KuCoin, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has signed a partnership which will allow users to buy cryptocurrency with credit and debit cards. Filling the gap Israeli…
Posts published in November 2018
Trade.io Hires Finance Veteran to Help with Swiss VQF Licence
, a Swiss blockchain startup that proclaims itself a “next-generation financial institution”, has hired a veteran of the financial industry to its board of directors.…
BANKEX Partners Devexperts for Institutional Crypto Product
Real-world asset tokenization specialist BANKEX has just announced a partnership with Devexperts. The trading software developer will assist the blockchain startup to develop a project…
Mike Novogratz’s Crypto Bank Incurs $41 Million in Q3 Losses
Galaxy Digital LP, the crypto-focused merchant bank founded by Mike Novogratz, took a $41 million hit in the Q3 2018 as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies…
USDC’s Ecosystem Continues to Thrive, Circle Adds Five New Partners
Goldman-Sachs-backed platform Circle recently announced that five new companies have added support to its a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. In total, this brings number…
NASDAQ Bitcoin Futures Endorsement Stabilises Market
Crypto markets went through hell in the past couple of weeks. Since the start of the final week of November however, we are seeing prices…
ANZ Ramps up FX Business with New Hires, Appoints Paul Scott as eFX Head
Australia and New Zealand Bank () has seen its latest senior hire, this time brining in FX veteran Paul Scott to the role of Head…
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has issued a ‘thought paper’ that primarily focuses on cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure and how to accommodate traditional transactions with…
Dovish Fed Chair Powell Makes Greenback Sink
The US dollar was trading mostly sideways during the Wednesday’s trading session despite disappointing macroeconomic data. But that changed after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a surprisingly…
Japanese Yen Falls on Sluggish Factory Activity, Flat Stocks
The Japanese yen is falling against the greenback midweek as preliminary data found manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace since 2016 in November, leaving investors doubtful of strong growth in the fourth quarter.…