Tag: Trading

NFT Marketplace Altcoin Blur Leaps After Listing on Top Crypto Exchange by Trading Volume Binance

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A non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace is surging after being listed by the largest crypto exchange platform by volume in the world. In a new announcement, crypto exchange Binance says it is listing BLUR, the governance token of Altcoin Blur, a decentralized NFT marketplace that offers real-time price streams and comparisons. According to Binance, BLUR will at first be available in the BLUR/BTC, BLUR/USDT and BLUR/TRY trading pairs. The announcement caused BLUR’s price to skyrocket, as the digital asset went from a seven-day low of $0.303 on November 20th to a…

Valour XRP ETP Set To Begin Trading, Can Institutional Inflows Drive Price To $10?

The XRP price may be gearing towards a bullish momentum with the potential release of multiple ETPs and the anticipated launch of Valour’s XRP ETP into the European markets next month.  Valour XRP ETP To Enter European Markets Valour, a publicly traded company backed by DeFi Technologies, a crypto-based software organization, has announced a new XRP Exchange Traded Product (ETP). In a press release published on Wednesday, DeFi Technologies disclosed the launch of Valour’s XRP ETP in December 2023.  A popular YouTuber, Zack Rector has stated in a recent YouTube…

Crypto documentary ‘Bull Run’ takes on Bitcoin, tokenization and trading addiction

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The film industry has been suggested by many as one of the next frontiers of Web3 and blockchain technology. With movies historically funded by wealthy investors or centralized production companies, blockchain offers a unique set of tools to decentralize the investment process. Filmmakers can launch projects quicker, and individuals can have a stake in the financial outcome of a film in a way not historically possible — all with the benefit of blockchain’s transparency and efficiency. The trend toward tokenization in all forms of entertainment is growing, and with it…

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong licensed in Hong Kong for retail virtual asset trading

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The brokerage firm Interactive Brokers Hong Kong has been licensed for virtual asset trading by retail clients in Hong Kong, according to a post on LinkedIn by Interactive Brokers’ managing director for Asia Pacific, David Friedland. The post says that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading is allowed, with an official announcement coming soon. Cointelegraph contacted Interactive Brokers for additional information and comments on the development but has not yet received a reply. The announcement comes as the crypto industry expands in Hong Kong. The region has increasingly become a hotspot…

Victory Securities (8540) Receives Retail Crypto Trading License From H.K.’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)

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Raiffeisenlandesbank to launch Bitcoin trading in early 2024

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The Austrian subsidiary of European lender Raiffeisen Bank is preparing to allow its clients to trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) in the coming months. After initially announcing its crypto plans in April 2023, Raiffeisen Bank’s Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien (RLB NÖ-Wien) is moving forward with a crypto rollout in collaboration with the Austrian crypto firm Bitpanda. RLB NÖ-Wien expects to start rolling out crypto trading services in Vienna in the first quarter of 2024, a spokesperson for the bank told Cointelegraph. “Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien has signed a cooperation agreement with Bitpanda. Via this…

It sounds fishy, but SBF really IS trading mackerel in prison: Report

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The crypto trading days of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are over, and the recently convicted founder has found a new thing to trade while in jail — fish.  The Wall Street Journal reported on Nov. 23 that Bankman-Fried recently traded four packets of Mackerel — known in prison as “macks” — for a haircut before his criminal trial last month. Mackerel packets have risen to be the hottest trading commodity in United States prisons since tobacco products were banned. Postage stamps and soup packets — “soups” — respectively come…

Disgraced FTX Founder Turns To Trading Fish In Prison

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According to a report by Business Insider, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), co-founder and former CEO of FTX, has adapted to the economic system of New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where he is currently awaiting sentencing on multiple felony counts.  The disgraced crypto-billionaire has reportedly been bartering, using food as currency in exchange for various services within the prison. Former FTX CEO SBF Trades Fish For Services Per the report, mackerel, a fish commonly referred to as “macks” among inmates, emerged as the currency of choice in federal prisons after cigarettes…

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank to Launch Retail Crypto Trading Services for Customers in Vienna

Raiffeisen Bank will first roll out the services to small-scale customers who can invest as little as one euro in the country’s capital city of Vienna and the historic headquarters of the 97-year-old bank where most residents live. Austria’s financial landscape is gearing up for a major transformation as Raiffeisen Bank International announces the launch of its crypto trading services for retail customers, CoinDesk reported, citing an interview with the company’s head of innovation, Curt Chadha. According to the report, the bank partnered with the Vienna-based digital assets trading platform…