public that secondary trading of tZERO security tokens is now live. Accredited investors can now trade tZERO security tokens with other accredited investors through a digital securities brokerage account at Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC. Dinosaur has teamed up with PRO Securities, LLC, a tZERO subsidiary,…
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Coinbase, based out of San Francisco and one of the most popular and trusted crypto platforms in the world, has announced that it will expand its newly developed custodial services into the Asia market. The move is seen as two-fold – to attract major institutional players in the region and to provide custodial services for…
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Bitcoin has often been taunted as too "energy-intensive" and too "data-intensive". The top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap are sometimes "accused" of the same features. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, have now designed a cryptocurrency that is reportedly 99% more data-efficient than other cryptocurrencies. The innovative alt coin will provide a more scalable network because…
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The combination of the words “hostile takeover” and cryptocurrencies is not very common. A report from press claims that a startup known as Valor Foundation is planning a hostile takeover of Ripple, the $14 billion cryptocurrency. According to BTC Manager, if such a takeover is actually completed, it will be the first hostile takeover in…
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eToro, the global, multi-asset, investment platform, has just announced that it has added ZCash (ZEC) to its product range. This brings the total number of cryptoassets available on eToro to 14, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, XRP, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic, Dash, Stellar, NEO, EOS, Cardano, IOTA, and BNB. ZEC will also be added to eToro's CryptoPortfolio. ZCash…
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MyCrypto, Inc. has just announced that it has acquired Ambo, a company that aims to make cryptocurrency easy through the development of crypto wallets. With this move, MyCrypto will leverage Ambo’s technology and talent to build a suite of cross-platform mobile tools for mainstream digital asset investors. The open-source blockchain interface plans to expand into…
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Ahead of National Data Privacy Day, which is observed annually on 28th January, a selection of commentary can be seen below from a variety of industry experts discussing data privacy in the digital era. A poll carried out last year revealed a staggering 90% of people were “very concerned” about their internet privacy. Data privacy…
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