Crypto enthusiasts have been waiting a year for the launch of the Bakkt exchange, the brainchild of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner and operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Circle September 23rd on your calendar as the official “Go Live” date, but the lead up has included required deposits and beta testing…
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Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for traditional and digital asset markets, announced today that it has teamed up with AlgoTrader to provide institutional clients with its automated, quantitative trading software. The partnership will also include direct access to Tassat’s cryptocurrency derivatives to be offered soon on a regulated exchange. Tassat LLC…
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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has had an incredible growth story since 2017, setting up exchanges across the globe and moving its headquarters to the crypto receptive market of the Republic of Malta. The amazing part of this unique storyline, however, is that it has made its achievement without ever having to…
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We sometimes forget that miners play a critical role in the Crypto-verse and that the vagaries of their business model are very similar to that for miners in the oil industry. When the market for your selected commodity goes south, you can shut down your rig or build inventory for sale at a later date,…
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London-based hedge fund, Nickel Asset Management, has spotted an opportunity in the market, devised a strategic plan, raised $50 million for the project, and will soon introduce the Nickel Arbitrage Fund. The sole purpose of this new fund will be to take advantage of various arbitrage situations across the Crypto-verse. According to its release, the…
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How quickly attitudes can change in the Crypto-verse? There was general euphoria and cause for celebration last week, when Bitcoin broke out of its doldrums and appeared bent on blasting through $11,000. The party, however, ended as quickly as it began, as momentum waned and the world’s favorite digital asset began “losing altitude”. This phrase…
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The Gemini exchange has just launched the Gemini Custody, an institutional grade custody solution that includes 18 digital currencies, one of which is the Ethereum token. All users on the exchange will be able to trade the cold crypto storage in custody immediately. In addition, Gemini Custody will also support 18 other currencies that are…
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The buzz around Facebook's Libra stablecoin is gone off through the roof, as some might say. The truth is that the cryptocurrency project undertaken by Facebook has shaken regulatory bodies around the world so "violently" that they cannot simply decide if Libra is a huge opportunity or huge threat. However, there are certain details around…
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After more than one decade, Bitcoin continues to be the market leader according to its share of overall crypto market capitalization. Yes, dominance dropped drastically during 2017, when altcoin development projects flooded the market, but Bitcoin had clawed its way back to a 50% share by the close of 2018. It remained so until this…
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One unique characteristic of nearly all things crypto is that they are digitized in a way that yields instant online real-time data, and where there is data, there is always the potential to delve deep to find helpful “nuggets” of information. If you are smart enough and clever enough, a trader in cryptos can also…
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