Tag: Crypto

eToro
September 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

eToro releases investment portfolio with several DeFi cryptos

Dani Brinker, head of portfolio investments at eToro, commented: DeFi is one of the most talked about innovations in finance, with thousands of new cryptoassets emerging in recent months. But for people who don’t have the time to research every asset’s whitepaper, the market may seem like a minefield. By packaging up a selection of…

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Blockchain
September 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Nukkleus partners with Monogram blockchain to facilitate MG Token payments

Jamie Khurshid, COO, Nukkleus, commented: From the outset, Digital RFQ's strategy has been to service institutional clients only. For that reason we spent years establishing the appropriate infrastructure and regulated fiat capabilities to support institutional size volume for cross border payments, all the time, addressing the risks associated with cryptocurrencies. Today that hard work is…

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Interactive Brokers Group announced crypto trading launch via Paxos
September 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Interactive Brokers Group announced crypto trading launch via Paxos

The brokerage’s clients can benefit from centralized cash management and can trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash plus stocks, options, futures, bonds, mutual funds and ETFs from a single screen. The offering is initially available to US residents with individual or joint accounts, however, the company plans to make it available for additional client…

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ASIC warns against entities
August 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC issues a warning against trading crypto through unlicensed entities

ASIC said: ASIC understands that some unlicensed overseas platforms are taking, or have already taken, steps to prevent Australian clients from accessing these financial products. These steps include removing references and links, placing additional warnings and disclosures on the relevant webpages and apps, and introducing geographically based IP restrictions (geo-blocking). This prevents more Australian consumers…

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cTrader Web & Desktop 4.1 now allows users to make crypto deposits
August 11, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

cTrader Web & Desktop 4.1 now allows users to make crypto deposits

cTrader also improves the addition of indicative USD currency in TradeWatch which enables users to view their balance, equity, margin and P&L in the indicative currency of USD in a single switch via TradeWatch options. With the Advanced balance bar settings, users can configure and customize the balance bar in TradeWatch for their personal comfort…

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August 04, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

A day before the Ethereum London Hard Fork: 4 things you should know

2. EIP-3238: Difficulty Bomb Delay EIP-3238 is being introduced to smooth the path for the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade. An important feature of Ethereum, the difficulty bomb makes Ethereum mining more challenging. When the difficulty bomb is triggered, block times will become so long that mining will no longer be profitable. This contributes to a phenomenon…

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Monex Group
July 28, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Crypto trading drives a 457% increase in profit for Monex in Q2

Monex has passed this financial improvement onto shareholders. The basic earnings per share increased by more than 400% in the same period as the previous year. Shareholders have seen a rise from ¥5.57 per share in 2020 compared to ¥28.18 in 2021. Crypto has helped to drive this increase in revenue and profits. The figures…

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July 19, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Malaysian police go viral as they crush Bitcoin mining rigs

Mining for Bitcoin is not illegal in Malaysia, which is partly why Malaysia is one of the most popular countries for Bitcoin miners. It currently comes into the top 10 mining locations, accounting for over 3% of the total Bitcoin mining in the world. However, bitcoin mining does attract criminals, with most opting to steal…

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Twitter becomes a contender for buying TikTok
July 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Tiktok bans financial investments and crypto trading ads

The ban follows warnings and concerns that financial information from TikTok could be misleading. The FCA has also expressed its concerns over young individuals being at risk in investing, taking their information from social media. The growing pressure has driven Google and other internet companies to take measures against scam ads showing on their platforms…

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