Anyoption analyst Elise Blanford takes an interesting look at what is happening right now in the cryptocurrency market, as Bitcoin is leading a charge upward in prices. For more of Elise’s research see the Anyoption blog. [divide] While Bitcoin has had a particularly tumultuous year, the recent surge higher in prices comes amid numerous factors…
Read moreAIA Group Ltd (HKG:1299), the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group with assets of $168 billion, has joined R3, the financial innovation firm partnership. R3 is designing and applying distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. We had reported last week that Ping An became the first Chinese institution to join R3. AIA…
Read morePing An Financial Services Group has joined financial innovation firm R3’s partnership to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. The R3 team is made up of financial industry veterans, technologists, and new tech entrepreneurs, bringing together expertise from electronic financial markets, cryptography and digital currencies. R3 operates in New…
Read moreBitcoin and digital exchange operator Kraken has announced that it became the first and only exchange to offer clients Ether (ETH) Dark Pool trading. The Ether Dark Pool allows clients to discreetly place large ether orders without exposing their intentions to the public, lit order book. The introduction of Kraken’s Ether Dark Pool comes in…
Read moreGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announces that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted authorization Gemini Trust Company, LLC to offer the trading of Ether, an emerging cryptocurrency, on its virtual currency exchange based in New York City. As a limited purpose trust company chartered under New York State Banking Law,…
Read moreBreaking within the last hours the BBC is reporting that Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. His admission ends years of speculation about who came up with the original ideas underlying the digital cryptocurrency. Mr. Wright has provided technical proof to back up his claim using coins known to be owned…
Read moreItaú Unibanco, the largest private sector bank in Latin America, has signed a partnership agreement with R3, an international innovation firm, for developing solutions from Blockchain-based distributed ledger technologies. Blockchain, the solution behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, is a successful example of the practical application of distributed ledger technologies. In addition to cryptocurrencies, this technology…
Read moreKraken - one of the world’s largest Bitcoin, Ethereum and digital asset exchanges - has announced an investment from Money Partners Group, one of Japan’s leading foreign exchange brokerages, as part of Kraken's Series B financing round. While Kraken didn't disclose the size or terms of the Money Partners Group investment, we believe it is in the multi-million dollar range. Tokyo-based Money…
Read moreFinancial visualization expert TradingView announced on Monday the beginning of offering of official real-time and intraday data from two Indian stock exchanges – the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. Pro, Pro Plus and Premium account holders with TradingView can purchase BSE market data subscription for $4 per month. At present, NSE data…
Read moreFinancial visualization platform TradingView has just added another Bitcoin exchange to the lineup of providers of data for its users. The latest addition is Poloniex, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange which seeks to offer maximum security and advanced trading features. Thanks to the partnership, TradingView users get access to more than 100 new symbols. Poloniex joins…
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