The new platform aims to establish an institutional corridor between Europe and Asia. Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings have announced a joint cryptocurrency-related venture. According to a Dec. 8 announcement, the firms’ digital asset-related subsidiaries, SIX Digital Exchange and SBI Digital Asset Holdings, are launching a new […]
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SBI plans to add support for Ether and XRP lending in the near future. Japanese financial giant SBI Group is introducing a cryptocurrency lending service through its crypto-related subsidiary, SBI VC Trade. According to an official announcement on Nov. 24, the new crypto lending platform will allow users to lend their crypto to SBI and […]
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Galaxy Digital reported a large uptick in trading volumes in the third quarter. Galaxy Digital’s over-the-counter trading desk posted record volumes in the third quarter, signaling once again that institutional uptake of digital assets is on the rise. The company’s third-quarter earnings report showed a 75% year-over-year rise in trading volumes, reaching approximately $1.4 billion. […]
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Crypto and DeFi remain mostly a subculture in the world of global finance. What does the industry need to do to achieve real, mass adoption? Satoshi Natakmoto’s anonymity and powerful mining-incentive mechanism are key examples of what made Bitcoin (BTC) unique and led to its unparalleled success. But for truly democratized money and finance to […]
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A regulation exec at the world’s largest stock exchange is leaving his role to enter crypto. A senior regulation executive at the world’s largest stock exchange is moving into the cryptocurrency industry. Anthony Albanese, a former chief regulatory officer at the New York Stock Exchange, is reportedly leaving his position to join Andreessen Horowitz, a […]
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Only two of Ethereum’s recent competitors had a “fair launch” according to the specified criteria. Mythos Capital founder Ryan Sean Adams called Ethereum killers “toothless” based on initial token allocation schemes that often prioritize insiders: Source: Twitter. Adams was referring to a recent Messari report, which summarized the token distribution for some of the most […]
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The crypto industry records another major acquisition in 2020. According to an official announcement, INX has signed a term-sheet for the acquisition of OpenFinance, which operates as a registered broker-dealer in compliance with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. With the new deal, INX is set to acquire OpenFinance’s broker-dealer […]
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Disclosure best practices need to be adopted as their lack is holding the industry back. Some people predicted that crypto assets were going to be a fad that would quickly come and go. But in just a short time, we’ve seen crypto assets become the focus of new innovation. Cryptocurrencies have offered value exchange, the […]
Continue Reading Disclosure best practices need to be adopted as their lack is holding the industry back. Some people predicted that crypto assets were going to be a fad that would quickly come and go. But in just a short time, we’ve seen crypto assets become the focus of new innovation. Cryptocurrencies have offered value exchange, the […]
Continue Reading Disclosure best practices need to be adopted as their lack is holding the industry back. Some people predicted that crypto assets were going to be a fad that would quickly come and go. But in just a short time, we’ve seen crypto assets become the focus of new innovation. Cryptocurrencies have offered value exchange, the […]
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