Celsius to replace traditional future exchanges like CME and CBOT with crypto lenders LeapRate

January 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Celsius to replace traditional future exchanges like CME and CBOT with crypto lenders

Celsius, a blockchain powered lending and borrowing platform, just announced that it aims to replace big banks and futures exchanges, like the CME and CBOT, with crypto coin holders who will earn returns through lending. Using its platform, which will launch in Q1 2018, Celsius members can easily borrow coins at significantly reduced rates compared…

December 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials puts more cash into Blockchain based online diamond exchange Cedex.com

After receiving more than $1 million in dividends from its China JV DragonFinancials, binary options platform provider TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) is continuing its diversification away from binaries by plowing some of that cash into its Cedex.com joint venture. As we reported in October, TechFinancials set up Cedex.com as a JV with private banking expert Saar Levi. Cedex (CErtified…

December 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

NSD completes Russia's first blockchain based commercial bonds transaction

Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD) has announced that it has closed the country's first transaction issuing commercial bonds based on blockchain technology. And apparently it was a large success, with increasing demand for more. The NSD stated that on December 22, a RUB 500 million (USD $9 million) commercial bond issue of MegaFon was paid…

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Snap Interactive chooses NEM blockchain technology to power new Backchannel app

SNAP will adopt NEM blockchain technology and XEM, the token underlying NEM NEM.io Foundation Ltd., a blockchain technology project, just announced that Snap Interactive, Inc. (OTCQB: STVI), a provider of live video social networking applications building on blockchain and other innovative technologies has selected NEM to power the Company’s core blockchain infrastructure. Development has already…

December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Finom pioneers cryptocurrency stock capital in Switzerland

Financial blockchain company Finom AG today announced it has become the first company to increase its stock capital by level of Ether (ETH) at 7,760 - the second most popular cryptocurrency. Finom’s capital stock now comprises 2.5 million Swiss Francs (СHF). The funding is registered in the Finom profile on the Swiss Commercial Register Zefix.…

December 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Shares of publicly traded blockchain firm Crypto Company suspended by the SEC

US financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a notice that it is suspending trading in shares of The Crypto Company - Crypto Co (OTCMKTS:CRCW) - until early next year. Crypto Company shares have surged more than 2,700% this month, to a market cap of more than $11 billion. Crypto Company provides consulting services,…

Advanced Blockchain AG announce investment in WOM Token

December 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain projects to partner with Aion for blockchain interoperability

Nuco, an enterprise blockchain company and the team behind Aion, today announced that Aion has partnered with with Bancor, Bitt, Enigma, Metaverse, SingularityNET, and SONM to expand blockchain interoperability on a global scale. These projects have partnered with Aion to connect independent blockchains allowing for the instant transfer and recording of data and value. Aion…

December 01, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Blockchain to grow at CAGR of 55% over the next six years

Blockchain technology is disrupting companies, sectors, basically the whole world. The technology has helped the crypto "craze" to achieve new hights, with market capitalization of over $200 billion. Now, according to the latest report on Blockchain technology predicts a CAGR of 54.5% over the period of 2017 - 2023. The study on Blockchain Technology market covers…

November 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Aion, ICON, Wanchain form Blockchain Interoperability Alliance

Blockchain interoperability specialists Aion, Wanchain, and ICON today announced the formation of the Blockchain Interoperability Alliance. The Alliance came together to develop industry standards, collaborate on research and design, and work towards a shared mission to promote broader adoption of blockchain technology. The inability for independent blockchain protocols to communicate in a decentralized and scalable…

November 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AFPO and FinComEco to create a complete blockchain based agricultural ecosystem solution

African Potash Limited (AFPO), a company focused on creating a vertically integrated platform for the mining, production and distribution of fertiliser and FinComEco, the fully integrated Financial & Commodities Ecosystem providing services, financing, capacity building and enablement solutions from supply to demand, have signed a Master Collaboration Agreement to jointly develop a range of platforms,…

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