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Estonia Prepares ICO to Roll Out its Own National Cryptocurrency ‘Estcoin’

August 24, 2017

Estonia, a Baltic state in north-eastern Europe, is studying the prospect of issuing its own cryptocurrency and is aiming to roll out the product as soon as possible under the name Estcoin. The government-ba...

SEC Halts Trade in First Bitcoin Capital’s OTC Stock

August 24, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday that it has temporarily suspended trading in shares of First Bitcoin Capital, an OTC-traded Canada-based company that has seen its market capitali...

AvaTrade Adds Bitcoin Cash to Asset List

August 24, 2017

Forex and CFDs brokerage AvaTrade has added a new cryptocurrency to its trading portfolio, Bitcoin Cash. The online trading company now offers 7 altcoins on its platform, including Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, ...

Pepperstone Appoints New Head of EEA Business Development

August 11, 2017

Pepperstone is committing to an effort to expand its operations in the European market with a new hire. The company just onboarded longtime Admiral Markets executive Andrzej Tomczyk as its new Head of EEA Bus...

SIX Swiss Exchange Joins Nasdaq to Leverage Chain’s Technology for OTC

August 9, 2017

SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that Nasdaq, in collaboration with its blockchain technology partner Chain, will provide distributed ledger technology (DLT) for a Minimum Via...

Floyd Mayweather Hypes Stox ICO to Over 16 Million Instagram Followers

July 28, 2017

Virtually unknown to all but a few hardcore Ethereum and Bitcoin investors just a year ago, it seems that token sales are already becoming mainstream. American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has just promot...

Bitcoin Wallet Abra Integrated by American Express for Instant Funding

July 26, 2017

Credit card giant American Express (NYSE:AXP) has started integrating the Bitcoin Wallet Abra into its payments ecosystem. The service is releasing a new feature that will let customers fund their Abra wallet...

LedgerX Receives CFTC Mandate as Bitcoin Derivatives Clearing Organization

July 24, 2017

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has granted blockchain startup LedgerX its official registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO), helping solidify LedgerX’s centralized clearin...

Alpari Launches New Cryptocurrency Portfolio Called Crypto Capital

July 11, 2017

Alpari Russia moved one step ahead of the competition today by launching its new cryptocurrency-based portfolio, Crypto Capital. It is a portfolio created purely with cryptocurrencies and no other instruments...

Russian Central Bank Plans to Limit the Size of Retail FX Business

July 6, 2017

The Russian Central Bank’s First Deputy Governor Sergey Shvetsov has just concluded an online streaming session, sharing some of his views on the retail forex industry in the country. Speaking to readers via ...