Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds BlockEx and RiskSpan as Corporate Members LeapRate

September 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds BlockEx and RiskSpan as Corporate Members

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry non-profit trade association, has announced that BlockEx and RiskSpan have joined the organization as its newest corporate members. BlockEx Ltd. is a digital asset platform created to handle the entire lifecycle of a digital asset, enabling the creation, issuance, servicing and exchange of financial assets created using blockchain.…

September 19, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin’s Biggest Weakness? Not Regulations, But Perception

According to The Street, around 78.6% of Americans have heard about bitcoin, and what it is. However, some 11% believe that bitcoin is actually illegal and around 48% of surveyed people do not know if the cryptocurrency is illegal or not. The survey was conducted of 1,000 people. One reason this perception dominates the public’s…

September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Pirate Bay Borrows Users’ CPU To Generate Crytocurrency Without Notifying

While Bitcoin price levels have now bounced back to $4,080, up from all-time lows of $2,941, Pirate Bay is now testing a new strategy for mining cryptocurrency – using their visitors’ computers without asking for permission. The torrent website used a tool developed by Coinhive, a crypto miner, and tried to free the tracker’s site…

Union Bank of the Philippines adopts Refinitiv's Electronic Trading

September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Quantum Computing – Risk for Cryptography And Bitcoin?

Quantum computing may be the next big thing. The concept of quantum computing comes from the fact that unlike the bit in the classical silicon computer, which is basically a binary choice of either one or zero, a qubit (the core of quantum computers) will alternate between one, zero or a position of in-between these…

September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Comes Back With 30% Price Increase

Only a couple of days after China announcing the domestic ban of several exchanges trading bitcoin, the cryptocurrency is back with 30% price increase in several days. The news that the Chinese exchange bans will not really impact the overall cryptocurrency industry around the globe calmed the markets. Only in the afternoon today, September 18th,…

September 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

China Bitcoin crackdown leads BitKan to postpone and move its Blockchain Global Summit conference to Hong Kong

Bitcoin trading specialist BitKan has postponed its major Blockchain Global Summit, and moved it from Beijing to Hong Kong, following last week's crackdown on all things cryptocurrency by Chinese authorities. China government officials indicated that they were going to close down all Bitcoin exchanges operating from the country, as well as ban all Initial Coin Offerings…

September 15, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Price Bounces Back To $3,500

After hitting historic lows of $3,000 in the last week, Bitcoin is now stabilizing its price level with rising $600 and gradually shaking away the China new cryptocurrency policies and JP Morgan's CEO slandering comments. According to CryptoCompare data from this morning, September 15th, the price of Bitcoin has risen with around 2% to $3,620.…

Paxos teams up with bitcoin payment service BitPay

September 15, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Big Fight - Banks vs. Bitcoin

Up until recently, national banks and governments enjoyed a full monopoly over people. With the rise of cryptocurrencies and the sharp rise in fintech, "people's currency" is becoming more and more popular around the world. However, the monopoly over money has become a serious issue for both institutions and big-time CEOs. As a result, the…

September 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SETL and four asset management firms to launch Blockchain technology platform IZNES

SETL and four asset management firms announced today the launch of IZNES, the pan-European fund record-keeping platform based on blockchain technology. The platform provides investors, asset management firms, distributors and wealth management advisers with easy and rapid access to fund units. The platform enables firms to enter into new relationships with investors, manage KYC processes,…

September 14, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Price Drops Amid China Closedown And JP Morgan Scam Attack

As BTCChina announced that it will stop new users from registering from September 30th, the price of bitcoin fell down with $1000 since the start of the month. With speculation about the Chinese government banning all exchanges from trading bitcoin and launching their own cryptocurrency, and the comments of JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who…

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