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news Deribit claims it’s becoming the first crypto futures and options exchange to provide large-volume trades of bitcoin and ether derivatives. The move comes via a partnership with institutional messaging service Paradigm, according to a BNN Bloomberg report on Thursday. Deribit’s CEO, John Jansen, reportedly said the new service will offer block trades with a minimum of 40 bitcoin…

news Coinbase-backed security token startup Securitize has launched a referral network of sorts to help companies issue and manage digital securities. Announced Tuesday, the “Securitize Ready Program” incorporates services from various partners, including Coinbase Custody, trading platforms OpenFinance and Rialto Trading, as well as private investment group CBlock Capital. More partners are expected to join…

Aug 29, 2020 at 14:00 UTCOasis Network, a privacy-centric data-sharing network, said it will integrate Chainlink’s price feeds into its network.  According to a press statement emailed to CoinDesk, Oasis will initially use Chainlink’s price reference data to provide valuation to supported tokens used in Oasis’ decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. The statement adds that the integration…

news Coinbase is introducing a new push notification feature to alert mobile app users of price swings and market fluctuations in cryptocurrencies supported by the exchange startup. These automatically generated messages are intended to assist investors and Coinbase clients of real-time market performance without the hassle of shifting between different websites and apps. The startup…

news Crypto startup Gladius Network LLC has settled charges of running an unregistered securities offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the regulator announced Wednesday. Gladius Network conducted an initial coin offering (ICO) near the end of 2017, raising $12.7 million in the form of nearly 24,000 ETH. In a press release, the…

opinion Josh Gnaizda is the founder of Crypto Fund Research. It’s one of the worst-kept secrets in the alternative investment industry: net of fees, hedge funds struggle to outperform broad equity markets. In 2007, before bitcoin was even a glimmer in Satoshi Nakamoto’s eye, Warren Buffet famously bet a prominent fund of hedge fund manager…

Surveillance era. (Photo by Shutterstock)‘Financial Surveillance’ or ‘Blockchain Analysis’? Human Rights Foundation Debates Elliptic“I think you should quit your job and go and work for the good guys,” the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein told Tom Robinson, the founder of crypto compliance firm Elliptic, Monday afternoon. The two were debating blockchain surveillance as part of…

news An Austrian printing company that has history going back to the early 1800s has launched a cryptocurrency storage device. The new hardware wallet comes from YOUNIQX Identity, a subsidiary of the Vienna-based Austrian State Printing House (Oesterreichische Staatsdruckerei or OeSD) – a secure printing firm which is now the country’s high-tech passport maker and…

BTC's bull run is characterized by stair-step price action, comprising a series of price gains and horizontal consolidations.A spot-led rally and low leverage ensure the famed double-digit bull-market pullbacks remain elusive.At least half of bitcoin's (BTC) 160% surge this year has materialized in just the past eight weeks.The trend looks more impressive given its stepwise