Winklevoss twins’ Gemini Bitcoin and Ether Exchange expands to the UK LeapRate

June 21, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Winklevoss twins' Gemini Bitcoin and Ether Exchange expands to the UK

The Winklevoss twin's Gemini Bitcoin and Ether exchange has announced that it is expanding its services to UK clients. Gemini received a charter under New York Banking Law from The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) last October, and became authorized to offer Ether trading last month. Gemini posted the following note today on its blog…

April 21, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Barclays closes down UK student's bank account after Bitcoin trade

We have learned over the weekend from a report by Kyle Caldwell from UK's Telegraph that a British student had his bank account closed down without explanation after a deposit to his account from a Bitcoin exchange was made. The student admitted someone could have made a fraudulent payment into his account and from there they ‘reviewed’ the account and made ‘a commercial…

August 06, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

George Osborne's view of Britain as world Bitcoin center moves London away from trad roots

Nestling among the long-established institutional firms and vast banks in London's financial sector are new technological initiatives, bringing Bitcoin to the City and mobile-led trading to the retail sector

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