The World Economic Forum is a much awaited event, especially when some of the “hottest” technologies are on the table: blockchain, digitalization, economic development, etc. It appears that there is a new blockchain “power” that is emerging right now. South Africa is currently positioned perfectly to be a global blockchain player among other “giants” such…
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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,…
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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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The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has just added TRON (TRX) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). TRON has been brought to the GBX-DAX by Sponsor Firm StratX, and follows the addition of XRP and EOS in recent weeks. LeapRate reminds that the digital asset exchange OKCoin exchange has recently added Tron (TRX) as a new…
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Dash Financial Technologies, the capital markets technology and execution provider, has just announced the addition of Scott Patrick as Chief Financial Officer. The company has recently added James Doherty as Managing Director, Head of Equity Product and has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eRoom Securities, LLC. Patrick will be in charge of financial operations and strategic planning…
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Even after the meltdown in cryptocurrency values in 2018, consumer interest in tokens and all thing crypto continues to expand on all fronts and in all jurisdictions across the globe. Unfortunately, these new crypto investors often respond to the industry hype without becoming aware of the significant risks that are present. Cryptocurrencies are at the…
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The tiny Republic of Malta, in a fashion reminiscent of the old movie “The Mouse that Roared”, has suddenly become the “crypto-hub of the world”, as it promised it would be in mid-2018. According to MarketWatch and the December exchange report prepared by CryptoCompare: Malta is home to more than twice that amount of crypto…
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For the first time, a judge in South Korea has stepped forward and handed out sentences to two crypto executives for falsifying exchange volume reports and profiting from internal wash trades. The two executives hail from the Komid exchange in South Korea, although one individual is also the CEO of fledgling coin system by the…
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Blockport, the European social crypto trading platform, kicks off 2019 by moving out of the beta version of its exchange. User funds will be stored on the blockchain and most leading cryptocurrencies and tokens will be available for trading on the exchange. Over the past several months, our team has worked incredibly hard to get…
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Bitcoin zealots and enthusiasts were jumping for joy last week when a Russian economist, a Professor Ginko, who works closely with the government, announced that Russia would soon be buying bitcoin. Before the professor could take a breath, the news went viral. He also noted that purchases could occur as soon as February of this…
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