2019-10-8 19:30 |
Skew., a startup led by an ex-JPMorgan trader, did an S&P 500 options trade on bitcoin’s blockchain to prove the tech works better than Wall Street. origin »
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Major cryptocurrency exchanges have come together to formulate a rating model for cryptocurrencies to justify the listing of a cryptoasset to American regulators, as reported by Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2019.
2019-9-30 16:09 | |
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Adoption is very important for the development of the crypto world. Fortunately, companies such as iAngels exist. Created by a software engineer, a former lawyer and a Wall Street trader, the company is focused on promoting the adoption of crypto and securing investments for blockchain startups at the same time that it educates traditional capitalists […]
2019-9-19 22:13 | |
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Blockchain Startup Casperlabs led by financier Terren Piezer who is popularly known as Zelig of Wall Street, raised $14.5 million in Series A. The CTO of Casperlabs by the name Medha Parlikar announced that these funds would be injected in product development and to hire more core technical workers including engineers, academics, and architects in […]
2019-9-10 19:52 | |
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The open-source blockchain platform raised $14.5 million in a round led by financier Terren Piezer, known as the "Zelig of Wall Street."
2019-9-11 15:00 | |
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VanEck Securities and SolidX Management have come out with a plan to offer their bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on September 3, 2019, the companies intend to offer a limited bitcoin ETF, using the exemption rule provided by the U.
2019-9-4 13:23 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital company focused on crypto innovation, brought several Washington regulators together to promote crypto adoption and discuss regulation. The May event includes representatives from the U.
2019-9-4 03:54 | |
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Renown venture capital and investment advisory firm, Andreessen Horowitz, held a conference on cryptocurrencies to which they invited companies and regulators who are dealing with this new industry. Marc Andreessen discussed the importance of cryptocurrencies, likening it to how the internet was viewed in its early days, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, SeptemberRead MoreRead More.
2019-9-2 17:00 | |
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Popularly known for investing in innovative companies, Andreessen Horowitz hosted a private event in May assembling the financial watchdogs of Washington in order to persuade them to be more considerate toward cryptocurrencies.
2019-9-2 11:32 | |
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Nelson Minier, Head of OTC trading at Kraken crypto exchange, spoke on NASDAQ’s TradeTalk on his switch to the crypto industry, Wyoming’s progressive adoption of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin’s volatility and the overall progress of blockchain technologies and associated cryptocurrencies.
2019-8-26 18:15 | |
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Russia, ruled by Vladimir Putin‘s arguably authoritarian regime, wants to leverage blockchain technology to host Moscow‘s administrative services and boost transparency. Essentially, the government is looking for a contractor to build an Ethereum-based system to host the issuance of property ownership documents, the allocation of slots at farmer markets, and wait for it: a voting platform which enables Moscow residents to have their say on matters such as locations for new bike paths, street decoration, and city events, CoinDesk reports.
2019-8-15 15:03 | |
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Polymath has announced a major version upgrade for its STO platform along with the addition of QRC token to the Token Studio. Polymath’s technology acts as a bridge between Wall Street and blockchain, with the aim to “enable trillions of dollars of securities to migrate to the blockchain” through the process of tokenization.
2019-8-6 01:04 | |
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On June 21st, Binance published the results of its first-ever survey conducted by R&D arm Binance Research. Over a hundred institutional and VIP clients were sent the study, but the data displayed on the official report only has a sample size of 41 as those that didn’t answer more than 30% were excluded.
2019-7-23 17:00 | |
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While Nasdaq Inc. and Citigroup Inc. saw a burst of blockchain pilots that produced positive results over the last four years, Wall Street has yet to fully adopt the technology, with some believing the price of full adoption still outweighs the benefits.
2019-7-16 19:01 | |
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The United States SEC has given Blockstack clearance to raise capital under Regulation A+, an alternative method to IPO’s for growing businesses to facilitate a capital raise. The offering will be for $28 million and goes public on July 11, as reported by Wall Street Journal, on July 10, 2019.
2019-7-11 14:06 | |
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After a request from a group of lawmakers, the IRS is expected to update its guidance for cryptocurrencies, first set in 2014. A July 6, 2019, report by the Wall Street Journal indicates that the U.
2019-7-9 21:00 | |
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The global financial services landscape is evolving rapidly. To maintain an edge, firms are increasingly looking at blockchain. Now, Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs is researching the tokenization of assets as part of its innovation strategy.
