If there is one thing that crypto enthusiasts can agree upon, it is that valuations will soar in Crypto-Land when institutional investors begin shifting capital into the space in a significant way. To date, institutional participation in digital assets can best be described as modest, but a new research paper has revealed that endowment funds…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 17, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: eToro Announces Crypto Exchange, Stablecoins: eToro CEO Yoni Assia announced the launch of eToroX, a crypto exchange…
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LMAX Digital, the institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Exchange Group, has just announced that it has been granted a license as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Provider from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). LeapRate reminds that LMAX Digital was launched in May 2018 as the first institutional crypto currency exchange. The final…
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eToro CEO Yoni Assia announced yesterday at Paris Blockchain Week the launch of eToroX’s crypto exchange and a range of financial instruments, including eight fiat-stablecoins. The exchange is managed by eToroX (eToro’s blockchain group) - one of the first companies that received regulatory approval back in December 2018 as a DLT provider by the Gibraltar…
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The Satoshi Treasure - a bitcoin hunt for $1 million is officially on. On April 13th, 2019, an anonymous user challenged the bitcoin community to resolve a puzzle and find the key for the Satoshi Treasure worth $1 million. The award is currently worth around 198 Bitcoins. The mysterious author posted the following message that…
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UK provider of business travel management services to SME companies Corporate Traveller announced that it has teamed up with global blockchain payment provider BitPay. Corporate Traveller can now accept bitcoin and bitcoin cash payments from its SME customers for business travel bookings. Andy Hegley, UK General Manager, Corporate Traveller commented on the news: We have…
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John Berlau, a senior fellow at libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, has wasted no time in blasting the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its heavy handed treatment of all things crypto. The SEC recently released guidelines to clarify how it applies existing statutes in order to assist legal firms and promoters of Initial…
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OKEx, the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, has recently expanded its portfolio offerings with new fiat pairs, including Euro (EUR), Russian Ruble (RUB) and Turkish Lira (TRY). The additions are launched on the C2C fiat-to-token trading platform of OKEx. The new additions are expected to improve the access to digital coins as OKEx is preparing to launch…
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Global provider of online trading CMC Markets Plc (NYSE:CMC) just announced that they have added CFDs trading on another seven cryptocurrencies. The company has also started offering spread betting to its clients. In addition to bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin and ripple, now also available to trade on the Next Generation platform are: dash, EOS,…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview… LMAX Exchange Group’s 2018 financials report has gone out last month, releasing excellent growth and record financial performance for the year ended 31st December 2018. It has been almost two years since our last interview with David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange. What has changed in the company since then, what are…
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