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Bitcoin News Roundup for May 27, 2020
27.5.2020
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It's another episode of CoinDesk's the Markets Daily podcast
Social Trading vs Trading Bots
27.5.2020
What is social trading and trading bots? Social trading as the name suggests depends on what is going on around socially. Simply put, when an investor observes and learns the investing styles, trading behaviors from his or her peers as well as experts, it is called social trading. He or...
BitGo Launches Full-Service Institutional Trading Platform, BitGo Prime
27.5.2020
Major American digital asset financial services firm BitGo is releasing a new full-service trading platform designed for institutional investors
Coinbase Buys Tagomi as ‘Foundation’ of Institutional Trading Arm
27.5.2020
Crypto exchange Coinbase is finally acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading for institutional clients
How Has COVID-19 Affected Your Trading and Saving Opportunities?
27.5.2020
The traditional asset market is in turmoil and investors all over India and the world are suffering terrible financial losses owing to the reduction in trading activity due to the lockdown paired with the imposition of stringent financial regulations on traditional assets like stocks, bonds,...
Financial Giants Fujitsu & Nomura to Launch Digital Asset Trading on Blockchain
26.5.2020
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has signed a deal with major securities company Nomura that will see the duo co-launch an interoperable blockchain platform for trading “digital assets” such as securities.
Per a report from Nikkei, Fujitsu is working on the project with...
ErisX Releases API for Bulk Trading of Bitcoin, Ether
26.5.2020
ErisX has released a block trading API for futures contracts and spot market trades to help large traders
India’s Central Bank Removes Lingering Confusion Over Banking for Crypto Firms
26.5.2020
India's commercial banks can indeed provide banking services to traders and firms dealing in cryptocurrencies, the RBI has clarified
Bitcoin Suisse Users Can Now Trade Gold and Silver Against Bitcoin and Ether
26.5.2020
Bitcoin Suisse has unlocked 24/7 trading of precious metals, cryptocurrencies and major fiat currencies on its platform
Thailand Turns to Blockchain to Boost Renewable Energy Push
26.5.2020
A Thailand public-private joint venture has inked a deal with blockchain startup Power Ledger to encourage renewables trading and uptake
BigONE Exchange Unveils Star Program
25.5.2020
BigONE, one of the world’s safest cryptocurrency trading platforms, is excited to launch its new Star Program, a referral system that comes with a advanced backend platform that allows BigONE Star members to track the detail of every user they referred to BigONE, not to mention a decent...
Power Ledger Brings Peer-to-Peer Renewable Energy Trading to Thailand
25.5.2020
Australia’s Power Ledger will be deploying its renewable energy trading technology in Thailand through a partnership with local authorities and BCPG
Can the Increasing Crypto Trading Reverse the Fiscal Crisis in Lockdown?
25.5.2020
The world is struggling in the merciless grip of COVID-19, and the extended lockdown has tossed the economic sector of every nation into a state of chaos and depression. However, amid all the darkness and economic slump, cryptocurrency is shining like a ray of hope. Indeed, cryptocurrency trading...
Iranian President Calls for Launching a Cryptocurrency Mining Strategy
23.5.2020
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for a mining strategy throughout the oil-rich nation. The latest statements from the Iranian President follows Iran’s moves to restrict specific crypto trading platforms over “currency smuggling” mandates. On May 20, 2020, Iran’s...
Bitcoin Futures, Options, and Open Interest: Crypto Derivatives Break Records After the Halving
22.5.2020
Since the market rout on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ bitcoin futures and options contracts have seen significant demand. On May 14, CME Group saw the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts (open interest) touch a high of $142 million. Four days later,...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists ESH Token Support Prior to John McAfee’s Ghost Airdrop
21.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported John McAfee’s new privacy token called Ghost, as the former anti-virus tycoon detailed “governments will be unable to shut it down.” Ghost won’t be distributed in the usual fashion by leveraging an initial coin offering (ICO), as...
Genesis Trading Buys Crypto Custodian Vo1t in Bid to Become Prime Broker
21.5.2020
Digital currency trader and lender Genesis Global Trading is moving toward full-service prime brokerage with the acquisition of crypto custodian Vo1t
Exposure to -1x the Daily Performance: Bitcoin.com Exchange Adds Inverse Token BTCSHORT
20.5.2020
During the last few months, Bitcoin.com’s cryptocurrency exchange has added a number of new coins and features. Today, Bitcoin.com Exchange has added an Ethereum-based inverse token called “BTCSHORT,” a token that gives users exposure to the inverse or -1x the daily performance...
Unfortunate May: BlockFi Suffers Breach, BitMEX Trading Engine Down
19.5.2020
Major crypto companies are still experiencing serious problems in May as BlockFi revealed that it suffered a data breach on May 14, while BitMEX Trading Engine went down today.
Crypto lender BlockFi said that the perpetrator attempted to make unauthorized withdrawals of client funds using...
BitMEX Trading Engine Goes Offline, Company ‘Investigating’
19.5.2020
The trading engine for BitMEX, formerly the largest bitcoin derivatives exchange measured by open interest, is offline at press time