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December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Bitcoin Futures open for trading

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Cboe bitcoin futures (XBT) began trading exactly as planned at 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the start of Global Trading Hours. The opening price for XBT was $15,000 and 890 contracts were traded by 7:15 p.m. CT. Monday, December 11, will be…

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December 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: CySEC forex broker license, Formax Prime launch, FXDD-IronFX merger off, and lots more…

Which FX broker is the latest to get a CySEC CIF license? Which China-backed, FCA-licensed ECN broker launched in London? Why was the FXDD-IronFX merger called off? What major change did Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) make to its Affiliate program? Answers to these questions and more appeared exclusively or first at LeapRate this week. Some of our…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin: Big change or loose change?

The following post is courtesy of Lilian Chovin, Investment Strategist at Coutts. Bitcoin was all over the place this week – and not just in the media. It reached an all-time high by breaking through the $11,000 mark but then fell by 20%. Its sharp rise brought back memories of the dotcom bubble back at…

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Finom Reg D ICO
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Finom launches $101 million ICO under Reg D, aims to reduce financial market entry barriers

Teufen, Switzerland based financial blockchain corporation Finom AG has announced plans to raise up to $101 million, to create world’s first blockchain-based platform to reduce financial markets entry barriers and provide Artificial Intelligence advising. Finom stated that its $101 million tokenized equity offering will be executed pursuant to Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act of…

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December 04, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Why and how would the bitcoin bubble burst, if there was one?

As the "people's currency" is slashing through the $11,000 price point yet again, some experts are now equating bitcoin with a huge, ready-to-burst bubble. However, as CME Group and Nasdaq are already in the process of launching bitcoin futures and the technology behind the currency, blockchain, is rapidly innovating a series of industries, the question…

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December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe launches Bitcoin Futures trading on December 10

In addition to last Friday's news when Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that CFE had filed a product certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer bitcoin futures trading, the company today informed that Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) plans to offer trading in bitcoin futures beginning at 5:00 p.m. CT on…

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