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AlphaPoint

AlphaPoint’s White Label Tech Now Lets Crypto Exchanges Offer Margin Trading

The software provider is adding support for margin trading, with a raft of trading options and controls for crypto brokerages and exchanges.

Markets  ·  12 November 2019
Wallets

Investment App Abra Expands US Offerings With 60 New Cryptos

Mobile crypto wallet and investment app Abra is adding a host of new coins and doubling its U.S. bank deposit limits for U.S. customers.

Markets  ·  12 November 2019
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Ant Financial Starts Pre-Launch Testing of Business Blockchain

The fintech arm of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group said it expects the blockchain to go live in around three months.

Tech  ·  12 November 2019
Exchanges

HTC Will Support Binance Chain With Special Edition Smartphone

HTC's special edition EXODUS blockchain smartphone will allow users to directly access Binance's decentralized exchange and token.

Tech  ·  12 November 2019
News

Former Cumberland and Circle Traders Pool Money for Crypto Prop Trading

Bobby Cho, former trading head at Cumberland, has formed a crypto prop-trading firm with former two Circle execs.

Markets  ·  12 November 2019
Supply Chain

UPS Ships Beef to Japan, Tracked and Monitored Using Blockchain Tech

The shipping giant says it has tracked and delivered a full shipment of beef from Kansas to a Tokyo steakhouse with help from blockchain firm HerdX.

Business  ·  12 November 2019
Exchanges

Bithumb Global Launches Native Token for Exchange Ecosystem

Bithumb plans to launch a native token on top of its namesake blockchain next year.

Markets  ·  12 November 2019
Digital Currency

French Central Bank Job Posting Reveals Digital Currency Program

Banque de France is seeking a blockchain analyst who will help the bank define a program for implementing digital currency.

Business  ·  11 November 2019
EOS

A Mysterious Airdrop Called EIDOS Is Clogging EOS to Make a Point

Maximum transactions: How a project called EIDOS is congesting the EOS blockchain.

Markets  ·  11 November 2019
Exchanges

Bakkt Expands Bitcoin Custody Service Beyond Futures Trading Clients

The ICE subsidiary plans to open up its bitcoin "warehouse" following approval from New York's financial watchdog.

Markets  ·  11 November 2019
Regulation

ECB’s Benoit Coeure to Lead Central Banking Digital Currency Initiative

Coeure is to lead the new BIS Innovation Hub in researching and perhaps developing fintech with benefits, such as digital currencies.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 November 2019
Exchanges

Bittrex Will Release Frozen Crypto to Former Users in Sanctioned Regimes

Crypto exchange Bittrex is looking to return crypto holdings to customers in sanctioned nations, but there are conditions.

Markets  ·  11 November 2019
Supply Chain

US Homeland Security Taps Canadian Blockchain Firm to Track Oil Imports

DHS has hired Mavennet to track oil imports into the U.S. by retrofitting existing tracking technology with blockchain.

Business  ·  11 November 2019
Banking

MAS, JPMorgan Build Payments System With Inter-Blockchain Connectivity

Working with JPMorgan and Temasek, Singapore's central bank has developed a prototype blockchain-based cross border payments system.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 November 2019
News

Ex-Cinnober Blockchain Lead Joins Nordic Crypto Fund to Bet Big on Bitcoin

Since NASDAQ acquired Sweden's Cinnober last year, blockchain lead Eric Wall has left the exchange business for bitcoin investment fund Arcane Crypto.

Markets  ·  11 November 2019