2019-7-8 16:00 | |
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The global financial services landscape is evolving rapidly. To maintain an edge, firms are increasingly looking at blockchain. Now, Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs is researching the tokenization of assets as part of its innovation strategy.
2019-7-8 16:00 | |
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Toronto, ON – Blockchain evangelist, Tracy Leparulo of Untraceable, brings back the largest and most talked-about Blockchain Futurist Conference in Canada for its second year on August 12 to 14, 2019, Toronto, Canada.
2019-7-7 15:00 | |
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MXC is a digital trading platform focusing on the exchange of blockchain assets created by Wall Street, Japan, and Europe senior quantitative trading team and senior practitioners of blockchain through decentralized self-organization.
2019-7-2 22:23 | |
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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s the prevailing mindset on Wall Street when it comes to crypto. The latest to (re)-hop on the bitcoin/blockchain bandwagon is Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon.
2019-6-30 16:45 | |
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A CFTC report has highlighted a 14 percent increase in short positions held by institutions and big traders in the CME Bitcoin futures market. Smaller retail traders are taking the other side of this trade, leading market experts to think there may be a missing piece to the puzzle, as reported by Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2019.
2019-6-27 20:00 | |
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A columnist for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently spoke about the upcoming Facebook cryptocurrency, Libra. According to the article, the columnist opines that the proposed stablecoin isn’t as promising as projected and added that Libra gives Facebook the “license to print money.
2019-6-24 20:54 | |
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Patrick McDonnell, a New York resident who goes by the nickname of “the Coyote of Wall Street” recently pleaded guilty to a cryptocurrency related wire fraud in federal court in Brooklyn. This, according to a report by Bloomberg, June 22, 2019.
2019-6-24 19:00 | |
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Before Facebook launched its Libra project, several rumors predicting the social media giant’s move were doing the rounds. At that time, Caitlin Long, Co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, had laid out six predictions.
2019-6-22 18:00 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) prints new 2019 highs Eventually, blockchain based platforms will replace legacy bank-based systems Overly, there is a changing view of what Bitcoin is. The entry of Facebook could open doors for Wall Street corporations.
2019-6-23 17:00 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) prints new 2019 highs Eventually, blockchain based platforms will replace legacy bank-based systems Overly, there is a changing view of what Bitcoin is. The entry of Facebook could open doors for Wall Street corporations.
2019-6-22 17:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Blockchain company Hedera took an ad out in this morning’s Wall Street Journal thanking Facebook for flattering them with their copycat governance model. The ad reads: “Thank you Facebook Libra.
2019-6-22 14:00 | |
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Wall Street watchdog FINRA has sat for as long as 12 months on roughly 40 broker-dealer applications by blockchain startups.
2019-6-18 16:00 | |
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In the lead up to Facebook’s official cryptocurrency reveal, the social media titan has signed up gigantic backers for its “Project Libra” as well hiring senior UK bank lobbyist, Ed Bowels. This, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on June 13, 2019, and the Financial Times.
2019-6-15 18:42 | |
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PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, and Uber will be among over a dozen companies investing approximately $10 million each to back Facebook’s new cryptocurrency. Announced in the Wall Street Journal, the companies will join a consortium to govern the token.
2019-6-14 09:57 | |
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Blockchain researcher and former JPMorgan exec Tone Vays is skeptical over whether the crypto winter is really over
2019-6-12 18:16 | |
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Andrew Keys, a co-founder of ConsenSys Capital, has joined DARMA Capital as a managing partner to help usher in Wall Street money to Ethereum. Keys has departed ConsenSys to focus on DARMA full time, as reported by Bloomberg, June 6, 2019.
2019-6-7 17:00 | |
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By CCN: Tron Founder Justin Sun rocked Wall Street when he made the winning bid for the coveted lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett. In one fell swoop, he was able not only to capture the attention of bitcoin-hater Buffett but also CNBC’s Becky Quick, who until now has echoed the sentiment of her golden goose guest.
