Category: Cryptocurrency

Two U.S. pension funds break the winter ice by investing in Cryptos
February 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Two U.S. pension funds break the winter ice by investing in Cryptos

Crypto enthusiasts have long anticipated the day when large institutional investors would jump onboard the Crypto train, but a host of concerns related to potential price manipulation, volatility, liquidity, and safety have always stood in the way. It is known that many such investors have gone through the backdoor, using traditional brokers with an OTC-desk.…

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February 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monax announces public beta platform launch

Monax, a company that develops digital legal systems, today announced that it the beta launch of its Monax platform was now available to the public. The platform is a workspace built around business relationships, which allows users to capitalize on digital contracts to mitigate risk and to operate efficiently. The Monax platform is targeted at…

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February 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

JP Morgan has its own cryptocurrency - a competitor to Ripple

The concept of a stablecoin is not new news. The fact that Jamie Dimon, the CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), has continually bashed Bitcoin is not new news either, nor is the fact that his bank’s developers have been silently working in the background on ways to leverage blockchain technology to the bank’s benefit.…

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February 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto futures platform ErisX adds three heavyweights to executive staff

ErisX moved one step closer to its second quarter opening by beefing up its executive staff with three industry veterans. Thomas Chippas, the CEO of ErisX, recently described his initiative’s primary objective: ErisX stands to provide the most robust, secure and regulated digital asset offering available to both institutional and individual participants. To achieve such…

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February 13, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Nasdaq adds Ethereum and Bitcoin indices to its Global Data Service

One of the biggest exchanges in the world, Nasdaq, is reportedly going to add Bitcoin and Ethereum indices to its global data service by the end of February, 2019. According to Nasdaq Trader: Effective Monday, February 25, 2019, Nasdaq, through its data dissemination relationship with Brave New Coin, will send real-time Bitcoin and Ethereum index…

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XEM token just listed on Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange
February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Iconiq's ICNQ token just listed on the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) a regulated, institutional-grade digital asset exchange and token sale platform today announced that ICNQ was now officially part of its Digital Asset Exchange (DAX), which is specifically tailored to cater to professional crypto traders. ICNQ joins four other tokens that have been listed on the GDX-DAX this year, which are…

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E-commerce company Amazon 3Q preview
February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Will a recent survey persuade Amazon to expand its crypto footprint?

Is Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) considering a “Big Play” in Crypto-Land? As news begins to trickle in that high-tech giants like Google, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Samsung, and others have several efforts in the works to incorporate blockchain technology and possibly cryptocurrencies, as well, into their daily operating systems, speculation continues to mount as to what Amazon might be…

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