Just when Mark Zuckerberg and his executive team had thought that the nasty news about Facebook and its Project Libra had died down a notch, out comes Yves Mersch, executive board member at the European Central Bank (ECB), with a blistering attack that opened up old festering wounds. “Treacherous promises”, and “Cartel-like behavior” are not…
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The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is now launching a new USD-pegged stablecoin in the U.S. The more exciting news is that the new coin, called BUSD, has been approved by the New York Department of Financial Services or NYDFS. The other partner on the project is Paxos Trust Company. The Binance stablecoin will be pegged…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Czhang Lin is the CEO of PIEXGO, an innovative global digital currency trading platform that provides a one-stop seamless experience for institutional and individual traders. PIEXGO’s platform is the first to launch an IXO, essentially an upgraded IEO which seeks to promote an ecosystem of protocols, dedicating resources and opportunities for emerging blockchain…
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Cryptocurrencies emerge from everywhere nowadays: from companies, from governments, and not so often - from individuals. However, one such individual has announced that he is launching what is essentially the first celebrity cryptocurrency. Manny Pacquiao is a champion boxed who just announced the launch of his very own cryptocurrency in front of a crowd in…
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Some companies raise enormous amounts of money when it comes to issuing their own cryptocurrency. Telegram is definitely one of those companies. The firm is scheduled to release its Gram cryptocurrency by October 31st, 2019. If it fails to do so, Telegram automatically loses more than $1.6 billion. According to press, Telegram has set a…
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John McAfee is probably the most ardent Bitcoin enthusiast. Now, news emerged that the Bitcoin bull will support the Zombie Coin project, and not only that, but write its white paper. The zombie ICO is a rather hilarious project that is managed by China Zombie, which wants to teach zombies how to use alt coins.…
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Ripple has onboarded a new partner to its RippleNet platform - Xendpay. The company is based in the UK and provides remittance services. The new partnership allows Xendpay to join international markets such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other. Xendpay was created in 2012 with the main purpose of transferring money in a cheap…
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It's no secret that the demand coming from institutional investors has increased tremendously over the last year and some businesses are quick to catch the "crypto" wave and benefit from the trending market. Two such businesses are none other but Deribit and Paradigm. Deribit is a cryptocurrency exchange for options and futures on both Ethereum…
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The IRS has already sent a letter of warning to cryptocurrency investors to properly claim their "digital assets" and pay the respective taxes. Now, only after a few months after the first warning, the second one is in. This time, however, the letter is received by some crypto investors whose federal tax returns do not…
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It has been no secret that the development arm of the Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) has been working diligently in the background over the past five years over some form of digital currency that would be nationalized and controlled by the central bank. The status of the project has always been in question, but,…
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