One of the positive results of the boom and bust of bitcoin has been to attract millennials to invest in traditional assets, according to a new study by eToro multi-asset and social-commerce brokerage firm. According to eToro, around 73% of the new investors that signed the firm in 2017 and…
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Mizuho Bank will partner with more than 60 financial institutions to use its J-Coin Pay platform while serving more than 59 million customers. Mizuho Financial Group, one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, plans to launch its own digital currency called J-Coin. Last week, on February 21, local news publication Nikkei…
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Bank Frick, a Liechtenstein bank known for its pioneering role in blockchain banking, is launching DLT Markets (DLT Markets), an institutional subsidiary for crypto currency trading, as announced on 20 February. Going to the crypto market Bank Frick, a Liechtenstein institution, plans to launch an institutional crypto currency trading platform…
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Now the crypto winter has also arrived in Zug. A well-known trading platform has to dismiss every third employee there. Shapeshift founder Erik Voorhees is one of the luminaries of Zug’s “Crypto Valley”. Since 2014, he has been demonstrating a breathtaking growth story with the Shapeshift trading platform, which is…
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The Hong Kong company will offer physical Bitcoin, Ethereum futures (with leverage!) According to a recent Bloomberg article, the “contest” for physically delivered bitcoin futures is heating up, as another contender has entered the contest. This new competitor is a new cryptography company based in Hong Kong called CoinFLEX, formerly…
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Frankfurt Blockchain startup Agora Innovation secures a high six-digit investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds High-Tech Gründerfonds is investing a high six-figure sum in the Frankfurt blockchain startup Agora Innovation GmbH Frankfurt Fintech Agora Innovation develops software for legally compliant financial transactions at Blockchain Fintech Agora Innovation secures Seed-Investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds…
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The team behind a national cryptocurrency for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) – Sovereign (SOV) – said the coin was still actively developed despite previous disagreements among government officials, despite reservations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF ) and the US Treasury Department on this issue. The idea…
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Although EU blockchain companies had a record year in VC investment, they were still lagging behind in fintech investments. They looked at Innovate Finance’s FinTech VC investment landscape report from 2018, which shows that fintech companies worldwide have raised $ 36.6 billion from VC investors. In contrast, blockchain and crypto-currency…
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It goes without saying that the slowdown of the cryptocurrency market in 2018/2019 upset many of the new companies in this industry, even those that have established an unquestionable hegemony. An Ethereum Classic development group was completely withdrawn, while Bitmain, ConsenSys, Steemit, Huobi and ShapeShift more recently received a mandate…
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According to reports from Bitcoin (BTC) developers, a startling amount of block space is being wasted on the Bitcoin network to secure the blockchains of other cryptos. A company called VeriBlock has been “borrowing” the hashing power of the Bitcoin network to increase security on vulnerable altcoin chains and filling…
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