There aren't many crypto-friendly banks that can be named, let alone one that goes public on the premises it supports cryptocurrencies. But Silvergate Bank is such a bank. It officially went public on the New York Stock Exchange this past Thursday. Silvergate applied for an IPO roughly one year ago and it was only yesterday…
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Brad Garlinghouse is definitely one of the most well-known figures in the cryptocurrency world. He is the CEO of Ripple. He recently gave his opinion on what the cryptocurrency future can look like, and it's not a positive outlook in terms of numbers of surviving alt coins and volume. Garlinghouse predicts that around 99% of…
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Coinbase has expanded its portfolio in the last couple of years with more and new cryptocurrencies. But this is the first time the cryptocurrency wallet and exchange is rewarding users who hold a particular cryptocurrency - Tezos (XTZ). Coinbase announced through a blog post on Wednesday this week that US customers (except residents of New…
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The story of Facebook's Libra and Mark Zuckerberg's "relationship" with the US Congress has reached new levels. The much awaited cryptocurrency called Libra might not be launched after all in 2019, as Facebook cannot get the approval of regulatory bodies yet. The European Union also expressed great concerns over the launch of such a global…
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Justin Sun, the CEO of BitTorrent, won a bid to have lunch with the Wizard of Omaha, Warren Buffet. The bid price? $4.6 million! As Leaprate reported, Warren Buffett is known for holding auctions for various charitable causes. The billionaire investor has also commented several times that he does not believe in the merits of cryptocurrencies,…
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The largest Ponzi scheme in the crypto world, as Leaprate reported not long ago, is OneCoin. While there are many fake ICOs, OneCoin stands out as the largest one - defrauding the global economy of approximately $4 billion in under 5 years. While the founder, Ruja Ignatova, and her brother are the main "heroes" of…
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Muinmos is an automated regulatory compliance specialist that has recently appointed industry veteran Conor Ringland as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Ringland will be based in London and will focus his work on speeding up the global growth of the company's PASS (a SaaS solution that uses AI to deliver real-time checks for compliance for variety…
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Finlogix is an emerging fintech provider in the global derivatives markets that officially launched its social trading & charting platform at the ACY Securities 8th anniversary gala dinner on Saturday night at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney. ACY Securities had announced last month that it partnered with Finlogix to bring their HTML5 charting platform, live…
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It is often said that U.S. Congressmen live within a “Washington D.C. Bubble”, especially when it comes to understanding technology. The abrasive reaction toward both Mark Zuckerberg and David Marcus and their Libra initiative was defintely over the top. One Congressman was moved to say succinctly: This is the government putting the very concept of…
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The 5th anniversary of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement was announced as part of the annual ACFF event by the The Australia China Future Forum (ACFF) via a press conference. The panel addressing the media included the Honourable Dr Helen Sham-Ho – first elected Chinese Australian Member of Parliament and co-founder of ACFF, Ian Tam…
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