Russia “on its way” to the CryptoRuble LeapRate

January 03, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Russia "on its way" to the CryptoRuble

Russia has been one of the countries with the most controversial views on cryptocurrencies. The government announced in mid-2017 that the country had blocked Russians from accessing any cryptocurrency exchanges. Vladimir Putin has, however, said numerous times that he is looking into cryptocurrency opportunities. In addition, several educational reforms in leading Russian universities have been…

December 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Israel looking to pass Sweden and issue first state-sponsored digital currency

A number of news outlets in Israel have reported that the country's Ministry of Finance, in conjunction with the central Bank of Israel, are looking at creating a state-sponsored cryptocurrency. The reports cited anonymous government sources. According to the reports, the move is being looked at as part of an initiative to reduce dependency on…

December 13, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Starbucks' WiFi hijacked customers' laptops for mining Monero

Brittany Roston from Slash Gear reported that one of Starbucks stores in Buenos Aires was caught mining digital currencies through the use of customers' laptops that essentially used the store's WiFi. The Starbucks store did not know of the mining, until notified by a customer, Noah Dunkin through a tweet. According to his tweet, the…

November 28, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies at $2 trillion in 2018

Mike Novogratz, the current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners and the former macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group, is predicting a $2 trillion market capitalization of cryptocurrencies by 2018. After he expressed his opinion on Bitcoin hitting $20,000 by December 2018, he is now defending the idea of cryptocurrencies increasing their market cap to…

Coinbase Advanced partners with Coinrule for AI-automated trading

November 17, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase charms hedge funds with a new storage service

Coinbase, the digital online platform for trading cryptocurrencies, is now charming hedge funds with a new institutional storage service targeted specifically for institutional investors, reported Coindesk. The new storage service will be aimed at investors with a minimum of $10 million in deposits, according to Brian Armstrong, the Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. The procedure will…

November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Amazon in the cryptocurrency game - what does it mean for investors?

One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon is said to be launching its own cryptocurrency. Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) registered three cryptocurrency domain names on Oct. 31, 2017: AmazonEthereum.com, AmazonCryptocurrency.com, and AmazonCryptocurrencies.com, according to MoneyMorning. The retail giant has not started accepting any form of Bitcoin or Ethereum, but the rumors about Amazon…

October 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum ETNs Attract $10MM+ AUM in first week on Nasdaq

Ether Tracker One and Ether Tracker Euro just crossed $10MM in assets under management (AUM) a week after beginning trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. “When the group’s bitcoin ETNs – which are now at $330MM in AUM - launched in 2015, it took one year to attract the initial $10MM in AUM. The Ether Trackers achieved…

VTFinTech deploys Parity One on OpenFin’s operating system

October 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC’s LabCFTC releases Primer on Virtual Currencies

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC has today released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer is the first of a series that LabCFTC will release to provide fundamental, and essential, information about financial technology (FinTech) innovation. LabCFTC believes that promoting education, understanding, and regulatory clarity around emerging technologies can help facilitate market-enhancing innovation…

October 06, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum Hard Fork - The Upgrade

With cryptocurrencies becoming more popular and maturing in the investment world in thousands of portfolios, industries and innovations, all of them at some point must go through an upgrade. For Ethereum, this upgrade will happen on October 17th, and what is known as "hard fork" will come to life. For many investors, the difference between…

October 02, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

emCash - Dubai's First Domestic Digital Currency

Dubai is yet another "big player" to join the cryptocurrency craze with its launch of its first ever state cryptocurrency - the emCash. According to Arabian Business Magazine, people will be able to pay for various government and non-government services in Dubai with emCash. The name of emCash comes from the the subsidiary of Dubai…

Category: Digital Currency