Asset tokenization: Patrick Springer explains why rebalancing your asset allocation is the next best move LeapRate

January 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Asset tokenization: Patrick Springer explains why rebalancing your asset allocation is the next best move

LeapRate Exclusive... Patrick Springer, former MD of Morgan Stanley, has joined LeapRate to share some details on asset tokenization and why rebalancing your asset allocation is the next best move. LR: Hi, Patrick and thank you for joining us today. I came across your article about allocating assets the other day. Could you explain LeapRate’s readers why…

January 02, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

2019 - a good start for the crypto market so far

If 2017 was the "cryptocurrency heaven", 2018 was the "hell". The prices of Bitcoin went from $20,000 per coin in December 2017, to $3,500 in December 2018. Now, the community is wondering what 2019 will bring to the cryptocurrency market, especially when crypto "enthusiasts" like Mike Novogratz are predicting strong bullish trends and cosmic cryptocurrency…

Abra adds native ETH deposits and withdrawals in the Abra wallet

January 02, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum to cut its energy consumption by 99%

While most people are concerned with the energy consumption of Bitcoin, or rather, the process of its mining, many fail to acknowledge that Ethereum, among the top three cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap, is consuming not less energy than the "people's currency". Ethereum reportedly consumes around 25%-50% of what Bitcoin does, which means…

January 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fed officials not keen on IMF idea for central bank digital currencies

IMF chief Christine Lagarde caused a bit of a stir, when she chimed into the cryptocurrency debate at the 33rd Asean Summit, held in Singapore: Having central banks issue digital currency can bring about financial inclusivity, better security and consumer protection, as well as allay privacy concerns. She could have stopped there, but she went…

IronX completes token crowdsale, raises $26 million

January 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange delists 10 tokens for noncompliance

As if investors did not have enough to worry about when they choose to invest in new digital tokens, KuCoin, a cryptocurrency exchange operating out of Singapore, announced that it will be delisting ten coins on its exchange for noncompliance with its Special Treatment Rule framework. The company notes that this framework is “designed to…

December 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Huobi launches white paper for its public blockchain

Blockchain company Huobi Group has announced that it has released the English language white paper for Huobi Chain, its first public blockchain. Just last week, Huobi DM has expanded its cryptocurrency contract trading services to include EOS. The Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange has been granted a full Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) license by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission…

December 29, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

This wine retailer is buying the Bitcoin exchange Bitocean

The M&A market in the cryptocurrency market was quite high in 2017, when companies were looking to get an extra edge to their portfolios by acquiring promising crypto startups. At the time, the crypto market was booming, and even cryptocurrency hedge funds emerged. While the M&A crypto frenzy has subsided since last year, when Bitcoin's…

December 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Huobi DM adds EOS to its cryptocurrency contract trading platform

Blockchain company Huobi DM has just announced that it has expanded its cryptocurrency contract trading services to include EOS. We've seen a great response to our Bitcoin and Ethereum contract services from a broad range of sophisticated traders," said Huobi Global CEO Livio Weng. "Along with that, we're also seen a strong demand to expand Huobi DM…

December 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bakkt is coming Q1 for BTC futures, backed by the parent of the NYSE

Despite recent tumbling prices and a mild recovery in the crypto space, optimism is growing over major projects that plan to go live in 2019. One of the major programs will be Bakkt. Its platform “will allow institutional customers to perform various operations with digital assets as part of a seamless global network”. The mastermind…

December 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ethereum jumped 66% last week, while BTC only 25% - What is going on?

Just like Gold and Silver in the precious metals arena, Bitcoin and Ethereum have their own unique relationship in the crypto realm. It became apparent, however, in last week’s trading that the two cryptocurrencies can diverge, causing analysts to speculate on why such a divergence took place. How much of a divergence are we talking…

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