Russia “on its way” to the CryptoRuble LeapRate

January 03, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Russia "on its way" to the CryptoRuble

Russia has been one of the countries with the most controversial views on cryptocurrencies. The government announced in mid-2017 that the country had blocked Russians from accessing any cryptocurrency exchanges. Vladimir Putin has, however, said numerous times that he is looking into cryptocurrency opportunities. In addition, several educational reforms in leading Russian universities have been…

January 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin soaring on word that Peter Thiel's Founders Fund has amassed a nine-figure position

After a fairly slow New Years weekend which saw Bitcoin prices drift down from $15,000 to the low $13,000's, the latest spark in the digital currency's rise to stardom has come late Tuesday in the form of a major endorsement from a very respected and successful Silicon Valley investor. Not just any investor, we are…

December 30, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ripple skyrockets to become the second largest cryptocurrency

After going on a roll with new all-time highs almost each and every day of the past week, Ripple (XRP) has now surged with more than 50% for one day, and has now a market capitalization of $83 billion, surpassing both Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash in total market value. According to CoinMarketCap, Ripple reached levels…

December 29, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ripple hits new all-time high

Ripple, XRP, hit $1,30 on Thursday, December 28th, when it was around $0.25 per coin in December, earlier this month. The new all time high only signals the happy Ripple investors, who, unlike Bitcoin investors, seem to be on a roll this month. According to Business Insider, Ripple has increased its value with 71% this…

December 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials puts more cash into Blockchain based online diamond exchange Cedex.com

After receiving more than $1 million in dividends from its China JV DragonFinancials, binary options platform provider TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) is continuing its diversification away from binaries by plowing some of that cash into its Cedex.com joint venture. As we reported in October, TechFinancials set up Cedex.com as a JV with private banking expert Saar Levi. Cedex (CErtified…

December 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin in 2018: An interview on virtual currency volatility with Edwin Dearborn

The price of bitcoin has shot up from $1,000 to $20,000 in 11 months while other popular cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Ripple and Dash have increased in value even faster. Virtual currency is quite volatile these days, and here's LeapRate's recent conversation with Edwin Dearborn, CMO at e-Chat, who gives his expert commentary on virtual currency…

December 27, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Binance overtakes Bittrex, Bithumb and Bitfinex as the largest crypto exchange

Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange that was launched just five months ago, became the largest exchange in the world by trading volume with $2.8 billion traded since Tuesday according to data from Coinmarketcap.com. The company recently stated they had now reached 2.9 million users on their platform since their launch in July of 2017. “We are…

December 27, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Segwit2x Fork is back with vengeance

After Segwit2x was planned to happen in mid November this year, the fork was unexpectedly cancelled, leaving many Bitcoin enthusiasts wondering what is going on within the Bitcoin community. Now, a month later, the new fork is set to launch again. The new announcement was made on the 16th of December, with plans for the…

December 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Is Bitcoin a bubble, a scam, or the future?

Following Bitcoin’s latest tumble, Mark Ward, head of trading at Sanlam UK, has examined why the virtual currency is so volatile and shared the three reasons that will shape the future of the cryptocurrency. Seldom a week goes by without mention of Bitcoin in the news – from commentators predicting it to be the swindle…

December 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

NSD completes Russia's first blockchain based commercial bonds transaction

Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD) has announced that it has closed the country's first transaction issuing commercial bonds based on blockchain technology. And apparently it was a large success, with increasing demand for more. The NSD stated that on December 22, a RUB 500 million (USD $9 million) commercial bond issue of MegaFon was paid…

Category: Cryptocurrency