Report: Crypto trading ‘bots’ caught arbitraging investors by front running LeapRate

April 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Report: Crypto trading ‘bots’ caught arbitraging investors by front running

Another week… another report that reveals the dark underbelly of crypto exchanges and confirms the SEC’s worst nightmares about price manipulation in crypto exchange markets. The report this week, entitled “Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges”, comes to us by way of researchers at Cornell Tech. They focused primarily…

Crypto’s worst cynics have failed to discourage institutional investors

April 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Twitter survey suggests majority of crypto investors will not report taxes

April may be the time for spring and showers, but it also brings with it, unfortunately, tax reporting deadlines in both the US and the UK. If you have invested or traded in cryptocurrencies or received them in any way for services rendered, then you could be staring at a tax liability that you never…

April 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ampleforth adds FBG Capital's Richy Qiao and VTS' Simon Manka to its team

The digital-asset-protocol for producing smart commodity-money Ampleforth has just announced that it has appointed Richy Qiao as its Chief Business Officer and Simon Manka as the company’s Head of Growth. Through my time at FBG, I’ve examined and interacted with nearly a hundred projects - Ampleforth shines as one of the most ambitious visions, paired with…

April 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin pushes bears aside, ranging within a $500 band – What’s next?

Bitcoin is the most exciting thing going in investment circles these days. Crypto enthusiasts are beside themselves with glee, having endured a Crypto Winter that they will surely tell their grandkids about, and now celebrating the good times, as if they have no end. But do they? The proverbial question must be asked – What’s…

April 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto participation by endowment funds much greater than expected

If there is one thing that crypto enthusiasts can agree upon, it is that valuations will soar in Crypto-Land when institutional investors begin shifting capital into the space in a significant way. To date, institutional participation in digital assets can best be described as modest, but a new research paper has revealed that endowment funds…

eToroX adds gold and silver stablecoins to its offering

April 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

eToroX launches crypto exchange

eToro CEO Yoni Assia announced yesterday at Paris Blockchain Week the launch of eToroX’s crypto exchange and a range of financial instruments, including eight fiat-stablecoins. The exchange is managed by eToroX (eToro’s blockchain group) - one of the first companies that received regulatory approval back in December 2018 as a DLT provider by the Gibraltar…

April 16, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

The $1 million-Satoshi Treasure Hunt is now live

The Satoshi Treasure - a bitcoin hunt for $1 million is officially on. On April 13th, 2019, an anonymous user challenged the bitcoin community to resolve a puzzle and find the key for the Satoshi Treasure worth $1 million. The award is currently worth around 198 Bitcoins. The mysterious author posted the following message that…

April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Competitive Enterprise Institute blasts SEC for inhibiting crypto innovation

John Berlau, a senior fellow at libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, has wasted no time in blasting the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its heavy handed treatment of all things crypto. The SEC recently released guidelines to clarify how it applies existing statutes in order to assist legal firms and promoters of Initial…

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April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cryptos in retreat, as critics rejoice, but Bitcoin and altcoins claw back

Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren have been on a tear for the past two weeks in April, but critics quickly emerged from their slumber when the crypto-verse went into full retreat on Friday. Bitcoin, for the record, had risen over 30% during April, peaking at $5,400, which was almost unheard of a few weeks back.…

April 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

OKEx with new fiat pairs and second tokensale

OKEx, the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, has recently expanded its portfolio offerings with new fiat pairs, including Euro (EUR), Russian Ruble (RUB) and Turkish Lira (TRY). The additions are launched on the C2C fiat-to-token trading platform of OKEx. The new additions are expected to improve the access to digital coins as OKEx is preparing to launch…

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