Blockchain is truly revolutionising the world we live in: transforming sectors such as real estate, finance and now, even energy. While the world is fighting to reduce its carbon imprint and reduce the amount of coal used, a Japanese corporation and a US-based energy company are creating the next energy source - one based on…
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Coinbase is improving the trading experience for its professional traders by adding the third largest cryptocurrency by market cap, XRP, to its Coinbase Pro platform. The US crypto exchange announced the addition on Monday, February 25th. While trading will not be enabled right away, users of the professional platform will be able to transfer XRP…
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After a recent delay this past January, Ethereum’s Constantinople and Petersburg hard forks are expected to take place later this week on February 28th at block number 7,280,000. The practice of forks sparks much debate in the industry and many are monitoring these imminent hard forks with great anticipation, trepidation, and uncertainty. But what are…
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Paxful, a Bitcoin trading platform that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions, today announced that it has partnered with BitMart to create a joint venture. BitMart is a cryptocurrency trading platform serving over 600,000 customers globally, hence, the partnership is a way for the two companies to scale their operations and improve the liquidity offered to their customers.…
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When the CEO of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange died, the password for his computer "died" with him. As a result, $190 million in deposit were lost. On 31 January, QuadrigaCX filed an application for creditor protection with the supreme court of Nova Scotia, after months of transaction delays.The company hired Ernst & Young as an independent…
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AlgoTrader AG today revealed that it had been chosen by tensoralpha GmbH to provide all of its quant modelling requirements. Tensoralpha GmbH is a cryptocurrency investment fund based in Berlin, while AlgoTrader helps investment firms create trading strategies, back test them and deploy the same in the markets. tensoralpha is not the first company to…
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According to a new survey by the FX broker eToro, 43% of U.S millennials prefer to invest money in crypto assets as opposed to the stock market. The study also discovered that 71% of millennials are open to investing in digital assets, if they are offered by established financial institutions. Over half of the online…
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Last month, CoinFLEX was reported to be launching futures contracts to its Asian clients in February 2019. The new contracts for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum will provide possible leverage of up to 20 times. The new product has now gone live, as CoinFLEX launched its physically delivered cryptocurrency futures exchange. The platform is based in Hong…
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Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a warning today against a suspicious entity named Sussex Investment. Sussex Investment is operating via the website https://sussexinvest.com and claims to be a cryptocurrency broker that offers cryptocurrency trading, initial coin offerings and trading in its own shares. Sussex Investment had advertised in British Columbia…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today released a consultative paper proposing that the legal provisions made in the 5th AML Directive (AMLD5) be adopted into the country’s law. Today’s announcement is a result of concerns raised by legal entities dealing in crypto assets whose needs are not being met by the current regulations.…
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