Capital Markets

News

Fidelity Digital Assets’ Testing Opens to More Qualified Investors

Fidelity Digital Asset Services is rolling out its custody and trading platform to more qualified clients.

Business  ·  18 October 2019
Digital Securities

Digital Securities Exchange Taps R3’s Blockchain for Post-Trade Activities

U.K.-based Archax has inked a deal to use R3's Corda Enterprise to handle post-trade processes for its digital securities exchange.

Business  ·  18 October 2019
Europe

Huobi Plans to Open Fiat Gateway with Lira-Tether Pairing in Turkey

Global crypto exchange Huobi plans to roll out a fiat gateway in Turkey that could increase access to more than 250 cryptocurrencies for local investors.

Business  ·  18 October 2019
Bitcoin

eToro Launches Crypto Portfolio Weighted by Twitter Mentions

With an AI system trawling 850,000,000 tweets a day, the eToro product calibrates an optimal coin portfolio based on Crypto Twitter sentiment.

Markets  ·  15 October 2019
Regulation

UK Startup Takes Billion-Dollar Tokenization Plan Stateside

Smartlands, a UK tokenization firm, is betting on a billion-dollar security token crowdfunding model with a new broker-dealer partnership in the U.S.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 October 2019
Exchanges

CME Says Bitcoin Futures Gaining Interest From Big Investors

The CME touts the success of its bitcoin futures contract, as the battle for institutional investors heats up thanks to competition from Bakkt.

Business  ·  14 October 2019
Regulation

SEC Draws on Investor Communications to Halt Telegram Token Launch

To justify halting the launch of Telegram's blockchain project, the SEC relied heavily on communications obtained from investors.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 October 2019
Trading

Forex Broker FXCM Launches Basket of 5 Cryptos for Retail Investors

Foreign exchange trading platform FXCM Group has launched a basket of five cryptocurrencies aimed at retail investors.

Business  ·  14 October 2019
Investments

Daily Liquidity Comes to Crypto Fund With Lukka Accounting Tool

Crypto accounting firm Lukka has partnered with fund administrator Theorem to provide same-day net asset value reporting capabilities.

Markets  ·  14 October 2019
Europe

Traditional Financial Exchanges Oppose UK Crypto Derivatives Ban for Retail Investors

The World Federation of Exchanges asked the UK's Financial Conduct Authority not to ban the sale of crypto derivatives to retail investors.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 October 2019
Ethereum

Australia’s Gold Mint Is Backing a Crypto Token Based on Ethereum

The government-owned Perth Mint is backing a new digital token aimed to allow investors to trade and settle gold in real time.

Tech  ·  11 October 2019
Ethereum

Why French Lender SocGen Issued a $110 Million Ethereum Bond to Itself

Societe Generale has no plans to resell its $110 million ethereum bond, but future blockchain trials will involve external investors, an exec said.

Business  ·  11 October 2019
Bitcoin

Liquidity Provider B2C2 Launches Gold Derivative Settled in Bitcoin

The U.K.-licensed firm's new product allows clients to synthetically trade gold against bitcoin and aims to capitalize on a growth in haven assets.

Business  ·  10 October 2019
Exchanges

Vanguard Developing Blockchain Platform for $6 Trillion Forex Market

Mutual fund giant Vanguard has partnered with Nasdaq Ventures-backed blockchain startup Symbiont to develop a currency trading platform.

Markets  ·  9 October 2019
SIX

Swiss Central Bank to Explore Use of Digital Franc in Settling Trades

Switzerland’s central bank and the SIX stock exchange will study using a central bank digital currency to settle trades of tokenized assets.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 October 2019