2019-6-4 20:30 | |
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Blockchain Technology, along with the idea of digital assets, has caught the attention of several major economic institutions. According to the Wall Street Journal, 14 major financial firms, including the likes of Barclays, Nasdaq, Credit Suisse Group, Banco Santander, ING, and Lloyds Banking Group, led by UBS group AG, have decided to come together to launch […] The post UBS Group AG-led banks to launch blockchain-based platform USC token to facilitate cross-border trading appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-6-4 19:15 | |
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The banking industry is hell-bent on taking over the nascent blockchain and cryptocurrency market. A group of financial firms led by UBS Group AG is eyeing blockchain technology for settling cross-border trades worldwide with its own “Bitcoin-like” token.
2019-6-3 13:22 | |
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NEW YORK — The fifth annual Consensus, the preeminent cryptocurrency, and blockchain conference powered by CoinDesk was held at New York Times Square from May 13th to May 15th, 2019. The themes of this year’s conference were business, market, and technology.
2019-6-3 11:34 | |
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Breanne Madigan, Wall Street veteran with 14 years of experience at Goldman Sachs, has left Blockchain.com to join Ripple
2019-5-30 00:45 | |
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Moiz Kohari, State Street's global chief technology architect, has left to build a new data privacy startup.
2019-5-23 11:00 | |
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Wall Street Veteran Appointed As Head Of BitGo’s Financial Services Department BitGo appoints Nick Carmi as the new head of financial services. Carmi plans to bridge the gap in the ease of trading for cryptocurrencies, mimicking the traditional market.
2019-5-9 22:45 | |
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Brave New Coin joins KPMG, R3, OTC Exchange, and Symbiont as a Wall Street Blockchain Alliance member — bringing ‘Institutional Grade’ data and analysis to the non-profit trade association.
2019-5-10 22:00 | |
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Blockchain security and cryptocurrency custody firm BitGo has appointed a Wall Street high-frequency trader as its head of financial services
2019-5-9 16:50 | |
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By CCN: Beyond Meat (BYND) is Wall Street’s newest darling. After its stock rallied 168% in the best IPO in a decade, the vegan burger maker continues to impress while the rest of the Nasdaq suffers heavy losses.
2019-5-8 21:43 | |
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Multi-trillion asset management firm Fidelity Investments could launch its cryptocurrency trading service very soon. Citing sources in the know, Bloomberg reported on May 6, 2019, that the Wall Street juggernaut could launch its bitcoin trading service “within a few weeks.
2019-5-6 17:22 | |
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In a major operation to uncover dark web business, the German Federal Criminal Police pulled down the shutters of the largest dark web market, the Wall Street Market. In a similar operation earlier this year, Finnish Customs and the French National Police busted Silkkitie, aka the Valhalla Marketplace, along with its entire content, Europol announcedRead MoreRead More.
2019-5-5 09:00 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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Facebook is actively seeking collaborators and funding for its cryptocurrency venture, now known to be “Project Libra,” which is more commonly referred to as FacebookCoin. This according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and Gizmodo, May 02, 2019.
2019-5-3 18:06 | |
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Despite a 43 percent year-on-year growth in net revenues, Square has declared a loss per share of 9 cents in a letter to shareholders. Wall Street was expecting the loss making company to finally declare an earnings call in the green, evidently, the market punished Square for hitting below expectations.
2019-5-3 09:22 | |
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is indeed building a cryptocurrency for a new payments network, which puts… The post Confirmed: Facebook Building Crypto-Based Payment System – The Key To Mass Adoption appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-5-3 09:04 | |
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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has vowed to transform the central bank in preparation for… The post Bank Of England Governor Might Open Opportunity For Ripple Tech, Says That Payments Across Borders Should Be Indistinguishable From Those Across The Street appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-30 09:01 | |
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Bybit and Block Scholes’ latest report reveals that the Bitcoin options market maintained stability in the face of year-end expirations, while Ethereum options are poised for brief volatility. According to a report published by crypto exchange Bybit and analytics platform…
The bullish sentiment in the IBIT options is consistent with the noticeable activity in the $200,000 bitcoin call trading on Deribit.
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for November 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Shares in Trump media experienced a similar dynamic before the recent price slide.
XRP trades close to a major supply zone that has consistently capped upside for over a year.
Bitcoin (BTC) may experience increased volatility in the coming days, driven by speculation surrounding another Chinese fiscal stimulus announcement and the expiration of BTC options worth $1. 1 billion.
The long straddle involving the November expiry $66,000 call and put options crossed the tape on Deribit early Wednesday.