Tag: Bitfinex

April 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitfinex adds 12 new tokens as crypto exchange's daily trading volume hits $500 million

Digital asset trading platform Bitfinex has announced the introduction of 12 new token listings to its trading platform. The crypto exchange, which services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, announced the introduction to the platform of the following tokens: Aion (AION), IOSToken (IOST), Request Network (REQ), Raiden Network (RDN), Loopring (LRC), BnkToTheFuture Token (BFT), Cofound.it…

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March 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

How profitable are the world’s top crypto exchanges?

The top ten cryptocurrency exchanges are bringing in as much as $3 million per day in profit, according to Bloomberg calculations. Considering that cryptocurrency did not even exist until 2009, profit at that level is absolutely astonishing compared to the historical development of other industries. It is easy enough to understand how cryptocurrency exchanges make…

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INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets
February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitfinex and EOS partner to build high performance decentralised exchange

EOS, a blockchain protocol that enables horizontal scaling of decentralized applications, and Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, have just announced EOSfinex — the first high performance decentralised exchange to be built on EOS.IO technology. EOSfinex will combine the scalability and speed of EOS.IO with Bitfinex’s expertise to…

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INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets
January 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Horizon enters crypto market with gateways for Kraken, Bitstamp, Bitfinex and GDAX

Horizon Software, the provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, announced today its new support for the cryptocurrency market. The Horizon Trading Platform now provides users with the option of trading Bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies, such as Ether, Ripple and Litecoin, so clients can make the best use of algorithmic framework and…

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December 22, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ripple skyrockets, bright future for altcoins

While Bitcoin and other big cryptocurrencies are plunging this week, Ripple investors are taking off nice profits along the way. In the last couple of hours, Ripple rose in value by almost 30%, and is now trading at an all-time high of $1.39. This means that the cryptocurrency outdid Bitcoin Cash in market capacity and…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Steamr lists its DATAcoin token on Bitfinex after CHF 30 million crowd contribution

 Streamr, the decentralized real-time data economy, today announced that its token called DATAcoin (DATA) has been listed on Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The listing on Bitfinex came into effect at 12 noon UTC, allowing DATAcoin holders trade against BTC, ETH and USD. The announcement follows Streamr’s successful crowd contribution period that…

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June 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CFTC fines Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex $75K to for failing to register as FCM

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange, BFXNA Inc. DBA Bitfinex, for offering illegal off-exchange financed retail commodity transactions in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and for failing to register as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) as required by the Commodity Exchange Act…

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