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Japanese financial services giant SBI has partnered with Germany’s second-largest stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart Group to promote the adoption of digital assets.Specifically, SBI will invest an undisclosed amount in two digital asset-focused subsidiaries of Boerse Stuttgart Group — Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) and Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures, CryptoX
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German stock exchange owner Boerse Stuttgart Group and Japanese financial giant SBI Group are teaming up on a joint initiative to expand their digital assets businesses internationally.The two firms said in a press release on Friday that they will establish a partnership in Europe and Asia, including Japan, with the
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Binance, the second-largest crypto exchange by daily traded volume, has made a strategic investment in crypto derivatives exchange FTX.According to a Dec. 20 announcement, Binance has made both an equity investment in FTX and is taking a long term position in the exchange’s native asset, FTX Token (FTT). “Positive competition”Within
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The major US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has released an official announcement about the acquisition of Circle Trade, an over the counter (OTC) digital asset trading platform, in a notice posted on 17th December.Kraken shared that the company’s OTC desk that is being run by the Wall Street expert Nelson Minier,
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A former employee of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken initiated legal proceedings against the company in connection with breach of contract and sanctions violation, among other issues.Per a court document filed on Nov. 26, Nathan Peter Runyon — a marine wartime veteran and ex-employee of Kraken, where he served
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Coinfloor, which is licensed by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and has access to the country’s Faster Payments Service for instant fiat deposits and withdrawals, waited for regulatory certainty around ethereum before finally listing the token around the end of last year. Trading in ethereum comprises a tiny fraction
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“There is small, but growing demand from our clients for solutions of this type and many technical, operational, regulatory, and legal considerations to be addressed," said Ralph Achkar, managing director of Digital Product Development and Innovation at State Street. "That is why we have opted for an open model, and
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Chicago-based crypto exchange ErisX has notified its members and participants that it will start trading futures digital currency products in a strangely low-key announcement.On Dec. 16, ErisX reached out to its members, informing them of its intent to start trading crypto futures tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 17. The notice is
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has abruptly decided to cancel leveraged trading just months after relaunching the tool. In a blog post on Dec. 16, the platform said it had already stopped users from creating new leveraged positions. Coincheck: March deadline for settlementTraders with open positions must settle by Mar. 13, 2020,
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Cryptocurrency payment service provider FoPay has acquired Estonian cryptocurrency exchange AliExchange for about $2.9 billion.According to a press release published by FoPay on Dec. 15, the exchange was acquired for 1 million FOIN tokens that, as of the publication of the press release, have a value of $2,955 each,
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