After JP Morgan's alleged JPM Coin's launch came to life, another major US bank may be thinking of launching its very own digital coin. Goldman Sachs may be following in the footsteps of its biggest competitor. JP Morgan essentially becomes the first major US bank with its very own cryptocurrency. As Leaprate reported: "As reported…
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The news around cryptocurrency exchanges are not always exciting, as the most common news is about stolen funds and illegal activity. Just recently, hackers stole $40 million worth of crypto from Binance. As Leaprate reported back in May, 2019: "The stolen amount is equal to 7,000 Bitcoins. Not only did the hackers steal the staggering…
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Russia continues to be all over the map when it comes to committing to a single crypto path for the future. Reports from so-called insiders have suggested that the government had been moving towards a central bank controlled digital currency, which Vladimir Putin supposedly approved as a way to settle with Iran and avoid sanctions,…
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The gloves are off for the 2020 US presidential election. The majority of candidates are Democrats, and everyone who is running is looking to stand out in some way: ones with policies, other - with the way they gather donations. The entire process of running is very expensive one. One of the presidential candidates, California…
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You can now pay your phone bill with Bitcoin. And that is thanks to AT&T, which became the first mobile network to accept digital coins as method of payment. All payments will be facilitated through BitPay, a cryptocurrency payment processor. Just recently, major companies have decided to accept cryptos as payments. Such companies include Home…
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Cryptocurrency scams and theft are undeniably two of the largest and most serious problems in the crypto space. Security issues arise almost every month now. The latest “casualty” was Binance, through which hackers stole $40 million in digital coins. The stolen amount was equivalent to around 7,000 Bitcoins at that time. Hackers stole API tokens…
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The following article has been exclusively prepared for LeapRate by the TradeTools FX technology group. The TradeTools FX technology group was founded in 2008 by a group of highly experienced IT professionals with the goal to create simple, secure and user friendly solutions for the FX market. LeapRate Exclusive... TradeToolsFX has just launched a new…
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We all remember when Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, announced that bitcoin is a fraud, and after that teased the crypto community about a potential JPM Coin, the project is now live. As reported by The New York Times, JP Morgan officially became the first major US bank to launch a cryptocurrency that…
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The leading messaging app in China, WeChat, has banned all of its merchants from engaging in crypto-related transactions. WeChat, owned by giant Tencent, introduced the new ban on April 30th, 2019. The update to the Payment Service Protocol states that all merchants using the app’s services cannot be involved in any virtual currency trading transactions…
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Payments and e-commerce crypto Dash has just been listed on the Australian-based exchange, Jinance (formally known as String Exchange). The integration features the first AUD-Dash trading pair and in addition to this it incorporates Dash’s InstantSend technology, enabling fast and seamless transactions. Just several days ago, Dash reported another partnership, integrating with Daexs, one of…
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