April may be the time for spring and showers, but it also brings with it, unfortunately, tax reporting deadlines in both the US and the UK. If you have invested or traded in cryptocurrencies or received them in any way for services rendered, then you could be staring at a tax liability that you never…
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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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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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Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren have been on a tear for the past two weeks in April, but critics quickly emerged from their slumber when the crypto-verse went into full retreat on Friday. Bitcoin, for the record, had risen over 30% during April, peaking at $5,400, which was almost unheard of a few weeks back.…
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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 15, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Earnings Drive Sentiment: The number one factor driving markets at the moment are corporate earnings announcements. Today,…
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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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From the advent of Bitcoin, crypto bashers have shouted from the rooftops that terrorists were using the supposed anonymity of the blockchain to launder money and fund their nefarious operations across the globe. The internationally respected RAND Corp., known for the research it has provided the U.S. Military, released a report that refutes this notion…
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Payments and e-commerce crypto Dash has just been listed on the Australian-based exchange, Jinance (formally known as String Exchange). The integration features the first AUD-Dash trading pair and in addition to this it incorporates Dash’s InstantSend technology, enabling fast and seamless transactions. Just several days ago, Dash reported another partnership, integrating with Daexs, one of…
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The SEC has unveiled a comprehensive guideline to clarify whether or not any specific crypto is to be considered a security. They also ruled that an airline’s rewards program token is not a security and can continue to operate, the first time they have done so for a crypto asset. For the first time ever,…
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Litecoin has seen a huge surge in the last 48 hours. As has Bitcoin and other cryptos to a lesser extent. The word on the street is that Litecoin could continue its forward momentum until the halving in months to come, however one thing we do know is volatility is the games maker of trading.…
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