Kraken acquires Crypto Facilities, its largest deal to date LeapRate

February 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kraken acquires Crypto Facilities, its largest deal to date

The digital asset exchange Kraken has just announced that it has acquired the regulated cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider Crypto Facilities. Crypto Facilities is London-based and is the first FCA regulated entity to list futures on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple XRP, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. The company provides CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate that powers the CME Group’s…

January 31, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

The continuing saga of BitGrail and Nano reaches a verdict in Italian court

What happens when a crypto exchange has weak security protocols, the tokens of an ICO startup go missing, a heist of $170 million takes place, and then everyone starts pointing fingers and blaming everyone else for the transgression? Matters like these usually end up in a court of law. The news today from a bankruptcy…

XEM token just listed on Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange

January 30, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Stellar Lumens XLM just listed on Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has announced that it has added Stellar Lumens (XLM) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). XLM follows the addition of XRP, EOS, and TRON in recent weeks. GBX has been granted a full license as a provider of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) under Gibraltar’s Financial…

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: Bittrex and Bitsdaq launch new crypto exchange, interview with CEO and Chairman Ricky Ng

LeapRate Exclusive... Bitsdaq, the official Asia partner of US cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex, has just announced the launch of the Bitsdaq Exchange. Bitsdaq is the second official partner with an Asian focus selected by Bittrex, following Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit. We are very excited to be partnering with Bittrex on what we believe will be…

January 28, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Robinhood receives BitLicense by the state of New York

The US-based financial services company, Robinhood, just received the virtual currency license, called BitLicense by the state of New York. Robinhood is one of the most popular cryptocurrency “exchanges” as it offers commission-free trading – a feature that has attracted many customers and new features to the exchange. Some time ago, Robinhood was rumored to…

January 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Coinbase crypto exchange expands custodial services in Asia market

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…

January 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

MyCrypto acquires Ambo, expands into mobile

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…

January 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Korean Coinnest exchange scrambling to recover $5.3 million mistake

Have you ever woken up in a cold sweat in the early morning hours, suddenly thinking that you had sold your bitcoin for $35 instead of $3,500? Did you rush to your computer to check to see if the order had been entered correctly? Some poor fellow or woman in South Korea is living a…

January 23, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Huobi Japan is now a fully-regulated crypto exchange

Huobi Japan is now a wholly-regulated crypto exchange, supervised by the Financial Services Agency in Japan. The cryptocurrency exchange was created through a merger between Huobi Group and BitTrade. The Founder and CEO of Huobi Group commented on the milestone: This is an important milestone for us," said Leon Li, Huobi Group Founder and CEO. "Firstly,…

FXTM analyzed 70 M&A deals to show stock performance and GDP comps

January 23, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bithumb looks to go public in the US with a reverse merger

Bithumb, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is looking to go public in the US through the mechanism of reverse merger. Bithumb can become the very first crypto exchange to be traded publicly in the United States. The holding company of Bithumb, BTHMB, which is based in Singapore, is seeking to be listed in…

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