Sumsub teams up with Exmo to improve customer onboarding and swift KYC LeapRate

July 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sumsub teams up with Exmo to improve customer onboarding and swift KYC

The crypto exchange for traders, EXMO, just announced that it has teamed up with Sumsub, experts in identity verification and compliance, to enhance digital identity verification and customer onboarding for their clients. Sumsub's AI-based solution automates identity verification and antifraud, providing compliance to relevant regulations and AML screening. New verification procedure enables a hassle-free online experience…

July 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin Debate: Are Institutional or Retail capital inflows driving this rally?

The latest five-month Bitcoin rally has been as amazing as it has been confusing. Yes, BTC has posted positive gains for five months in a row, only the second time it has achieved this milestone since mid-2017. In just this past week, it has blown past $11,000 in a heartbeat, then it threatened to overtake…

July 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

V20 Summit provides “a global unified voice for the virtual asset industry”

G20 attendees may be returning home from their trips to Osaka, Japan, but crypto executives while there were also successful in that their hastily arranged “V20 Summit”. It was successful in creating a platform and focal point for discussions with government officials and regulators going forward. The well-attended conference had speakers from both sides of…

July 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Despite Bitcoin’s recent return of volatility, its dominance is increasing

Bitcoin’s recent display of stable pricing behavior has given way in the past week to turbulent times, once again. Investors are witnessing the volatility to which they had become very accustomed, but just as violent swings in value became the norm, the world’s favorite cryptocurrency has slowly but surely regained its dominance in the crypto…

July 01, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

The first blockchain company to get listed on Xetra – a Deutsche Börse-operated exchange

Xetra is Deutsche Börse’s digital stock exchange. The very first blockchain development company to be listed on Xetra is Advanced Blockchain AG, a German BaaS provider (blockchain-as-a-service). The news comes from DGAP and Cointelegraph. This is a hug accomplishment for Advanced Blockchain AG, as Xetra is an all-electronic trading system that is used in over…

July 01, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

The hashrate of Bitcoin is off the charts – new all-time high

Bitcoin is rising, no doubt about that. The “people’s currency”is moving fast above the $10,000 mark, currently trading at around $11,000 at the time of this writing. However, while the price of Bitcoin is rising, this does not point to any real development of the currency or the future evolvement of digital coins. The price…

July 01, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Is Goldman Sachs launching their own cryptocurrency?

After JP Morgan's alleged JPM Coin's launch came to life, another major US bank may be thinking of launching its very own digital coin. Goldman Sachs may be following in the footsteps of its biggest competitor. JP Morgan essentially becomes the first major US bank with its very own cryptocurrency. As Leaprate reported: "As reported…

July 01, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

This Irish-based cryptocurrency exchange just disappeared

The news around cryptocurrency exchanges are not always exciting, as the most common news is about stolen funds and illegal activity. Just recently, hackers stole $40 million worth of crypto from Binance. As Leaprate reported back in May, 2019: "The stolen amount is equal to 7,000 Bitcoins. Not only did the hackers steal the staggering…

June 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Progress Update: JPMorgan to begin trials; IBM upgrades platform

Corporations across the globe have been moving forward on many major internal crypto and blockchain related products and services, not waiting for private token development companies to provide solutions for their specific needs. While most of the newsprint these days has been devoted to the likes of Facebook, Fidelity Investments, and the Bakkt exchange, firms…

June 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin rally severely repulsed – Major drop coincides with Coinbase crash

Shades of Icarus flying too close to the Sun marked the last 24 hours of Bitcoin trading, as the most heavily traded crypto plummeted nearly $2,000, just after U.S. markets had closed. Bitcoin was peeking at $14,000, having climbed above $13,800, only to pull back to $13,485. Suddenly, the air went out of the lead…

Category: Cryptocurrency