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Fintech Focus For August 11, 2020
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 6:14pm | 2346Read More...Daily Perspective: The definition of market prices is whatever the Fed says it will be. - Minerd Fintech Movers: The Federal Reserve recently announced the FedNow Service, which it said will be rolled out in a phased approach, with a target service date of 2023 or 2024. - Benzinga Coinbase hires...
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Fintech Focus For August 3, 2020
Monday, August 3, 2020 - 11:46am | 1830Read More...Daily Perspective: Stay hungry, stay foolish. - Steve Jobs Fintech Movers: The ECB says EU financial institutions have an over-optimistic view of their IT resilience and resistance to cyber threats. - Finextra US fintech funding on pace to excel. Tradeweb calls on Nasdaq tech. Cuban-backed...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For August 1, 2020
Saturday, August 1, 2020 - 11:39am | 1322Read More...It's A Great Time To Be A Bitcoin Banker What Is Happening? The crypto banking scene has revved up considerably in the span of a few months, with major acquisitions and raises tied to the race to build out crypto's first full prime broker. What Does It Mean? Prime brokerage has become an...
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Texas Man Charged With Fraud For Transferring Nearly $1M Coronavirus Federal Aid To Cryptocurrency Account
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 8:40am | 306Read More...A Texas resident is facing fraud charges for allegedly transferring federal aid — meant for small businesses to survive coronavirus pandemic — to a cryptocurrency trading account. What Happened Joshua Thomas Argires received $956,000 in aid on behalf of a company called "Texas...
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US Secret Service Purchased Blockchain Analytics Software From Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase
Monday, July 13, 2020 - 6:49am | 441Read More...The United States Secret Service purchased blockchain analytics software from cryptocurrency exchange desk Coinbase. What Happened According to public documents, the Secret Service awarded a four-year contract worth $183,750.00 to Coinbase in May, the Block reported Saturday. Coinbase has been...
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Fintech Focus For July 10, 2020
Friday, July 10, 2020 - 8:57am | 1814Read More...Daily Perspective: The market is not the economy. - Mike Loewengart Fintech Movers: The digital lending platform market was estimated at $4 billion in 2018. This number is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of over 20% in the next 5 years, putting it at an estimated $17 billion by...
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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Reportedly Preparing To Go Public: 'An Important Milestone'
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 2:23pm | 578Read More...Coinbase Inc is preparing to go public as early as this year, which would make it the first major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange to do so, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The exchange will need approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission, and if it passes this...
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9 San Francisco Fintechs Poised To Shine At The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 9:19am | 780Read More...The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards — a day of dealmaking, networking and recognition in the financial technology space — takes places Nov. 10. In recognition of those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change within the financial services...
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'One-Stop-Shop': Trading Technologies To Be Blocksize Capital's Preferred Front-End Execution Platform
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 3:39pm | 348Read More...Digital asset company Blocksize Capital named Trading Technologies (TT) as its preferred front-end execution platform for cryptocurrency market data. What Happened Trading Technologies will provide Blocksize Capital’s clients aggregated market data for over 20 cryptocurrency exchanges and...
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Coinbase Custody Adds Matic To Its Institutional Cryptocurrency Vault
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 1:21pm | 747Read More...Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, has added a new digital asset to its custodial service. Matic, the native token of Matic Network, can now be deposited and withdrawn by the institutional firms that utilize Coinbase Custody. Institutional interest in crypto assets has increased...
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Deribit Increases Access To BTC, ETH Derivatives With Trading Technologies Partnership
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 2:06pm | 270Read More...Deribit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange based in Amsterdam, formally launched connectivity with Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a provider of trading software, infrastructure and data solutions. As part of the development, Deribit users now have access, through the TT...
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Canopy Rivers Adds Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures To Strategic Advisory Board
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 1:31pm | 398Read More...Canopy Rivers Inc. (TSX: RIV) (OTC: CNPOF) has added Thirty Five Ventures to its advisory board. Thirty Five Ventures is owned by two-time National Basketball Association champion Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets and sports exec Rich Kleiman. The advisory board includes John Ruffolo of the...
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Coinbase Increases Trading Fees, Penalizing Low-Volume Traders
Monday, October 7, 2019 - 10:24am | 223Read More...Coinbase Pro, a digital currency trading platform, is enacting a new fee structure Monday to increase depth and liquidity in crypto markets. The update, which takes effect at 8 p.m. Monday, will increase fees for lower-volume customers and reduce fees for high-volume transactions...
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Coinbase Lists Tezos On Exchange
Friday, August 9, 2019 - 12:00pm | 139Read More...Coinbase, a cryptocurrency and token exchange, now supports Tezos (XTZ). Coinbase customers can now trade XTZ in all supported regions, except for New York. Tezos is a cryptocurrency and decentralized computing platform that features proof of stake consensus, formal verifications and stakeholder...
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SmartBotCoin Unveils 'World's Most Advanced' Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 4:21pm | 201Read More...SmartBotCoin announced Thursday what it said is the “most advanced cryptocurrency trading platform intended to serve both beginners and expert traders alike.” The platform is intended to provide an all-encompassing solution for crypto traders, investors and institutions. Its...
