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The Winklevoss twins want to take cryptocurrency mainstream
Gemini is joining forces with Flexa, a platform that enables shoppers to spend bitcoin, ether, Bitcoin Cash, and Gemini dollars at major retailers across the U.S.
tags: Fintech Stablecoins CryptoAssets
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Crypto Hedge Fund Survivors Lost 46% in 2018, PwC Analysis Shows
The cryptocurrency hedge funds that survived the 2018 market collapse lost almost half their assets, according to the most comprehensive accounting of its impact on the industr
tags: CryptoAssets Fintech HedgeFunds
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Paxos Now Allows for Instantaneously Redeeming Unlimited Amounts of PAX for USD
The company behind the Paxos Standard (PAX) stablecoin announced that its users can now instantaneously redeem unlimited amounts of its tokens for United States dollars.
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Germany’s Second-Top Exchange Börse Stuttgart Lists Ripple and Litecoin-Based ETNs
Börse Stuttgart has listed two crypto exchange-traded notes based on XRP and litecoin and traded against the Swedish krona and euro.
tags: ETFs Liquidity CryptoAssets Fintech Ripple
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Bitcoin’s Bulls Are Revving Up the Lamborghinis Again
A one-standard-deviation increase in the current day’s Bitcoin return predicts a 0.33% increase in the next day’s. A one-standard-deviation increase in the Twitter post count for the word “Bitcoin” yields a 2.5% increase in week-ahead Bitcoin returns.
tags: Fintech CryptoAssets Bitcoin
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Microsoft Launches Decentralized Identity Tool on Bitcoin Blockchain
Microsoft is launching the first decentralized infrastructure implementation by a major tech company that is built directly on the bitcoin blockchain.
tags: Fintech Blockchain Bitcoin CryptoAssets
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Bitfinex’s Private Token Sale Raised $1 Billion in 10 Days, Exec Says
“Bitfinex was able to raise $1B in 10 days, in a private sale. Private companies made investments for > $100M each, and a legion of inside and outside users made investments for > $1M each.”
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Santander, LeasePlan Testing Nivaura’s Blockchain-Based Floating Rate Bond
Nivaura has developed “the first commercially viable floating rate bond using blockchain technology,” and the new instrument is now being tested by Santander and LeasePlan, the vehicle leasing company.
tags: Blockchain Fintech
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ICE Pushes for Bakkt Bitcoin Custody License — CFTC Approval Imminent?
DACC offers native support for 13 blockchains, as well as more than 100 assets. The DACC CEO and other team members will be assimilated into the Bakkt operational structure.
tags: CryptoAssets Fintech Custody
Kiffmeister’s Fintech Daily Digest 05/13/2019
