UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company SMS Crypto Limited. SMS Crypto Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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Crypto press headlines typically focus on the dark side of exchange compromises and the billions in dollars of losses that must be absorbed by the firms and their customers. There is, however, a more sinister threat lurking in the shadows that is seldom discussed, but which could prevent the massive adoption that crypto zealots hope…
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How could cryptocurrencies become as familiar in a household as the Internet? If rumors are correct, then the new Samsumg Galaxy S10 could do the trick. Cryptocurrencies have been around for a few years, but public awareness has primarily been reserved for high-tech geeks and savvy investors. What is needed for broader acceptance by the…
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A new major cryptocurrency is going to go live, after it was made public that the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) and the United Arab Emirates Central Bank (UAECB) are partnering on the project "Aber". Aber is a cryptocurrency project launched by the two entities to facilitate financial transactions between the two countries through the technology…
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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…
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Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAX have signed a Letter of Intent to form a strategic partnership for the creation of an innovative securities lending solution using the R3 Corda blockchain platform back in March 2018. Later on, Deutsche Börse Group has made an initial investment of a single-digit euro million amount in HQLAX S.à r.l. in exchange for a minority…
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Blockchain education provider B9lab has announced the launch of their Community Blockstars Programme to offer free mentoring, training, and certification in Ethereum for 1,000 aspiring blockchain developers. The Blockstars Community Programme aims to strengthen the Ethereum Development Community. There will be two intakes this year in March and October, each with 500 students taking the course…
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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…
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Sirin Labs and FIH Mobile have teamed up to launch FINNEY™, the world’s first blockchain-based smartphone back in April 2018. Sirin Labs has today announced its partnership with KoolSpan, a provider of TrustCall Secure Communications, enabling FINNEY users to protect their phone calls and chat and messages with secure end-to-end encryption. FINNEY consumers will have…
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Litecoin Foundation has informed that it has named four new individuals as advisors. David Schwartz, Project Director of the nonprofit organisation based in Singapore, announced last Friday that Luiza Palma, Jonha Richman, Kyle Tekiela and Blake Rizzo have been added to the team. I would like to #FF the newest members to @LTCFoundation @luizalopespalma @BlakeRizzo24…
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