Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, has announced that it has today launched its framework to regulate spot crypto asset activities, including those undertaken by exchanges, custodians and other intermediaries in ADGM. This follows the successful completion of a public consultation on the introduction of a robust crypto asset…
Read moreSharesPost, Inc., a liquidity provider to the private technology growth asset class, has just announced it has closed a $15 million Series C round led by LUN Partners and Kenetic Capital. The funding will be used to build out SharesPost’s Alternative Trading System (ATS) for private company shares and security tokens and to further expand…
Read moreThe blockchain-based solution Shyft has just announced its high profile Board of Advisors. Shyft’s inaugural group of advisors bring deep industry knowledge from international business and finance, blockchain, economics, and Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) compliance. The Board of Advisors will play a critical role in providing strategic guidance across multiple dimensions…
Read moreKochava Labs SEZC, a research and development subsidiary of Kochava Inc., has announced new strategic partners to OnXCHNG, the partnership program for the industry's open source blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem, XCHNG. New OnXCHNG partners include: supply-side network StormX, Inc. (maker of the Storm app and Storm Token); exchange and mediation companies Yield…
Read moreUK 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 Cryptorobot365. Cryptorobot365 is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…
Read moreNeufund, the Berlin-based equity fundraising platform regulated under German jurisdiction, that allows for any type of financial asset to be tokenized and liquidized, has just announced the first companies to officially conduct security offerings through its blockchain technology Neufund, the company disrupting the venture capital industry by providing investors and inventors a new way to…
Read moreCoinbase is the considered the "darling" of the crypto world. One of the biggest cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges in the world has recently expanded its portfolio of products and is going to Ethereum Classic in addition to the other digital assets it already offers such as Bitcoin and Litecoin. However, some Coinbase users have recently…
Read moreCrypto Facilities, the cryptocurrency trading platform, has just announced the launch of the first regulated Litecoin-Dollar futures. The new derivatives contract will start trading at 4pm UK time on Friday 22nd June. The Crypto Facilities Litecoin-Dollar futures contract will enable market participants to go long or short the cryptocurrency, allowing them to express sentiment and…
Read moreFCA regulated FX asset manager and brokerage Darwinex has announced that it has made cryptocurrency CFDs available for trading on both the MT4 and MT5 trading platforms, with liquidity provided via LMAX Global. Leverage for crypto CFD trading at Darwinex will be limited to 1:1, versus ESMA's incoming limitation of 1:2. After adding support for MT5…
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Soon-to-launch regulated cryptocurrency exchange DX.Exchange has announced that it has seen the registration of half a million traders in its system - all before the formal launch of DX.Exchange. LeapRate has exclusively reported about the planned launch of DX.Exchange in mid May. The exchange was founded and is headed by former Oanda UK and Alpari UK…
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