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BlackRock CEO remains cautious about entering crypto space, highlights need for stronger backing before commitment.

J.P. Morgan’s Quorum blockchain, an enterprise-grade DLT solution built on Ethereum, is being deployed for tokenizing traditional assets to test the robustness of blockchain technology, reported Financial Review on Oct. 29, 2018. Tokenizing Gold Bars The New York-based investment bank will leverage blockchain technology for tokenizing gold bars to allow miners to earn premiums on […]

Wall Street may seem to be primed for a cryptocurrency revolution, but the regulatory fortress of global finance doesn’t seem to be letting down its guard. Come Oct. 25, New Yorkers looking to trade on IDEX will likely be in the market for a new decentralized exchange. Announced in a tweet Tuesday, the ERC20 DEX […]

Despite the cryptocurrency market slowdown and regulatory uncertainty in 2018, cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related jobs and roles have increased significantly, indicating clear interest and considerable demand in the sector. Bitcoin Jobs Rising As per data collated by job portal Glassdoor, traditional companies have ramped up hiring for blockchain and blockchain associated jobs. The company researched millions […]

Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest financial institutions managing assets in excess of $7 trillion, announced Monday that it would be launching a new platform for the trading and storage of digital assets. LIVE: @Fidelity announces it is jumping into the emerging crypto arena with a new business https://t.co/kMqiRxfUAI — Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) October 15, […]

Gemini VP of Engineering Erin Winer announced today via the company blog that Gemini will now support Litecoin (LTC). Trading Starts Next Week, Deposits Available Now On Oct. 13 at 9:30 a.m. EST, users of the Gemini exchange will be able to deposit LTC into their accounts, and trading will begin the following Tuesday, October […]

Binance Labs, the incubation and investment arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily volume, Binance, has divulged its position as lead investor in blockchain and smart contract verification startup CertiK—months after revealing the project as one of its premiere investments. Announced in a press release by New York-based CertiK, Oct. 8, Binance Labs […]

According to a blog on the Circle website, the Goldman Sachs-backed peer-to-peer payments technology company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SeedInvest, a leader in the equity crowdfunding industry and registered Broker-Dealer. With this acquisition, Circle is clearly entering the security token space. According to the Circle blog: “This acquisition will accelerate our strategy of […]

This week, major New York City-based crypto exchange Gemini obtained insurance coverage from a consortium of leading insurance providers led by Aon, a multi-billion dollar insurance giant based in London. Yusuf Hussain, Gemini’s Head of Risk, emphasized the importance of providing sufficient consumer protection to assure that investors on the platform can freely trade cryptocurrencies […]

When it comes to Wall Street, most would envisage the crypto securities market as a distant, but a multi-trillion-dollar blip on the horizon. And yet, for all the ruminations of regulators, the Big Apple’s real estate market has taken its another step onto the bandwagon of tokenization. A luxury condo development is set to find […]

InterContinental Exchange-owned Bakkt has dropped the bombshell confirmation that its first products will be physically delivered Bitcoin futures contracts, which will be traded against fiat currencies including the US dollar, Great British Pound, and the Euro. The news broke in a tweet by New York-based Bakkt: Our first contracts will be physically delivered Bitcoin futures […]

Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin trading–infamously known for their volatility–seem to have become relatively “stable overall” as investors have held on to their digital investments, according to research published by Chainalysis on Sept. 24. Maturing Crypto Market In its report, the New York-based security company compiled data from the most-traded cryptocurrencies to the least. Based on their […]

We are thrilled to introduce the three newest additions to CryptoSlate Places: Australia, London, and New York City. In parallel with the flourishing blockchain sector, CryptoSlate Places, intends to assemble and manage information from global blockchain hubs. By unifying localized news, events, company listings, and projects, we are steadily creating a comprehensive directory of the vast […]

Earlier this week, the New York Attorney General’s office released a report on the state of the cryptocurrency marketplace in the state, called the New York Virtual Markets Integrity Report. The report took a look at how several cryptocurrency trading platforms operated and what measures they had in place to protect consumers’ investments. ‘These Platforms […]

The Office of the New York State Attorney General (NY AG) has published a report announcing the referral of three major cryptocurrency exchanges to the U.S. Department of Financial Services (DFS) for potential violations of state cryptocurrency regulations. Published Sept. 18, the Virtual Markets Integrity Report focuses on the outcome of the Virtual Markets Integrity […]

In just under a week, the Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency platform Gemini has been listed for trade on Bibox, officially launching the GUSD market. The regulated stablecoin, built on Ethereum’s network, became available Sept. 14. It was revealed via Twitter that a deal was in the works, but a date wasn’t provided. Gemini Dollar gets its […]

Right on the heels of the Winklevoss twins’ enterprise announcement that Gemini will be matching cryptocurrency and fiat finances dollar-for-dollar with its new stablecoin, New York-based Paxos joins the realm of federally regulated crypto assets. Introducing Paxos Standard With approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services, Paxos has been greenlit to launch its […]

As of today, the New York trust company and digital asset exchange Gemini has set into action what no other issuer has accomplished. The first stable and regulated digital representation of the U.S. dollar can now be converted and withdrawn instantly as a stablecoin. NYDFS to Oversee Gemini Accounts It took four years for founders Cameron […]