Bit.com, Matrixport’s secure derivatives exchange, is to launch bitcoin cash (BCH) perpetual swaps and options on 20 January, and 1 February, respectively.
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex is to launch trading for ETH 2.0, allowing its users to exit or enter an ethereum (ETH) 2.0 staking position. ETH 2.0 will be available to trade with US Dollars (ETH2/USD), ethereum (ETH2/ETH) and tether
Genesis, a specialists in digital currency prime brokerage services, has appointed Dr Derar Islim to the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
New data released by Trading Platforms indicates that it costs USDF25.2 million per day in electricity to process bitcoin transactions. The consumption cost is based on bitcoin’s 30-day average transaction of 328,418 as of 17 January, 2021, and the energy
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) and Templum Markets are teaming up to bring industry standard CUSIP identifiers to the tokenised securities marketplace. Templum Markets is a subsidiary of Templum Inc, a fintech and blockchain-focused holding company that operates at the intersection
Moonstake has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based RockX to support the Polkadot ecosystem. RockX runs its own Polkadot node, and in September, launched a USD20 million five-year investment programme in the ecosystem. Through this partnership, Moonstake and RockX
As warnings intensify about the need for regulation of digital assets across the UK and Europe, Gibraltar is adding to its already regulated digital ledger technology (DLT) framework with the development of a ‘10th Core Principle’, specifically for digital asset
As more hedge funds pile into cryptocurrencies, market inefficiencies and price dispersion are bringing fresh arbitrage opportunities for managers. Bitcoin’s sustained rally over the past year saw the cryptocurrency roar to a record high of more than USD41,000 in early
Utopia Genesis Foundation, an organisation formed to support the development of an open platform for the music industry, will be moving from Ethereum to a Polkadot parathread this year, providing interoperability, consensus, scalability and security to Utopia users. This expansion
Moonstake is now supporting staking of QURAS’s cryptocurrency XQC in its Web and Mobile Wallets following the announcement of a strategic partnership between the two firms in April of last year.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
