When it comes to JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) and all things crypto, Jamie Dimon, its outspoken chairman and CEO, just cannot keep his mouth shut. Jamie Dimon and his bank were recently the center of attention when it became the first bank to issue cryptocurrency, but praise soon turned to criticism when it became known that…
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Dukascopy Bank’s initial plans were to become the first regulated bank to launch its own ICO starting from March, 1 2019. However, the Japanese Mizuho Bank has equally announced their token to be unveiled on the same day, therefore Dukascopy moved the date a day earlier. Dukascoin, the first cryptocurrency issued by a regulated bank, has been launched…
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HBUS, the company behind the Huobi.com marketplace for digital assets today announced that it has introduced three new tokens into its existing portfolio of tradeable digital assets. The three tokens are Monero (XMR), Stellar Lumens (XLM) and Steem (STEEM), which has led to the creation of nine new tradeable pairs on the Huobi.com platform. Today’s…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Tokenization on Blockchain has been a steady trend throughout 2018. It seems that everything is being tokenized on Blockchain from paintings, diamonds and company stocks to real estate. Former MD of Morgan Stanley Patrick Springer recently joined LeapRate to talk about asset tokenization and explained why rebalancing your asset allocation might be the next best…
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Fundamental Interactions (FI) today launched its patented automated-hedging service for trading tokens. The software will be used to automate the process of liquidity sourcing as well as hedging in order to optimize the issuing, trading and settling token transactions. The new software will be offered within FI’s Neutron suite of products as a plug-in. The…
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IBMR.io, a social impact economic development reserve and advisory, has just announced the launch of the Asia Reserve Currency Coin (ARCC). ARCC is a macroeconomic stablecoin that will be used to support and amplify the economic development of emerging markets in Southeast Asia. IBMR.io is founded by the former Vice Chairman of True Money Philippines, Sinjin…
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Social crypto trading platform Blockport has announced that it plans to launch a multi-stage security token offering (STO) starting in March 2019. The company kicked off 2019 by moving out of the beta version of its exchange. Now its goal is to raise at least 15 million EUR from the token offering. The goal for the…
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WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin) has officially launched on Ethereum as an ERC20 token fully backed by Bitcoin. The new token is a joint initiative by BitGo, Kyber Network, Ren (formerly Republic Protocol), and other community partners. Its aim is to bring Bitcoin’s liquidity to the decentralized ecosystem on Ethereum and enhance all decentralized applications (DApps). It…
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tZERO, the blockchain-meets-Wall-Street subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), has informed the public that secondary trading of tZERO security tokens is now live. Accredited investors can now trade tZERO security tokens with other accredited investors through a digital securities brokerage account at Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC. Dinosaur has teamed up with PRO Securities, LLC, a tZERO subsidiary,…
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The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has just added TRON (TRX) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). TRON has been brought to the GBX-DAX by Sponsor Firm StratX, and follows the addition of XRP and EOS in recent weeks. LeapRate reminds that the digital asset exchange OKCoin exchange has recently added Tron (TRX) as a new…
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