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Crypto Hedge Funds See Best January on Record
18.2.2020
Crypto hedge funds see best January returns on record and first positive January since 2017
Trump’s Proposed Budget Snubs Blockchain, Crypto in Crosshairs of Security Service
18.2.2020
What can we make of President Trump’s move to deploy the Secret Service in the fight against financial crimes?
The IRS Is Inviting Crypto Firms to a ‘Summit’ in DC Next Month
18.2.2020
The IRS will hold a summit to better inform its thinking around taxing cryptocurrencies next month
Is Bloomberg Looking to Take Yang's Spot as the Crypto-Friendly Candidate?
18.2.2020
Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg proposes a cryptocurrency regulatory framework that promises to clarify many of the points of contention
Crypto Exchange Tokenomica Now Offers OTC Crypto-to-Euro Trading
18.2.2020
Malta’s Tokenomica announces OTC trading for all its available cryptocurrencies
BitGo Acquires Harbor in Surprise Expansion Beyond Crypto Custody
18.2.2020
Digital asset custodian BitGo is building a “full stack” security token services provider by acquiring tokenization platform Harbor, including its broker-dealer and transfer agent
Instant Crypto Exchanges, Explained
18.2.2020
While their traditional trading exchange counterparts may get more attention, instant crypto exchanges offer a number of key beneficial features like price aggregation, simple onboarding and improved user experiences. #Sponsored
Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Custody Arm Blocknox Expands Service to Institutional Clients
18.2.2020
Blocknox’s crypto custody offer will also be available to fintech companies, banks and asset managers
FCA Keeps EPayments on Lockdown, Crypto Unlikely at Fault
18.2.2020
Payment system ePayments has been halted by the FCA for about a week now, and people are still locked out of their accounts. While the company is affiliated with crypto, the explanation for the increased scrutiny seems to lie elsewhere
Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 18, 2020
18.2.2020
With the price of bitcoin breaking below last week's critical resistance, Markets Daily is back with another time-saving news roundup
Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Arm Aims at New Institutional Investors + More News
18.2.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Blocknox, a subsidiary of the second-largest German stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart, will offer cryptocurrency...
Crypto Firms Should Get Behind Peirce’s Safe Harbor Proposal, Even if It’s Unlikely to Become Law
18.2.2020
Hester Peirce's idea may not be formally considered by the SEC, but it could help refine and define future crypto regulation, say two advisers
US Presidential Contender Michael Bloomberg Proposes ‘Clear Regulatory Framework’ for Crypto
18.2.2020
US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said he would clarify tax and securities laws around crypto in a new financial reform plan
Deribit Launches Ethereum Options on the Crypto Derivatives Platform
18.2.2020
Leading crypto exchange Deribit launched Ethereum options contracts on Monday, in a bid to expand crypto futures and derivative options of the platform. Like Bitcoin, users can now trade Ethereum perpetual futures with up to 100x leverage. Our #Ethereum daily options are launching today at 12:00...
Crypto Custodian Copper Collects $8M In Series A Funding Round
18.2.2020
Based in London, Copper.co, the leading custodian for digital assets, has announced that it has raised a whopping sum of $8 million in a Series A funding round. The firm will employ the pooled in funds to proliferate into marketspaces it has not explored since its inception. According to the latest...
Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash
18.2.2020
In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals, testimonies by the Federal Reserve chairman and the Treasury secretary, a crypto-friendly SEC proposal, and the IRS changing a crypto tax rule. We also cover...
Boerse Stuttgart Subsidiary Launching Institutional Crypto Custody Services
18.2.2020
Blocknox, a subsidiary of the second largest German stock exchange, is expanding its crypto custody service to institutional players
New Platform Helps Developers Tokenize Their Games on Ethereum
18.2.2020
A new game development platform, Enjin, has gone live on the Ethereum mainnet
South Korean Banks ‘Sitting on Crypto Plans in Regulatory Limbo’
18.2.2020
South Korean financial institutions have formulated crypto business plans – but cannot go public with them due to a lack of regulatory clarity, claim bankers in the country.
News outlet Hangook Ilbo quotes an unnamed “senior official” at a South Korean bank as stating,
“Banks in South Korea cannot...
Coinbase Pitches Crypto As a Solution for Racial Inequality in Finance
18.2.2020
Coinbase’s new campaign reaches out to ethnic minorities with the claim that crypto can help tackle systemic discrimination in the financial sector