We have consistently heard from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that a prerequisite for a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is that the ETF must have “good custody”. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton’s actual remark in an interview with CNBC in November of last year was: We care that assets underlying that ETF have good custody…
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November 12th is another date to circle on your crypto calendar. On that auspicious day, Coinmarketcap.com (CMC), the reputed standard in the crypto industry for data aggregation of coin program statistics, will institute its revised methodology for establishing rankings within the crypto industry. The shift will carry as much impact as whenever search engine advertising…
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VanEck and SolidX were probably the most determined players to get a Bitcoin ETF out there. However, as the SEC took so much time to reject and even understand the cryptocurrency/blockchain space, the two companies are on track to launch another much awaited bitcoin product - an institutional one, but this time - with the…
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When the old USSR collapsed decades ago, a vast number of manufacturing plants in Siberia that had supported the Cold War military industrial complex were forced to shut down. The infrastructure, however, is still in place, waiting for some kind of plan for re-birth, but more importantly, the old hydroelectric power plants that had delivered…
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It took one excruciating week, but Bitcoin bulls gradually recovered from a battering by voracious bears, which had driven the digital asset’s value down below $9,500. The analyst community had soured on the token’s sensational past and had consigned itself to waiting for another visit to the lower realms below $9,000. Several reasons were proffered…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Czhang Lin is the CEO of PIEXGO, an innovative global digital currency trading platform that provides a one-stop seamless experience for institutional and individual traders. PIEXGO’s platform is the first to launch an IXO, essentially an upgraded IEO which seeks to promote an ecosystem of protocols, dedicating resources and opportunities for emerging blockchain…
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In early August 2019, North Korea made news when Leaprate reported that the country has reportedly hacked and stole around $2 billion worth of crypto and fiat money. The hack was done through numerous cyber attacks on different financial institutions and crypto exchanges. The ultimate goal? - to fund a military weapons program. The news…
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Cryptocurrencies emerge from everywhere nowadays: from companies, from governments, and not so often - from individuals. However, one such individual has announced that he is launching what is essentially the first celebrity cryptocurrency. Manny Pacquiao is a champion boxed who just announced the launch of his very own cryptocurrency in front of a crowd in…
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Cyber crooks are now building networks for other criminals to use for their illicit activities, but law enforcement officials finally got the upper hand on a global construct that had infected roughly 850,000 computers in over 100 countries with malware that acted as a “utility” for general use. French Police, with help from the U.S.…
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Brad Garlinghouse, the outspoken CEO of Ripple, has been under fire of late, and this time it has nothing to do with his calling out the S.W.I.F.T. network and its participating member banks as being archaic when it comes to cross-border payments. There is an ongoing debate with the SEC and one lawsuit over whether…
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