ConsenSys Strategy Chief Steps Down to Launch Venture Fund
ConsenSys CSO Sam Cassatt is stepping down to open a new venture fund focused on "evolutionary changes in human behavior." Source
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CME Group to Finalize the Launch of Its Bitcoin Options in January 2020
The CME Group has announced an official date for the launch of its Bitcoin options citing massive customer demand and growing interest for Bitcoin exposure.While the news about CME Group launching options for its Bitcoin futures contracts has been making rounds for the last few, it has now been confirmed
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Bitfinex Looks to Launch Options Trading As Soon As Q1 2020
According to an executive, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is planning to launch options and a gold-backed stablecoin, among a host of new products.New range of productsIn a Nov. 12 appearance on the Scoop, Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex and Tether, told the Block that Bitfinex is considering launching options trading,
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Canadian Bank Changes Bitcoin Tune, May Launch Cryptocurrency Exchange
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is exploring building a cryptocurrency trading platform for both investments and in-store/online purchases. This move would make the bank — the largest in Canada by market capitalization, with $661 billion CAD ($499 billion) in assets under management — the first in the country to
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CME Says It Will Launch Bitcoin Options in January
Derivatives exchange CME Group has announced it will launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in January. In a notice on its website on Tuesday, the Chicago-based exchange said, as long as it gets the green light from regulators,
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Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan Creative to Launch Its IPO Next Week on Nasdaq
Failing to go public on the China and Hong Kong exchanges, Canaan now will make its public listing through the Nasdaq platform.Canaan Creative, the Chinese Bitcoin mining company is all set to go public by listing its shares on the Nasdaq trading platform next week on November 20. As we
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Manny Pacquiao Token to Launch in IEO on GCOX Exchange
Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao made international news headlines recently when he announced he was issuing his own cryptocurrency, the PAC token. Now, the PAC token is following the 2019 crypto crowdfunding trend by engaging in an initial exchange offering (IEO), courtesy of Singaporean exchange GCOX. The sale will open
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HCM Capital Expects China’s Digital Currency to Launch in 2-3 Months
Founding managing partner of HCM Capital, the private equity arm of electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Jack Lee, says China’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is ready and expects it to launch in two to three months. During an interview with CNBC published on Nov. 11, Lee also suggested that the People's
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Tunisia to Launch E-Dinar National Currency Using Blockchain
Tunisia has become the first country to start moving its national currency to a blockchain platform. Russian ICO startup Universa will help issue and manage Tunisia’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), reported Russian news agency Tass on Nov. 7.E-dinar expected to be more transparent, cheaper to issueThe Central Bank
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Fed Must Launch FedNow Ahead of Facebook’s Libra, Says Gov’t Official
A senior United States federal official has argued that Facebook’s Libra highlights the need for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to act urgently and launch its own real-time payments system.In a letter addressed to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on Nov. 7, Rohit Chopra — a commissioner at the
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