Following its decision of becoming a crypto friendly Swiss bank, Dukascopy Bank has announced that it makes a second step in this direction, opening accounts for players of the crypto industry. The first move has been to start offering CFD on Bitcoin since the first quarter 2018. Now, at the second step, the Bank opens…
Read moreCodex, a cryptocurrency and decentralized registry for unique assets focused on the $2 trillion dollar arts & collectibles (A&C) asset class, has announced its public sale for non-U.S. investors, to happen by the end of July. The whitelist for the non-U.S. public sale will happen from July 2 through July 6 for interested participants to…
Read moretZERO and BOX Digital Markets LLC have announced they have entered into a joint venture, which is expected to become the world’s first regulated exchange for trading security tokens. Security tokens are electronic tokens defined as “securities” under U.S. law. The joint venture will seek approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prior…
Read moreAkon is one of the very well known songwriters and singers in the United States. He is of a Senegalese ascent and to be worth around $80 million. Akon is now entering the cryptocurrency hype by intending to launch his very own digital coin - the Akoin. The story behind the coin and his idea…
Read moreThe index provider LIMEYARD has announced the launch of its Crypto Asset Index, together with Decentriq, a FinTech enabling financial institutions to benefit from distributed ledger technology based in the Swiss crypto valley. The LIMEYARD Crypto Asset Index (LYCAI) has been designed to represent the cryptocurrency market while addressing regulatory and compliance related concerns. The…
Read moreConstellation Labs, the horizontally-scalable blockchain for consumer-grade applications, has just announced the launch of its flagship product, Orion. Orion, a membership portal to the Constellation ecosystem, will serve as a platform where the Constellation team, developers, and community members can communicate, share resources, and contribute to the network within a token compensation model. Constellation token…
Read moreAlessa Popovic, previously Manager at EY’s EMEIA Oil & Gas Advisory Centre, has joined blockchain technology firm BTL Group (BTL) in their London office as Senior Business Development Manager. BTL is currently running OneOffice, the second phase of its European gas trading project along with a group of energy companies and supermajors. Alessa Popovic has…
Read moreThe Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a list of new unauthorized cryptocurrency websites offering atypical investments. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: https://www.bitoraxe.com/ https://connect-coin.fr/ https://www.solutioncrypto.com/ https://www.solution-crypto.com/ A list of all unauthorized websites to offer atypical investments is available in the AMF’s website and also in Assurance Banque Epargne Info Service…
Read moreProbably the largest Ponzi scheme in the modern world was "designed" by Bernie Madoff who scammed corporate America with around $70 billion back in 2008. Now, as cryptocurrencies garnish share in the world's economy, it is not surprising to learn that there are also cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. One such is called OneCoin. OneCoin is a…
Read moreBitcoin is often hailed as the "people's currency", because of its decentralization and blockchain technology. Bitcoin is now entering people's everyday lives, it seems, as the first bitcoin-powered coffee machine is now available. The creator of the innovative technology is Ricardo Reis, an entrepreneur from Brazil. The idea behind the Bitcoin-coffee machine is to show…
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