Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds BlockEx and RiskSpan as Corporate Members LeapRate

September 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds BlockEx and RiskSpan as Corporate Members

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry non-profit trade association, has announced that BlockEx and RiskSpan have joined the organization as its newest corporate members. BlockEx Ltd. is a digital asset platform created to handle the entire lifecycle of a digital asset, enabling the creation, issuance, servicing and exchange of financial assets created using blockchain.…

Union Bank of the Philippines adopts Refinitiv's Electronic Trading

September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Quantum Computing – Risk for Cryptography And Bitcoin?

Quantum computing may be the next big thing. The concept of quantum computing comes from the fact that unlike the bit in the classical silicon computer, which is basically a binary choice of either one or zero, a qubit (the core of quantum computers) will alternate between one, zero or a position of in-between these…

September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Comes Back With 30% Price Increase

Only a couple of days after China announcing the domestic ban of several exchanges trading bitcoin, the cryptocurrency is back with 30% price increase in several days. The news that the Chinese exchange bans will not really impact the overall cryptocurrency industry around the globe calmed the markets. Only in the afternoon today, September 18th,…

September 15, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Price Bounces Back To $3,500

After hitting historic lows of $3,000 in the last week, Bitcoin is now stabilizing its price level with rising $600 and gradually shaking away the China new cryptocurrency policies and JP Morgan's CEO slandering comments. According to CryptoCompare data from this morning, September 15th, the price of Bitcoin has risen with around 2% to $3,620.…

Paxos teams up with bitcoin payment service BitPay

September 15, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Big Fight - Banks vs. Bitcoin

Up until recently, national banks and governments enjoyed a full monopoly over people. With the rise of cryptocurrencies and the sharp rise in fintech, "people's currency" is becoming more and more popular around the world. However, the monopoly over money has become a serious issue for both institutions and big-time CEOs. As a result, the…

September 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SETL and four asset management firms to launch Blockchain technology platform IZNES

SETL and four asset management firms announced today the launch of IZNES, the pan-European fund record-keeping platform based on blockchain technology. The platform provides investors, asset management firms, distributors and wealth management advisers with easy and rapid access to fund units. The platform enables firms to enter into new relationships with investors, manage KYC processes,…

September 14, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Cashless India ?

“Cashless India”, the Digital India Program of the Indian government, was announced over an year ago with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and familiarize the country with digital currency and the future demise of cash. Thus, the Central Bank of India is currently looking into digitalizing the fiat rupee in…

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

September 14, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Africa - The Land Of Cryptocurrency Opportunities

As of 2017, according to the Lawnmower Blockchain Index, blockchain assets outperform by far all global bond and stock indices, with +374% up as opposed to equities with +15.7% and bonds with +3.95%. At such growth levels and the overall bullishness of investors around the globe, it is no wonder that the cryptocurrency frenzy is…

September 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICOBox sets out to disrupt venture capital

ICOBox, the provider of SaaS (software as a service) ICO technology, marketing, and legal solutions, announced that has launched a “blockchain jumpstarter” platform aimed at helping launch 800 ICOs in the first year of its operations, targeting $12 billion in total amount of funds collected. ICOBox’s ICOS token is the first token to provide its…

September 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Tether and Ethfinex enable Tokenized USD on Ethereum Network

Tether Limited, a leading provider of tokenized traditional government-backed currencies, today announced in partnership with Ethfinex the launch of Tether ERC20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, enabling tokenized US dollars to be exchanged on the Ethereum network for the first time. Launched in 2014, Tether was the first blockchain-enabled platform to allow traditional currencies to be tokenized,…

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