Two U.S. pension funds break the winter ice by investing in Cryptos LeapRate

February 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Two U.S. pension funds break the winter ice by investing in Cryptos

Crypto enthusiasts have long anticipated the day when large institutional investors would jump onboard the Crypto train, but a host of concerns related to potential price manipulation, volatility, liquidity, and safety have always stood in the way. It is known that many such investors have gone through the backdoor, using traditional brokers with an OTC-desk.…

Digix lists on Korean exchange to boost its local market presence

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Winter consequences - South Korean exchanges struggle to survive

As the crypto bear market drags on, the consequences of what has been termed Crypto Winter continue to spread across the globe, especially in South Korea, a known hotbed of cryptocurrency trading and popularity. Recent reports detail a level of carnage that matches in many ways the decline in market values over the past year.…

New Broadridge portal automates and transforms the MBS Trade Assignment Process

February 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Attendees at Paris Fintech Forum lose crypto fever and focus on banking

Paris in the middle of winter can be brutal, but one year ago, attendees at the Paris Fintech Forum were hot with crypto fever. When one of Europe’s biggest annual gatherings of its kind convened this year in the City of Light, over 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, bankers, and regulators braved the cold once again, but…

February 06, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Did the expiration of Bitcoin futures cause last week’s crypto collapse?

Analysts are still grappling with the reasons why the crypto market shed nearly $10 billion of market cap last week. Bitcoin, the market leader by far with a 53.4% market share, had suddenly slid from over the $3,500 threshold down to below $3,400. It has since climbed back over this figure, but industry talking heads…

Tom Lee declares an end to Crypto Winter and all-time BTC highs in 2020

February 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Coindesk conducts survey to assess Crypto Winter damage on startups

The ravages of Crypto Winter have been most notable in the investment community, where 80% and sometimes more of crypto valuations have been lost during the long crypto bear market of 2018. The market is still searching for an absolute bottom, while the industry licks its wounds and pushes ahead with development efforts. These efforts…

February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto bouts of anxiety strike again, as Crypto Winter refuses to thaw

What a difference a few weeks can make in the Bitcoin investment community. Back on the 3rd of January, an exalted technical indicator was “suggesting Bitcoin is in its longest buying streak in six months.” Digital diehards were rejoicing. Bitcoin prices soon pierced $4,000, a level that had been described as a “titanium resistance level”…

December 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

JPMorgan claims crypto turbulence is scaring off institutional investors

Investors do not like Bear Markets, unless they are professional traders that love nothing better than to short an overbought sector of the market. For institutional investors, however, traders are always on the lookout for the sector that has the most “up” potential, while discarding anything that feels the pull of gravity downwards. During what…

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