The cryptocurrency market has crushed big time, Bitcoin is falling down to $6,300 and its market capitalization is currently not more than $105 billion. This seems like a huge drop and hit to the whole digital coin market, as other cryptocurrencies are falling fast along the "people's currency". However, two of the biggest banks in…
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Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies saw huge price crashes, with analysts warning that the market has hit "panic mode". Ethereum has experienced the biggest drop in value of all the major digital currencies, plunging nearly 20% over the last days to hit its lowest price in almost a year, trading at $262 on Tuesday. The…
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Applied Blockchain, the UK developer of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts, has just announced that it has become an affiliate of the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), a global non-profit organisation focused on unleashing blockchain’s potential in the energy sector by building the first open-source, scalable core blockchain platform tailored specifically to the industry. As…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex brokerage technology group Nukkleus Inc (OTCMKTS:NUKK) is planning on launching a regulated cryptocurrency exchange, which would cater to the institutional and high-end-retail trading segment. Via regulatory filings made by the publicly traded company, we have learned that the Nukkleus recently incorporated a new Malta based holding company called Nukkleus…
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Investment and trading corporation Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Limited, CFI Cyprus, previously known as CFI Markets, has just announced that it has officially launched CFD's on five major cryptocurrencies for trading on its platform. Now CFI Cyprus clients can trade CFD’s on Bitcoin, Ripple, Bitnote, Litecoin and Ethereum together with other products on CFI's platform from the same account. Commenting…
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Digital Asset Custody Company (DACC), the purpose-built custody solution for institutional investors in cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, has announced that it can now provide custody support for Stellar Lumens (XLM), a cryptocurrency based on a blockchain devoted to transforming payment and currency exchange systems. DACC now offers the ability to securely custody over 90…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has obtained permanent officer-and-director and penny stock bars against the founder of a company who perpetrated a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) to fund oil exploration and drilling in California. According to the SEC’s order, David T. Laurance and Tomahawk Exploration LLC attempted to…
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Refereum has just announced the launch of its Community Growth Engine, a web widget that will let blockchain companies directly reward their most active community members for their engagement and interactions with tokens and other prizes. With Refereum’s Community Growth Engine, companies can design a series of quests, like micro-tasks, for users that are fun…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has just announced that it has licensed the STOXX® Yewno Developed Markets Blockchain Index to Toronto, Canada-based Coin Capital Investment Management Inc. (Coincapital). The index uses artificial intelligence to select its constituents. It is comprised…
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Hybrid cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD), has launched Friday, 3 August in partnership with GMEX Technologies enabled by its GMEX Fusion Technology Suite. What is a Hybrid trading platform? Until now, cryptocurrency traders have had to choose between centralised and decentralised trading platforms, with no options in between. Centralised exchanges process…
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