Category: Cryptocurrency

June 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Social trading CFD broker Ayondo launches Bitcoin trading

FCA regulated social trading and fintech technology provider Ayondo announced that has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of Bitcoin trading, allowing its clients easy access to the price movement of Bitcoin without the need to open up an e-wallet to purchase bitcoin in the internet. Bitcoin is a type of digital currency in…

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June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore commodity exchange trials blockchain verification for diamond trading

Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX), the commodity exchange in physically settled diamonds, today announced that it has successfully partnered with Kynetix, the physical commodity digitisation expert, and Everledger, supplier of blockchain and distributed ledger infrastructure, to complete the first part of a Proof-Of-Concept of a blockchain-based authentication and secure record-keeping service for trading diamonds on…

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June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

QUOINE launches QRYPTOS fully digital crypto-only platform

Global fintech firm QUOINE announced that has launched a fully digital cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform called QRYPTOS, exclusively for cryptocurrency trading in beta version. QUOINE is equipped with asset protection and secure trading across all its platforms. All operational processes on QRYPTOS are fully compliant with global Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering…

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Loyyal blockchain loyalty program
June 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Gulf investors iNet, Hayaat Group and UAE Exchange lead Series A round for Blockchain loyalty program developer Loyyal

Loyyal, a blockchain innovator building a global loyalty network, has announced it has closed a Series A capital raise led by Integrated Networks (iNet) with participants including UAE Exchange, Hayaat Group, Day One Investments, and other international investors. Hayaat Group is an early investor and led the Loyyal Series Seed capital raise. The company will…

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ayondo Ltd to sell UK subsidiary ayondo markets to FinTech BUX Holding
June 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wecast purchases 51% of NextGen, former Nasdaq Executive joins as Executive Chairman

Wecast Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: WCST), announced today that it has acquired 51% of NextGen Exchange Group (NextGen), the first Blockchain- and Big Data-enabled index exchange, which will reside and operate under Wecast Network's Wecast Services Group (WSG) and become an essential component of Wecast's Transactional Finance Product Cloud business. WCST will pay no monetary or…

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June 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Another weekend, another record: Bitcoin approaching $3,000

A lot about Bitcoin (and other leading digital currencies) seems different than "real" fiat currencies. No cash or coin. No government issuer. Traded mainly by "retail" traders. Well add to that list weekend trading interest. For the third weekend in a row, Bitcoin price volatility and trading volumes have peaked during the weekend, at a…

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bitcoin new rise
June 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin prices above $2,800 as surge continues

Well that didn't take long. Recovering fairly quickly from the 34% correction Bitcoin suffered in the last weekend of May, Bitcoin prices have started off the trading week with another surge taking the leading digital currency past its previous all-time high of $2,791. In early Tuesday trading Bitcoin rose as high as $2,877, and now…

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JFD Brokers bitcoin trading
June 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers adds BTCEUR and BTCUSD leveraged Bitcoin trading

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced the launch of leveraged Bitcoin trading for its clients. Becoming one of the first brokers in the industry to be granted by CySEC the license to offer the pairs BTC/EUR and BTC/USD for trading, DMA/STP broker JFD will also allow partial trading on these symbols,…

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