Exclusive: Bermuda to open special bank that caters to crypto-related businesses LeapRate

January 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: Bermuda to open special bank that caters to crypto-related businesses

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…

January 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cryptopia exchange breach saga continues – Binance freezes stolen funds

In the latest chapter of the continuing saga of Cryptopia, Binance has stepped forward and claimed to have frozen a portion of the stolen assets from the beleaguered crypto exchange. New Zealand police and the High Tech Crime Consortium (HTCC), an agency that deals with cybercrime, are presently conducting their investigation. All trading activities have…

Mt. Gox trustee granted another delay for distribution plan for victims

January 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cryptopia hack has industry abuzz with comments about safety of funds

Earlier this week, the news of the first hack of a crypto exchange in 2019 hit the airways. The Cryptopia exchange in New Zealand suspended operations, citing “significant losses”. Local police are investigating, with very few details forthcoming. The lack of information has led to widespread speculation as to the nature of the hack, whether…

December 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Binance CEO is confident - no worries over cryptos

It has been a rough year for cryptocurrencies. Valuations are down 80% and more in some quarters, and critics are claiming that a funeral may be in order. But not everyone has these same feelings. CEOs of many large concerns, both within and without the crypto universe, have spoken out about the long-term viability of…

Binance seeks to curb SEC’s hunt for “fraud”

December 24, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Binance adds two XRP-based trading pairs

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has recently added Ripple as a base trading pair, said Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao. According to a blog post from today, December 24th, the new trading pairs will be TRX/XRP (Tron) and XZC/XRP (Zcoin) on the Combined ALTS Trading Market. The so called ALTS will replace the current ETH Trading Market,…

December 10, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Binance "takes care" of institutional investors

Binance is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world. The platform has just announced their launch of subsidiary accounts feature for institutional and high net worth investors. The request for such an option has been long awaited, as institutional investors have had a large impact on the cryptocurrency industry in the last…

October 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

eToro adds the Binance Coin to its product range

FX broker eToro has announced that it has added the Binance Coin (BNB) to its product range. This brings the total number of cryptoassets available on eToro to thirteen. eToro is the first platform to offer BNB to investors and traders to buy or sell using fiat. BNB is a token issued by Binance, which…

July 31, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Binance completes its first acquisition

Binance is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. It just completed its first ever acquisition. Binance bought out the mobile wallet firm Trust Wallet. The company is a mobile app that is essentially an Ethereum wallet that supports Ethereum, ERC20, ERC223 and ERC721. As of now, Binance has not disclosed the amount…

Neufund presents a public offering of equity on the blockchain

July 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Neufund partners with Malta Stock Exchange and Binance

Neufund, a Berlin-based Blockchain protocol for securities’ tokenization and issuance has announced its collaboration with MSX, an innovation vehicle of the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE), and a partnership with Binance, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges globally. The aim of both ventures is to create a regulated and decentralized, global stock exchange for listing and…

July 02, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The exchange that surpassed Binance by trading volume

Binance was recently the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in respect to volume traded. CoinMarketCap’s ranking of cryptocurrency exchanges recently changed to promote CoinEx as the largest exchange by traded volume. CoinEx is currently processing a trade volume of around $1.5 billion on a daily basis, while Binance handles around $ 1.3 billion. The third place…

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