Category: Cryptocurrency

October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

RoboForex launches trading CFDs on cryptocurrencies

RoboForex, an international brokerage group which provides online trading services on the global financial markets, just announced that it has expanded the list of its offers available to clients and enabled access to trading CFDs on cryptocurrencies. Two of the most liquid digital currencies, bitcoin and ethereum, have been added to the list of trading…

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October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Global Market sets out Guidance on Initial Coin Offerings and virtual currencies

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has set out in Guidance its approach to Initial Coin/Token Offerings (ICOs) and virtual currencies under the Financial Services and Markets Regulations (FSMR). Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has extraordinarily wide application to financial services and markets as a whole. Virtual tokens, at their…

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Bitcoin Cash hard fork: What to expect?
October 06, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum Hard Fork - The Upgrade

With cryptocurrencies becoming more popular and maturing in the investment world in thousands of portfolios, industries and innovations, all of  them at some point must go through an upgrade. For Ethereum, this upgrade will happen on October 17th, and what is known as "hard fork" will come to life. For many investors, the difference between…

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October 06, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Air France KLM Employing Blockchain Technology

Just as blockchain is currently disrupting numerous industries, it is time for airline companies to be the next in line. Air France KLM is one of the first aircrafts to be employing blockchain technology in order to keep its top-notch position among customers. The whole maintenance of an aircraft company is usually complicated and blockchain…

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October 05, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

How Blockchain Helps Migrants

Singapore is now one of the leading blockchain innovators, with MAS  and ABS announcing three new blockchain payment prototypes, Maybank Singapore is helping migrants get paid through the technology of blockchain.  It may not be a well known fact, but migrants in Singapore do not always have access to banks, financial services and their money.…

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October 04, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Cryptocurrency Education Introduced By Russia

Often taunted as one of the most "stern" countries in the world, Russia is now entering the cryptocurrency boom by introducing educational system that will be all about digital currencies. In September this year, the Finance Minister announced that Russia is now legitimizing cryptocurrencies, as reported by AtoZ Forex. Naturally, the first step to integrating…

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October 04, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Can Blockchain Solve The Pentagon's Logistics Problems?

The Pentagon is currently facing a logistics problem and the total value of the inventory that it manages totals around $100 billion. The Defense Department has to track every supplier, every part and type of inventory it operates and the sole scale of the amount of inventory it has to deal with creates a logistics…

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October 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brickblock adds ETF, Regulatory and Legal Experts to Advisory Team

Brickblock, the platform for cryptocurrency holders to invest in real estate, ETFs and crypto funds, has secured three new high-profile advisors to add to its expert team. The new faces are: Holger Schlünzen, ETF analyst, Axel von Goldbeck, real estate and regulatory expert, and legal and currency specialist, Dr. Wolfgang Richter. Brickblock, which recently completed…

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October 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Goldman Sachs' CEO Pondering Upon Bitcoin

After the price fall of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies recently, and after the comment from Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase that bitcoin may be a "fraud" and that he will "fire anyone at the company who trades it", the CEO of Goldman Sachs may be feeling different about what bitcoin is and…

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October 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Oracle In The Blockchain Game

Business Insider reported that Oracle introduced its Blockchain Cloud Service on October 2nd, as the company is making steps to outcompete giants like Microsoft and IBM. Obviously, the new cloud service will be used for sharing data in a more secure way. While the service will be made available to users later this year, Oracle was…

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