Category: Cryptocurrency

FunFair blockchain gaming platform
July 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Ethereum casino platform FunFair raises $26 million in Token presale

Tech entrepreneur Jez San’s latest venture, FunFair Technologies, has raised a landmark sum from the presale of tokens that will eventually power every aspect of its blockchain-based gaming technology platform. FunFair is designed to deliver unrivalled transparency for consumers and efficiency for casino operators. Slated to last a maximum of 15 days, FunFair’s Phase 1 Token…

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July 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

B2Broker launches cryptocurrency liquidity for MetaTrader 5

B2Broker just announced the launch of cryptocurrency liquidity, a new service for MetaTrader 5 brokers. This service provides institutional clients a convenient method for trading Bitcoin, Ethereum and four other popular digital assets. The cryptocurrency liquidity service features two major benefits for MetaTrader 5 brokers: Brokers will be able to stand out in a crowd…

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July 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hive Project launches cryptocurrency invoice financing platform

The Hive Project has announced the development of the first cryptocurrency invoice financing platform focused on providing new liquidity pools for small and medium-sized businesses. Powered by the risk-lowering technology offered by blockchain, the Hive Project is an end-to-end platform that will give small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) easy access to short-term financing by…

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June 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain announces Series B with Lakestar and GV

Blockchain announced today that it has raised a Series B of $40 million with Lakestar and GV (formerly Google Ventures) with additional participation from Nokota Management and Digital Currency Group. Blockchain's existing investors – Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mosaic Ventures, Prudence Holdings, Virgin, and Sir Richard Branson (Virgin Group) – also participated in the round. Blockchain's…

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Huobi DM adds EOS to its cryptocurrency contract trading platform
June 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EOS blockchain operating system unveils year-long token distribution

EOS, the blockchain operating system designed to support commercial decentralized applications, today announced further details for its digital token distribution to open on Monday, June 26. EOS's token distribution follows a groundbreaking participation model that will take place over the course of one year creating the fairest token distribution project launched on Ethereum to date.…

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June 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Quantave begins closed beta testing on institutional digital currency liquidity gateway

Quantave, the complete trade life-cycle infrastructure for digital assets, announced that has officially entered their closed beta-testing phase today. The infrastructure opens the digital assets market to institutional traders and investors, transforming the way they engage and transact with this dynamic market, whilst ensuring the safety and security of their assets. Quantave is now rigorously…

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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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