Category: Exchange

Bitkan blockchain global summit moved
September 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

China Bitcoin crackdown leads BitKan to postpone and move its Blockchain Global Summit conference to Hong Kong

Bitcoin trading specialist BitKan has postponed its major Blockchain Global Summit, and moved it from Beijing to Hong Kong, following last week's crackdown on all things cryptocurrency by Chinese authorities. China government officials indicated that they were going to close down all Bitcoin exchanges operating from the country, as well as ban all Initial Coin Offerings…

Read more
Bitcoin price crash
September 14, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Price Drops Amid China Closedown And JP Morgan Scam Attack

As BTCChina announced that it will stop new users from registering from September 30th, the price of bitcoin fell down with $1000 since the start of the month. With speculation about the Chinese government banning all exchanges from trading bitcoin and launching their own cryptocurrency, and the comments of JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who…

Read more
Vaultoro bitcoin gold exchange
September 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin gold exchange Vaultoro raises 7 figure seed round from FinLab AG

Vaultoro.com, the first and longest running bitcoin / allocated gold exchange, has announced that it has closed a seven-figure seed funding round from Frankfurt, Germany based fintech investor Finlab AG (FRA:A7A). Vaultoro co-founder Joshua Scigala said: The investment from FinLab AG into Vaultoro will enable us to scale fast. Our mission is to enable as many…

Read more
June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

QUOINE launches QRYPTOS fully digital crypto-only platform

Global fintech firm QUOINE announced that has launched a fully digital cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform called QRYPTOS, exclusively for cryptocurrency trading in beta version. QUOINE is equipped with asset protection and secure trading across all its platforms. All operational processes on QRYPTOS are fully compliant with global Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering…

Read more
May 22, 2017 BY admin

LedgerX closes $11 million Series B to push forward regulated bitcoin options

Still awaiting regulatory approval, the we last heard from LedgerX, a swap execution facility (SEF) for bitcoin options was in 2015 when the CFTC issued temporary registration status. Hoping to push forward, the company announced today closing of a Series B round of $11.4 million in financing. Led by Miami International Holdings Inc. and Huiyin Blockchain…

Read more