Category: Cryptocurrency

May 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Apifiny appoints ex-Goldman Sachs Vice President Jason Jiang as CTO

Apifiny’s CEO declared that Jiang’s wealth of experience within the financial services sector makes him “ideally positioned” to aid in the company’s transformation, as well as to “unify the global crypto market.” Haohan Xu, CEO of Apifiny, stated: We are uniquely positioned to become the de-facto global crypto marketplace for trading professionals, connecting all of…

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Israel gradually preparing for CBDC launch
May 12, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Israel gradually preparing for CBDC launch

Speaking of the plan of action, The Bank of Israel added: A digital shekel could generate various benefits for the Israeli economy, but issuing it also involves risks. The Bank of Israel began to assess the possibility of a digital currency way back in 2017. Today, the central bank can be seen to be curating…

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CME Group
May 12, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports Micro Bitcoin futures volume surpassed 100,000 contracts

The Micro Bitcoin futures provide an cost-effective way for traders to manage their bitcoin exposure and enhance their trading strategies, while at the same time retaining the advantages of CME Group's existing Bitcoin futures contract. Tim McCourt added: Together with our existing, full-sized Bitcoin futures, this new, smaller contract further strengthens our ability to help…

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CME Group
May 04, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cash-settled micro-Bitcoin futures launched for CME Group

Coinciding with Bitcoin first reaching $20,000 – a monumental milestone for the cryptocurrency – CME Group first launched  Bitcoin derivatives back in December of 2017. To reflect US demand for crypto derivatives, the company then further expanded its selection of offerings by launching Ethereum futures and  Bitcoin options. It has since become the world’s third-largest…

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Apifiny earns broker-dealer license from FINRA for subsidiary firm
April 30, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Apifiny earns broker-dealer license from FINRA for subsidiary firm

Haohan Xu, CEO of Apifiny, said: As we accelerate our product development, partnerships, hiring, and overall growth toward a public offering, securing this first phase of our broker-dealer license is a major milestone. Apifiny is able to connect to worldwide cryptocurrency exchanges, working to provide a single market opportunity to its professional trade clients. Not…

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Ripple
April 30, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Ripple hints at IPO amidst lawsuit settlement

With this in mind, Kitao added: We have been investing in fintech companies, and we adopt that technology in our group, and also we spread that technology across the industry. That is SBI Group’s basic strategy. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has made previous hints about the potential of a public offering from the firm, yet…

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April 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gold-i offers access to Bitfinex liquidity

Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, added: Bitfinex has established itself as the pre-eminent hub for institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space. We are pleased that Gold-i has chosen to offer its clients access to digital tokens on our platform. This is clearly an endorsement of the high-level of scalability, reliability and depth of liquidity available…

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Robinhood names Christine Brown as its first Chief Operating Officer for crypto
April 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Robinhood names Christine Brown as its first Chief Operating Officer for crypto

Robinhood’s crypto team has more than tripled this year with new hires across engineering, security, and compliance. The online platform is also making steps towards building deposit and withdrawal features for Robinhood’s crypto product. Vlad Tenev, CEO and Co-Founder of Robinhood said: Robinhood Crypto customers are reshaping the investing landscape and Christine is going to…

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