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Bitcoin (BTC) continued trading sideways on Dec. 27 after spending the Christmas period broadly free of volatility.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360BTC “relaxes” this ChristmasData from Coin360 showed BTC/USD hovering practically in the middle of its monthly range between $6,500 and $7,770. At press time, the pair hovered at $7,180,
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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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The central bank of France plans to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for financial institutions in 2020. François Villeroy de Galhau, the governor of the Bank of France, announced that the bank will start testing the digital euro project by the end of the first quarter 2020,
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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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Decentralized file hosting protocol Filecoin announced in a post published on its blog on Sept. 24, that its alphanet will be launched tomorrow, testnet on Dec. 11 and mainnet in Q1 2020.“These windows are best estimates”However, the Filecoin team acknowledges that “these windows are best estimates, and could potentially
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group is adding options to its Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts in the first quarter of 2020, pending regulatory review.The development was announced in a news release on Sept. 20.“Flexibility to hedge Bitcoin price risk”Tim McCourt — CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment
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Futures contracts on bitcoin cash can be available at a CFTC-regulated exchange by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2020. This will allow institutional U.S. investors
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Electric Coin Company (ECC), the firm behind privacy-centric cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC), reported financial losses in Q1 2019.According to the Q3 2019 report published on Aug. 29, the firm operated at an average monthly deficit of $186,000 during the first quarter of the year.Operating at a lossThe company reportedly was
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