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Singapore Introduces Licensing for Crypto Platforms, New Payment Services Now Act in Force
29.1.2020
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the commencement of the city-state’s new Payment Services Act. The law mandates the implementation of a licensing regime that applies to payment providers, exchanges and other platforms dealing with cryptocurrencies. Their operators...
Uphold Introduces Commission-Free Trading for Users
28.1.2020
The move to commission-free cryptocurrency trading was based on Uphold’s ability to net trades at a lower cost after gaining more liquidity providers, said Uphold CEO JP Thieriot
International Crypto Exchange Liquid Develops Perpetual BTC Contracts With Up to 100x Leverage
28.1.2020
Leverage allows cryptocurrency traders unsatisfied with market volatility to make stronger plays on smaller movements. Trading platforms offer various ways to use leverage in order to capture this segment. The latest example is Liquid, an exchange that developed perpetual BTC contracts with up...
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Buys Into Blockchain Trading Platform Vakt
28.1.2020
Saudi Aramco joins Shell, BP, Chevron and others in using Vakt’s blockchain-based oil trading platform
One of World’s Richest Firms Joins Blockchain Trade Platform Vakt After $5M Investment
28.1.2020
Oil-giant subsidiary Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures has made a $5 million investment in Vakt, a commodities post-trade processing platform built with blockchain tech
Israel’s Securities Regulator Asks Private Sector for DLT Proof-of-Concepts
27.1.2020
Israel’s chief securities regulator Anat Guetta says DLT has “transformative potential” for the startup nation’s capital markets. Now she wants to see a proof-of-concept
More Than 77 Crypto Projects Claim to Be Backed by Physical Gold
26.1.2020
The last few years have seen the creation of blockchain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold. In October, Coinshares and Blockchain.com launched a digital gold token (DGLD) backed by physical gold that uses BTC’s security. Tether just announced a new token called tether...
Independent Reserve Expands its Trading Services in Singapore
25.1.2020
The CEO and Founder of the Sydney based cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve, Adrian Przelozny, declared recently that they are expanding their trading services to the users in Singapore. Further, the residents of Singapore will now be able to purchase, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies...
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures
25.1.2020
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures
25.1.2020
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures
25.1.2020
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure
Tether Launches Gold-Backed Stablecoin and Begins Trading on Bitfinex
24.1.2020
Tether launches a gold-backed stablecoin while trading on Bitfinex has already started
ErisX Adds New Trading Features with Etale Partnership
23.1.2020
The partnership will provide clients with machine learning-based order execution
Indian Supreme Court Warms Up to Crypto – RBI’s Arguments Not Convincing
23.1.2020
India’s supreme court heard the crypto case on Thursday, starting with the arguments by the counsel for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). After pointing out that the RBI ban only hurts crypto businesses but does not stop crypto trading, the court explained that “being an honest...
Chiliz Launches Crypto Exchange for Trading Sports Fan Tokens
23.1.2020
Sports blockchain venture Chiliz will launch a cryptocurrency exchange for sports and entertainment tokens
CoinDesk Q4 2019 Review: A Year in Suspended Animation
23.1.2020
The CoinDesk Quarterly Review surfaces the key data, trends and events shaping the crypto markets. Check it out now
Bitcoin Faces Move to $8,200 After Dropping Out of Trading Range
23.1.2020
Bitcoin's three-day range play has ended with a bear victory. Now prices could visit deeper support at $8,200
6 Bankers Accused of Earning €30M in Bonuses From German Fraud, Tax Lawyer Out on €4M Bail
22.1.2020
Former bank employees have received bonuses worth millions of euros in an illegal trading scheme that also involved a tax lawyer, prosecutors in Frankfurt revealed this week. The case is part of multiple investigations carried out across Germany, the hardest hit country in a notorious tax fraud...
Uzbekistan to Throw its Doors Open to Tax-free Cryptocurrency Trading
22.1.2020
Uzbekistan’s president has produced a draft decree that will see tax authorities in the country waive taxes on cryptocurrency trading and transactions – for both Uzbeks and non-nationals living in the country.
As previously reported, the government has been keen to implement the new measures –...
Binance to Fuel Competition in P2P Crypto Trading Market
22.1.2020
Major crypto exchange Binance now aims to find more merchants for its a peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading platform in an attempt to meet “growing demand.”
The company launched a global peer-to-peer (P2P) merchant program, encouraging merchants to use the exchange as a way of providing payments...