Registered investment advisors (RIAs) with about $110 trillion under management can now offer their clients cryptocurrency trading through Interactive Brokers. RIAs manage portfolios of almost 61 million clients. Registered Investment Advisors Can Now Offer Cryptocurrencies to Clients Global investment firm Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) announced Monday the launch of cryptocurrency trading for registered investment …
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NY Attorney General Targets 5 Crypto Companies: 2 Lending Platforms Ordered to Shut Down
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to shut down and requested three other platforms to answer questions regarding their activities immediately. The letters to the companies published on the attorney general’s website indicate that the two platforms are Nexo and Celsius Network. New York Cracks Down on Unregistered Crypto …
Grayscale Confirms Plan to Convert GBTC Into Bitcoin ETF
Grayscale Investments has confirmed its plan to file for its bitcoin trust (GBTC) to be converted into a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). “The NYSE Arca will file a document called the 19b-4 to convert GBTC into an ETF,” said Grayscale’s official. GBTC to Become Bitcoin ETF Grayscale Investments has confirmed that it will convert its …
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ARPA Chain (ARPA), Bounce (AUCTION) and Perpetual Protocol (PERP) are launching on Coinbase Pro
Starting Today, Monday October 18, transfer ARPA, AUCTION and PERP into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for ARPA, AUCTION and PERP will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated in each asset page is an Ethereum token that powers Bounce, a decentralized auction protocol for token and …
El Salvador Disables Bitcoin Price On Chivo App To Stop Scalpers
Bitcoin traders have found a way to use the recently launch Chivo App, the countries own BTC wallet, by El Salvador’s government to make a profit. As part of their BTC Law, this app operates with the second layer payment solution lightning network. Related Reading | Bitcoin Price Smashes Record For Highest Weekly Candle Close Ever …
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Cardano Loses 3rd Spot On Crypto Top 10, Why It May Drop Even More
Cardano has now lost its spot at the 3rd place on the crypto top 10 as its price had refused to move in accordance with the broader crypto market. While other altcoins had rallied alongside bitcoin, ADA had remained mostly stagnant. Despite the hype created around the project when smart contracts capability was launched last …
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The On-Chain Metric That Says Bitcoin Is About To Go “Parabolic”
After closing its best highest week since its inception, the bulls remain in control of the price of Bitcoin. At press time, BTC’s price trade at $61,386 with a 3.8% profit in the daily and a 12.3% profit in the weekly chart. BTC moving sideways in the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview In the crypto …
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Venezuelan Airport To Accept Payment In Bitcoin
One of Venezuela’s major international airports is making preparations to start accepting Bitcoin as a mode of payment. The Simón Bolívar International Airport has announced arrangements for BTC, DASH, and Venezuela’s oil-pegged crypto token – petro – for airport services. Preparations To Adopt Cryptocurrency As Payment Previously, Venezuelan regional news broadcasting company, El Siglo, reported …
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Bitcoin Price Smashes Record For Highest Weekly Candle Close Ever
Bitcoin price is back at levels from earlier in the year, but has yet to set a new all-time high. Last night’s weekly candle close still came with a new broken record for price: the highest weekly candle close in the cryptocurrency’s history. Will the bullish weekly close lead to new highs? If so, will …
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Ghana to explore offline transactions for upcoming CBDC
Ghana is working to develop offline capabilities for its forthcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) in a bid to promote its use across all segments of Ghanan society. According to a Oct. 18 report from Bloomberg, Kwame Oppong, head of fintech and innovation at the Bank of Ghana (BoG), revealed that the country’s digital currency …
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Institutional Investors Pile Into Cardano, Polkadot, and Bitcoin As Crypto Markets Hit New Highs: CoinShares
Digital asset manager CoinShares is revealing that institutional capital is piling into Cardano and Polkadot as Bitcoin and the crypto markets march toward all-time highs. In a new report, CoinShares says that inflows into digital asset products totaled $80 million last week. Bitcoin (BTC) accounted for 87.5% with $70 million in inflows, which also marked …
New York Attorney General Orders Two Unregistered Crypto Lending Platforms To Shut Down, Demands Answers From Three More
The attorney general of New York is cracking down on two crypto lenders and putting several others on notice. Letitia James says crypto platforms that offer interest on deposits must register with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to comply with the state’s Martin Act. ADVERTISEMENT Attorney General James announces in a new …
Arbitrage bot’s spam attack on the Polygon network generated $6,800 per day
The growth of layer-two protocols has been one of the major stories of 2021 as the rising popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFT) have driven transaction costs higher on the Ethereum (ETH) network effectively pricing out many participants. Earlier this year the Polygon network, formerly known as MATIC, emerged as one of …
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Mudrex launches DeFi mutual fund model for retail investors
Cryptocurrency asset management firm Mudrex has announced the launch of its new Coin Sets investment vehicle. The new offering allows investors to diversify their asset portfolio across a range of high-performing decentralized finance, or DeFi, assets, as well as nonfungible tokens, or NFT’s. The niche financial model fosters the distribution of risk exposure in what …
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Here’s why analysts are saying ‘No FOMO’ ahead of Bitcoin’s ETF launch
The day the crypto traders have long-awaited is almost here. At the opening bell on Oct. 19, a ProShares futures-based BTC ETF is scheduled to launch and analysts are predicting that additional ETFs will rollout over the coming week. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that an early morning attempt by bears to …
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