Crypto Facilities, a world-leading cryptocurrency trading platform, has launched futures for Ethereum. The new derivatives contract will start trading at 4pm UK time on 11 May. The first Ethereum futures to be offered by a regulated firm, the products will
Digital asset trading platform Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold, enabling traders to execute more advanced strategies on the metal in a digital form. Margin trading for Tether Gold with US dollar, tether, and bitcoin, began on 30 January.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has secured a US patent for blockchain technology that will enhance the processes for proxy voting and repurchase, or repo, agreements. 
 Building on Broadridge’s successful blockchain-based bilateral repo pilot with two global investment banks, which showed
Japanese institutional investors now have access to a crypto-asset benchmark following the launch of the NRI/IU Crypto-Asset Index by MV Index Solutions (MVIS), and Intelligence Unit (IU), in partnership with Nomura Research Institute (NRI). Read the full story at Institutional Asset
Stack, a provider of cryptocurrency trackers and index funds has launched an institutional grade bitcoin index fund in response to investor demand for controlled exposure to the high-yield potential of bitcoin globally. The single-asset index fund expects to capture USD750
Apex Token Fund, an investment manager specialising in cryptocurrency and blockchain related assets, has launched its public token sale for its fund of hedge funds. Apex tokens provide retail investors with access to a diversified portfolio of cryptocurrency assets managed
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) is establishing a new Technology Taskforce (TF-22) on Digital Assets to help examine how ISINs may be able to help identify possible harmonisation of standards. ANNA’s Technology Task Force (TF-22) will examine the
The founding CEO of The Crypto Company, one of the first publicly traded companies investing in blockchain, has formed a specialised hedge fund to directly invest in businesses associated with distributed ledger technologies (DLT). Mike Poutre, a three-time CEO of
Cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has launched the bitFlyer app across Europe and the USA. The app, available for free on both iOS and Android, will allow users to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum
CryptoCompare, a specialist in digital asset data, has launched a real-time order book product which will enable professional and enterprise clients to create predictive analytics to monitor exchange trading in real-time and anticipate sudden changes across trading activity, asset pricing,
