Bitcoin Bull Mike Novogratz’s Trading Desk Loses $41M Last Quarter
Bloomberg has revealed that Mike Novogratz’s cryptocurrency trading desk lost $41M in the third quarter of 2018. After Bitcoin dropped below $5k for the first time this year,…
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Coinbase Raises $300 Million in New Funding, Aims to Support ‘Thousands’ of Cryptocurrencies in the Future
On Tuesday (30 October 2018), Asiff Hirji, President & COO of Coinbase announced via a blog post that the crypto exchange had raised $300 million in its latest funding…
Ether’s Two-Week Price Uptrend Looks Poised to Continue
Ether (ETH), the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has staved off an attempt by the bears to break a two-week uptrend. The cryptocurrency…
Financial Heavyweights TD Ameritrade and Cboe Backing ErisX, a New Regulated Crypto Exchange Competing With Bakkt
On Wednesday (3 October 2018), Eris Exchange, a Chicago-based derivatives exchange founded in 2010 and specializing in swap futures, announced ErisX, a planned new regulated crypto exchange offering both spot…
The World’s First Perpetual BCH/USD, XRP/USD, LTC/USD, and XRP/XBT Futures Contracts
On Friday (31 August 2018), London-based cryptocurrency derivatives firm ‘Crypto Facilities’ (a competitor to BitMEX and Deribit) announced that it had launched perpetual futures contract on XBT/USD, and the…
Bitcoin Falls Below $6,600 As Investors Ponder Significance of SEC’s Postponement of VanEck Bitcoin ETF Decision
The U.S. SEC’s postponement of its decision on the VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF to 30 September 2018, as covered here yesterday, has left the crypto markets bruised but not battered, with…
Europe’s Largest ETF Trading Firm Moves Into Crypto
Flow Traders NV, an Amsterdam-based speed trading firm that is considered Europe’s largest ETF trader, is reportedly making markets in the first exchange-traded notes (ETN) based…
SEC Has Removed ‘Stumbling Block’ for Ether Futures, Says Cboe President
Cboe Global Markets may now be close to launching an ether futures product, following a recent comment from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official…
Top Ethereum Token Protocols Which May Replace ERC20
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of Cointelegraph.com Today, anyone can create a smart contract…
OKEx: Ethereum Smart Contract Bug Causes Temporary Suspension of ERC-20 Deposits
Today, April 25th, the third largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, OKEx, announcedthat all ERC-20 token deposits have been suspended. The move comes after developers discovered…