Category: Cryptocurrency

CoinBene starts trading Electroneum
December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Electroneum launches following $40 million ICO aimed at gaming sector instant transactions

The British-developed cryptocurrency, Electroneum, will today launch in the UK following the successful Worldwide ICO (Initial Coin Offering) by crowd funding participation of over 120,000 investors, which raised $40 million (£30m) over a six week campaign. Electroneum’s currency aims to offer a simple and secure way of making instant transactions within the online gaming and…

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December 12, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Is leveraged trading driving bitcoin prices?

Investors are now wondering what is going on with Bitcoin's price craziness, as the price chart already looks like the infamous "hockey stick", and experts are grasping to find the reasons why the digital currency is now hitting the $17,000 level every day. The answer may be leverage. The Japanese exchange, bitFlyer, said that their…

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RoboMarkets yacht
December 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

RoboForex increases cryptocurrency trading leverage to 10x

After initially launching cryptocurrency trading in October, Limassol based Retail FX brokerage group RoboForex has announced that it is increasing the leverage clients can use in trading Bitcoin, Ethereum, et al to 10x. When first launched, RoboForex was offering between 1:1 and 1:5 leverage on cryptos. RoboForex is making the move despite the recent hyper-volatility…

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Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Gap widens in ICO funding

While top projects continue to crack $100 million, 1 in 5 are abandoning ICOs altogether Token Report, the database of verified information on ICOs, today released data on shifting trends in ICO funding. The gap between top projects and mid-tier projects is widening, and more project leaders are abandoning their ICOs altogether. In Q3, about…

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TradeStation to deliver free real-time cryptocurrency spot data with GDAX Exchange
December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradeStation gives access to Cboe’s Bitcoin Futures

Online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), just announced that eligible futures clients can now trade the new Bitcoin futures contract being offered by Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE). Chicago-based Cboe commenced trading in the contract (ticker symbol XBT) on its Cboe Futures…

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The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed
December 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

$15 million ICO of restaurant review iPhone app Munchee pulled on registration concerns

A California-based company selling digital tokens to investors to raise capital for its blockchain-based food review service halted its initial coin offering (ICO) after being contacted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and agreed to an order in which the SEC found that its conduct constituted unregistered securities offers and sales. According to…

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December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Litecoin - the real winner after CBOE launched bitcoin futures

Litecoin is currently the fifth largest cryptocurrency available to investors by market capitalization (around $11 billion). According to Coinbase, the digital currency is up with +4,752.77% annual change. Now, in just under 24 hours, Litecoin's price jumped with almost 25%, reaching a new high of $197, just after CBOE launched bitcoin futures on 10th December,…

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December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Two major companies applying for Bitcoin ETFs after CBOE launched bitcoin futures

Just after CBOE, the Chicago-based exchange, launched Bitcoin futures, two firms have filed applications for bitcoin ETFs that trade in crypto derivatives. CryptoCoinsNews just reported that, according to the SEC public filing system, the commission has received new applications for both REX Bitcoin Strategy ETF and REX Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF, as well as VanEck…

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