Category: Cryptocurrency

August 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE and Gemini enter into exclusive global license agreement to use Bitcoin market data

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) and Gemini Trust Company, LLC today announced an agreement that provides Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE) and its affiliates with an exclusive global license to use Gemini’s bitcoin market data for bitcoin derivatives and indices. Gemini is a digital asset exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell,…

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August 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Leverate launches cryptocurrency trading platform SIRIXCrypto

Leverate, the financial trading solutions provider, announced the launch of a new web trading platform dedicated to cryptocurrencies. Leverate has launched a dedicated web and mobile platform to answer the increasing demand for trading in cryptocurrencies. SIRIXCrypto can be easily integrated into any new or existing business looking to offer cryptocurrency trading to its clientele.…

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July 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Match-Trade launches Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dash crypto payment gateway for FX brokers

Match-Trade Technologies LLC, headquartered in Irvine, California, has announced the launch of a new cryptopayment gateway which will enable various institutions to handle payments in the most popular cryptocurrencies. Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009, cryptocurrencies market is constantly gaining popularity among clients around the world. As a result, Match-Trade is responding with innovative…

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July 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

ICOs and Token Sales are securities, but SEC won't bring charges against DAO Tokens

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has issued an investigative report cautioning market participants that offers and sales of digital assets by "virtual" organizations are subject to the requirements of the federal securities laws. Such offers and sales, conducted by organizations using distributed ledger or blockchain technology, have been referred to, among other…

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LedgerX delayed by red tape in its attempt to be first Bitcoin futures issuer
July 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin and Ethereum options on the way as LedgerX gets derivatives clearing designation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that has issued an order granting LedgerX, LLC registration as a derivatives clearing organization under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). Under the order, LedgerX will be authorized to provide clearing services for fully-collateralized digital currency swaps. LedgerX, which was also granted an order of registration as…

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July 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Borsa Italiana with IBM to develop securities data blockchain solution for European SMEs

Borsa Italiana and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced they are building a blockchain solution to digitize the issuance of securities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. Designed to simplify the tracking and management of shareholding information, the new system intends to create a distributed shared registry containing a record of all shareholder transactions,…

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Cryptocurrencies and real estate now added to Swissquote's Robo-Advisor
July 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swissquote launches trading in virtual currencies with Bitcoin

Swissquote just announced that has launched Bitcoin trading on its trading platform. Bitcoin trading is now available to all customers with a Swissquote trading account. Bitcoin is a virtual currency, completely independent of any institutions, including the monetary policies of the central banks and their key interest rates. Bitcoin’s price is set freely, according to…

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