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Blockchain investment and advisory firm NKB Group has partnered with CRYPTOALGO Holdings, a provider of cryptocurrency trading and an investment gateway for financial institutions, to provide crypto trading, brokerage and asset management services for institutional investors.
Under the partnership, NKB Group will utilise CRYPTOALGO’s Order Execution Management System (OEMS), AlgoTrader product, OTC and custody services for its clients, while CRYPTOALGO will extend its asset management and advisory offering through NKB Group’s regulated fund and investment banking platform.
The partnership is a collaboration between two firms born from top-level traditional banking and algotrading. NKB Group and CRYPTOALGO were founded by
Online Blockchain (OBC), a UK blockchain company, has launched ManilaCoin, a cryptocurrency for financial inclusion in the Philippines.
Designed as an alternative form of finance and transaction, the coin is free to use, 100 per cent secure and self-governing. It does not rely on any interaction with an authoritative body or government, putting Filipinos in control of their own finances.
The launch of ManilaCoin comes as the local government spurs growth of crypto and blockchain bodies. Announced in late April, the Philippines is on the verge of becoming a crypto hub as governmental initiatives have opened up the market
BitGo, a specialist in institutional-grade cryptocurrency investment services, has launched Predictive UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) Management for fee-sensitive transaction building to address the costs associated with operating high traffic wallets.
BitGo says it is the first company to bring Predictive UTXO Management to institutional investors and that early results show that it can deliver transaction fee savings of up to 30 per cent.
The increasing fragmentation of coins has created an environment where customers often hold up to hundreds of thousands of tiny coin fragments. Using each of these fragments requires a processing fee and customers can incur
CMC Markets, a provider of online trading, has extended its cryptocurrency spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) offer across its retail client base. Clients can now take a position on the original bitcoin and ethereum cryptocurrencies paired against the US dollar.
The latest offering follows CMC Markets’ exclusive launch of cryptocurrency spread bets and CFDs to its professional client base in March.
David Fineberg (pictured), Group Commercial Director, says: “Since successfully launching our cryptocurrency offering in March to our professional clients, we have received increasing interest and demand from our retail client base to trade this unique digital
Nasdaq Anayltics Hub, which provides institutional investors, fund managers and traders with a library of vetted, back-tested and normalised alternative and financial data to help inform investment decisions, has added a raft of new data sets to its offering.
The new additions include ESG Holdings Intelligence, which is exclusive to Nasdaq, and is the only data that scores based on empirical evidence rather than third-party designations.
The new Social Media Sentiment data set meanwhile, is based on iSentium’s patented natural language processing system, while the Supply Chain Networks Exposure data set identifies critical and well-positioned companies in the global supply network.
AlphaBot, a technology solution for sourcing, analysing and allocating to alternative investments, has added performance data and analysis tools enabling investors for the first time to compare, portfolio build, and compile reports on more than 1,600 crypto currencies and tokens.
Launched in 2018, AlphaBot helps allocators – including high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions – find and connect with investment platforms, hedge funds, data sources and other providers. Using AlphaBot, allocators can obtain fund performance and benchmarking data, then model, build and execute portfolios all from a consistent, user-friendly interface.
“As the crypto currency markets grow and mature, AlphaBot
OKCoin is to join SharesPost’s Global Liquidity And Settlement System (GLASS) as exchange nodes. In conjunction with SharesPost’s existing Alternative Trading System (ATS), GLASS will provide OKCoin with compliant access to the US investor market.
“With the security token market poised to take off in 2018 and beyond, we’re thrilled to be partnering with OKCoin on the upcoming launch of GLASS,” says Greg Brogger (pictured), Founder and CEO of SharesPost. “As one of the leading global digital asset exchanges, OKCoin will be an instrumental partner as we build a new, decentralised network that can facilitate the trading, certification, and custody
RigoBlock, a decentralised asset management network based in Switzerland, has partnered with Ethfinex, a subsidiary of iFinex inc (Bitfinex) for the integration of the RigoBlock asset management platform which is due to launch later this year.
RigoBlock’s vision is to decentralise asset management through use of the Ethereum network. Through collaborating with RigoBlock, Ethfinex users will be able to monitor, create and invest in decentralised token funds available on the RigoBlock network.
“Asset management has never been more accessible than with the implementation of the RigoBlock protocol,” says Will Harborne (pictured), Director of Operations at Ethfinex. “We are incredibly
Blockchain for private equity firm Swarm has partnered with decentralised autonomous organisation MakerDAO to integrate the Dai token into the Swarm platform.
Swarm writes that this will give Swarm’s community of accredited investors a greater capability to lock in crypto prices, using the world’s first decentralised stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain.
“When we connected with the MakerDAO team, we found them to be like-minded, community-focused technologists. Our cooperative relationship will provide new ways for our investors to create and protect their value,” says Philipp Pieper (pictured), CEO and Co-Founder of Swarm. “It removes what has been perceived as
Markov Processes International (MPI), a provider of investment research, technology, analytics and indices for the global investment management industry, has released the Stylus Pro 11.4, the latest version of its flagship investment analytics software.
The firm writes that new release introduces the ability to perform historical regime analysis and stress testing, as well as hypothetical scenario analysis, or ‘what-if’ shocks, on investment products and portfolios. It also introduces proxy-handling capabilities that enable users to extend analysis for shorter-lived funds.
MPI’s returns-based risk offering is focused on meeting the needs of its core clients—fund selectors and fund sellers. The firm’s industry-leading
