Japan’s largest Forex market opens Bitcoin exchanges to overwhelming demand
The much-anticipated Z.com Coin bitcoin exchange, a new division of Japan’s leading provider of both Internet services and Forex exchange, GMO, recently opened to staggering traffic volumes.
ShapeShift launches trustless asset portfolio platform, Prism
Swiss blockchain technology startup ShapeShift AG recently announced the launch of “the world’s first trustless asset portfolio platform,” called Prism. The service provides investors with customized portfolio management, allowing them to create their own digital asset portfolios without counterparty risk, and without the need to keep a wallet for each asset they’re invested in.
CME Group files patent for comprehensive cryptocurrency derivatives system
Formerly known as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, CME Group is the largest, most diverse derivatives marketplace in the world, handling an average of 3 billion contracts worth approximately $1 quadrillion annually.
Cancoin is building a LocalBitcoins alternative for professional OTC bitcoin traders
Cancoin is a new peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin exchange based in Canada, aimed at professional over-the-counter (OTC) traders. “The OTC market for Bitcoin is bigger than the exchange market,” Civic CEO and Gyft co-founder Vinny Lingham wrote in the summer of 2016. “Exchanges set the price but large trades don't happen there.”
Ether trading overtakes Bitcoin
Trading in Ethereum’s digital currency, [Ether](Ethereum#Trading-Pairs) (ETH), briefly surpassed bitcoin for the first time on Thursday afternoon. The trading preceded an eight percent price drop in Bitcoin, plunging from $1,222 down to $1,132 before recovering to $1,180 in the afternoon.
Equibit: building a decentalised securities platform
In the days before computerised trading and centralised electronic stock systems Wall Street depended heavily upon messengers delivering paper certificates by hand. In 1968, the New York Stock Exchange facilitated 12 million trades in one day. Wall Street back offices attempting to settle and clear these trades were overwhelmed, and the messengers could not keep up with the demand.
Bitcoin ETF may attract $300 million in the first week, says Needham & company
Global investment bank and asset management firm Needham & Company recently released a short investment report focusing on the the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC). While analyst Spencer Bogart gave GBTC a “Hold” rating, which means the price of the Trust is expected to go sideways over the coming year, the report also included detailed research on the upcoming Winklevoss ETF.
Indian Bitcoin exchange tackles liquidity shortage following the withdrawal of Rupee notes
One of India’s largest bitcoin exchanges, Coinsecure, now offers an account that does not require identification for deposits. “Users can submit their KYC when they want to withdraw or deposit INR and avail the discounted fee of 0.3%,” the company explains. “This removes the process of having to complete verification to start trading in Bitcoin.” Know Your Customer (KYC) identification requirements are demanded by regulators across the globe.
Safello acquires ICBIT and appoints founder as new CTO
Two of the oldest bitcoin services have merged, helping to grow a popular bitcoin buying and selling service into a wider exchange platform featuring margin trading. Swedish-based [Safello ](https://safello.com/)announced the acquisition of BT Technology Inc.’s assets, including the ICBIT futures exchange platform.
Jered Kenna joins TradeZero, as the exchange launches Dark Pool trading
One of Bitcoin's earliest entrepreneurs, Jered Kenna, has joined TradeZero as the head of the company's new Digital Currency Exchange division. Based in the Bahamas, and licensed and regulated by the local Securities Commission, TradeZero provides direct market access to US exchanges.
Machines that learn will decimate human jobs … or will they?
I was having a debate yesterday where a bank executive was asking me about what the hottest things in FinTech are right now. My answer was machine learning (AI) and blockchain. There are others such as contextual commerce, voice recognition and digital assistants, but machine learning and blockchain are top of mind.
Whaleclub: Trading powered by bitcoin and only bitcoin
Whaleclub Director of Operations, Petar Zivkovski, along with Director of Marketing and Business Development, Jessica Lee, took over operations of Whaleclub in October 2015. This was merely a year after TradingView members founded the Club as a real-time feed of bitcoin trade ideas, supplied primarily from the TradingView and Teamspeak communities.
Whaleclub: A look below the surface
Whaleclub Director of Operations, Petar Zivkovski, and Director of Partnership, Jessica Lee, took over operations of Whaleclub in October 2015, a year after TradingView members founded the club as only a real-time feed of bitcoin trade ideas, primarily from TradingView and the Teamspeak community. “Back then it was a much different product,” Lee explained in an interview, adding that it was merely “a simple bitcoin trade idea browser and social sentiment indicator with some basic demo trading features which catered well to the thriving bitcoin trader community.”
Bitcoin Exchange Circle Changes User Agreements
A LocalBitcoins trader has been told their account with Circle will be terminated due to regulatory restrictions. The hobbyist trader is warning others against Circle due to a lack of communication regarding User Agreement changes.
Life of a Bitcoin Trader: Whaleclub.co
While the media prolifically covers issues of Bitcoin exchanges and price, there is little coverage of traders. Many in the community agree that monitoring a 24/7 market is not just a job, it’s a lifestyle--one that can produce great reward, risk and failure, and is also be mentally exhausting.
Zhang Weiwu At Bitcoin South: Bitcoin Adoption in Asia: A General Introduction
Entrepreneur and esteemed Chinese Blogger, Zhang Weiwu delivers an informative Talk and Q&A outlining the Bitcoin Landscape in China and the differences in cultures and objectives between the West & East.
