The SEC has decided to go for an unconventional manner to teach people about ICOs and related scams. The SEC has just launched its very own fake cryptocurrency website, called HoweyCoin website. According to press, the SEC chose the Howey Coins because of the so called Howey Test, where the "an all too good to be…
Read moreCryptocurrencies are undeniably changing the way people live and think about money. Now, an upcoming ICO turns our home appliances into cryptocurrency mining machines. According to Coinschedule.com, HomeMine presents a unique opportunity for all to earn on the model of the so called "passive mining" that involves different electrical appliances. HomeMine is actually a device…
Read moreGoldman Sachs has just announced that it will be launching a new cryptocurrency called Circle USD Coin. In fact, Circle is a startup invested in by Goldman Sachs. The idea behind the new digital asset is to revolutionise how people transact on a daily basis. For example, while bitcoin was thought to be of transactional…
Read moreCryptocurrency ecosystem BCause LLC today announced that the firm has engaged ASGARD Partners & Co. as its exclusive Capital Markets Advisor for a Series B capital raise of $25 million in equity. After launching its cryptocurrency mining facility in February, BCause is in the process of establishing a spot market and, pending regulatory approval, a derivatives…
Read moreMTS, Russia’s telecommunications operator, Sberbank CIB, Sberbank’s corporate investment business, and National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that for the first time in Russia have placed commercial bonds denominated in rubles and based on blockchain with the full life cycle of a security in the form of a set of smart contracts…
Read moreForex and cryptocurrency technology company Match-Trade Technologies LLC, headquartered in Irvine, California, has announced latest developments regarding its Coinmatch platform, cryptocurrency exchange platform. Six companies have licensed the Coinmatch platform since its release in January 2018, among them: Desto.io from Malaysia, Singularity-X from Lithuania and Vipocoinex from Malta. According to Peter Vrabel, CEO of Singularity-X:…
Read moreIndependent financial services organisation deVere Group announced that it has added two more cryptocurrencies to its deVere Crypto platform app. With the additions of Stellar Lumens (XLM) and Monero (XMR), users of deVere Crypto can now buy, sell, store and exchange seven major cryptocurrencies. Existing digital coins on the app were Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH)…
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With the belief that all assets will be digitized in the future, FX broker eToro has announced it will launch a cryptocurrency offering in the United States. The launch will initially enable U.S.-based users to invest in 10 cryptocurrencies, with more to be added throughout 2018. Users will have access to a community feed and…
Read moreCyprus financial regulator CySEC has just issued a new circular, outlining the rules governing brokers which offer cryptocurrency CFD trading to clients. CySEC began by pointing out - as did UK regulator the FCA last month - that while cryptocurrencies themselves are not considered financial instruments as defined by European rule-setter ESMA, derivatives of cryptocurrencies…
Read moreAlgoTrader Inc today announced that Cryptonomics Capital Ltd., a crypto-valley based AI crypto quant fund and blockchain boutique, has selected AlgoTrader, a single end-to-end solution for the design of its automated trading strategy, testing and deployment for all its quant modeling requirements. Quantitative modeling and automated trading have become increasingly more important in the cryptocurrency…
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