Crypto press headlines typically focus on the dark side of exchange compromises and the billions in dollars of losses that must be absorbed by the firms and their customers. There is, however, a more sinister threat lurking in the shadows that is seldom discussed, but which could prevent the massive adoption that crypto zealots hope…
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How could cryptocurrencies become as familiar in a household as the Internet? If rumors are correct, then the new Samsumg Galaxy S10 could do the trick. Cryptocurrencies have been around for a few years, but public awareness has primarily been reserved for high-tech geeks and savvy investors. What is needed for broader acceptance by the…
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LeapRate Exclusive... The global elite and their private jets flew into Davos, Switzerland, last week for the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting to review, discuss, and debate the pressing world issues of the day. Occasionally, the setting provided an excellent platform for individual leaders to speak to personal items of high priority in their…
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What a difference a year makes or maybe not? The global elite has departed the confab in Davos, jetting away to parts unknown until the next summit. With respect to cryptocurrencies, the opinions expressed at this year’s event were muted, at best. One need only remember that last year at this time Bitcoin was at…
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Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have raised over $10 billion over the past two years, but reports indicate that nearly 80% of these fledgling startups will fail, either due to poor business planning, incompetent management teams, or the fact that they were an outright scam to begin with, plain and simple. The prevalence of shady behavior…
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Coinbase, based out of San Francisco and one of the most popular and trusted crypto platforms in the world, has announced that it will expand its newly developed custodial services into the Asia market. The move is seen as two-fold – to attract major institutional players in the region and to provide custodial services for…
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Have you ever woken up in a cold sweat in the early morning hours, suddenly thinking that you had sold your bitcoin for $35 instead of $3,500? Did you rush to your computer to check to see if the order had been entered correctly? Some poor fellow or woman in South Korea is living a…
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New information continues to surface related to the hacking incident at Cryptopia, a New Zealand crypto exchange that was compromised back on the 15th of January. It remains the first breach of an exchange in 2019, but details have been slow to surface. The company is still in shutdown mode, as executives and police try…
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Even after the meltdown in cryptocurrency values in 2018, consumer interest in tokens and all thing crypto continues to expand on all fronts and in all jurisdictions across the globe. Unfortunately, these new crypto investors often respond to the industry hype without becoming aware of the significant risks that are present. Cryptocurrencies are at the…
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The tiny Republic of Malta, in a fashion reminiscent of the old movie “The Mouse that Roared”, has suddenly become the “crypto-hub of the world”, as it promised it would be in mid-2018. According to MarketWatch and the December exchange report prepared by CryptoCompare: Malta is home to more than twice that amount of crypto…
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