As the heat from the cryptocurrency market is sweeping across industries, sectors and countries, it is not really surprising that there are a lot of coin that do not manage to "fulfil" their roles for several reasons. Among the many thriving ICOs and coin-related offerings, there are quite a few that are now called "dead…
Read moreFCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Admiral Markets has just announced that all positions on cryptocurrency CFDs are now open-ended and will no longer expire at 11.00 pm on Friday evening. In addition to this improvement, Admiral Markets reminded that they've recently removed the commission for cryptocurrency CFDs and reduced the financing costs for…
Read moreB2Broker, an aggregator and provider of turnkey, cloud and liquidity solutions for the foreign exchange (FX) and crypto industry, has just announced that it has partnered with B2BTC, a newly-established cryptocurrency broker, to provide a turnkey cryptocurrency brokerage solution using B2Broker’s technologies and liquidity. The result of the cooperation is the creation of a new…
Read moreRetail and Institutional FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has announced the recent launch of Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash in the U.K., Europe, Australia and Singapore on the Company’s FOREX.com and City Index services. GAIN has also expanded its Bitcoin offering, allowing customers to trade Bitcoin directly against the Euro (BTC/EUR), British…
Read moreSelf-sovereign identity application Blockpass and universal cryptocurrency wallet Infinito Wallet announced today their strategic partnership. The two companies' mutual agreement includes plans to release Blockpass' PASS token via the Infinito Wallet platform and defines a shared vision of a decentralized regtech ecosystem. PASS, which is to be distributed through token sale channel partners starting at…
Read moretZERO, the blockchain-meets-Wall-Street subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), has just announced the release of the prototype of its planned security token trading software. Overstock.com and tZERO CEO Patrick Byrne said: In August 2015, Overstock used tZERO’s blockchain technology to issue what we believe was the world’s first private blockchain security, a $5 million bond to…
Read moreUK financial regulator the FCA has issued an interesting statement indicating that while cryptocurrencies are not currently regulated by the FCA, crypto derivatives - including cryptocurrency CFDs - are. According to the FCA, cryptocurrency derivatives are defined as being "financial instruments" under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), even though the FCA does…
Read moreMelbourne based cryptocurrency exchange startup Blockbid has announced that it has become the third recipient of an AUSTRAC license, meaning they it has been granted permission to legally operate as a cryptocurrency exchange according to Australian law. The company stated that this is an important stepping stone to becoming an active, worldwide cryptocurrency exchange, whilst further…
Read moreDigital asset trading platform Bitfinex has announced the introduction of 12 new token listings to its trading platform. The crypto exchange, which services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, announced the introduction to the platform of the following tokens: Aion (AION), IOSToken (IOST), Request Network (REQ), Raiden Network (RDN), Loopring (LRC), BnkToTheFuture Token (BFT), Cofound.it…
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CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it has relaunched the Bitcoin CFD BTC/USD pair. JFD first introduced leveraged Bitcoin trading in June 2017. JFD in reintroducing BTCUSD trading with maximum 2x leverage (50% required margin). Minimum trade size and minimum trade increment is 0.01 CFD, while maximum trade size on…
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