ThinkCoin’s TradeConnect targets high frequency crypto trading with 0chain.net partnership LeapRate

May 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ThinkCoin’s TradeConnect targets high frequency crypto trading with 0chain.net partnership

ThinkCoin, the cryptocurrency that underpins TradeConnect, a blockchain-based financial and cryptocurrency trading exchange created by FCA and ASIC regulated FX broker ThinkMarkets, has announced a new partnership with 0chain.net to support high-frequency trading in a low latency environment for global investors. Through the collaboration, 0chain’s parallel blockchain infrastructure will allow the TradeConnect network to process a…

May 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PumaPay ends private token sale, raises $117 million

PumaPay‘s PullPayment Protocol was created to bring crypto payments in the daily life. Its innovative approach reverses the mechanisms of a transaction, enabling merchants to ‘pull’ crypto funds from their customers’ account, thus avoiding the drawbacks of the current banking systems, such as high transaction costs, the insecurity of chargebacks (reverse transactions) and associated fines,…

May 08, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

IOTA and Porsche unite

IOTA is currently the 9th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization with market cap of $6.7 billion, trading at $2.42 as of today. However, the price is now going up because IOTA announced a new partnership with the luxurious car producer Porsche. The 19% jump became evident after Porsche chose IOTA for a new…

May 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Play2Live to develop its own blockchain called Level Up Chain

Decentralised streaming platform for gamers and eSports fans, Play2Live, has today announced its plans to develop its own blockchain infrastructure, Level Up Chain. Level Up Chain is the next step in the company creating an end-to-end solution for streamers, gamers and eSports fans. Launching the Level Up Chain Testnet in July 2018, one of the…

May 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Asset tokenization firm Brickblock raises €5 million from Finch Capital

Brickblock raises €5 million Series A with ambition to be the market-leading tokenized real estate investment platform. Finch Capital, a financial technology venture capital firm, announced that it will provide funding for the further development of the decentralized platform and the ambitious growth plans of the company Brickblock is a fintech company providing a decentralized…

May 08, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The mighty trio and the Greater Fool Theory

Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger and Bill Gates all have one thing in common - except for being three of the wealthiest people alive, they all three proclaim that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are "rat poison". During the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders' meeting, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates expressed his clearly negative comments on…

May 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitfinex nabs former Bank of Montreal executive Peter Warrack as Chief Compliance Officer

Bitfinex, one of the world’s leading digital asset trading platforms, has announced that Peter Warrack, former Director of AML (Fintech Advisory) and Compliance Officer at the Bank of Montreal, has joined the exchange as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). “We are exceptionally excited to have Peter join Bitfinex. His knowledge and experience, combined with our shared…

May 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shyft publishes whitepaper outlining KYC/AML network for global economy

Shyft, a company redefining the KYC/AML infrastructure for the global economy, has just published its whitepaper outlining the blockchain framework for the standardization of regulatory, compliance and due diligence mandates for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). According to surveys from Thomson Reuters’ KYC business unit, firms with greater than $10 billion USD…

May 03, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Telegram calls off its long-awaited public ICO

Telegram was is probably one of the most successful ICOs in history. The messaging app that offers unique texting features such as encryption, called off its public ICO after it raised the staggering amount of $1.7 billion in the presale round. Reportedly, the money raised is from a small, very private group of investors. The…

Category: Cryptocurrency