Blockchain

SIX beteiligt sich an Custodigit, dem Joint Venture von Swisscom und Sygnum, um einen institutionellen Gateway für digitale Vermögenswerte aufzubauen In a world’s first for a bank, Sygnum today announced the successful tokenization of its own shares using its in-house tokenization platform, Desygnate. Put simply, this means that digital representations of Sygnum shares, together with associated legal rights and obligations, have been...

Huobi Futures has just celebrated over $2.6 trillion in cumulative trading volumes since its launch just over two years ago. Its launch date was December 10, 2018 and ever since then, the trading platform has gone from strength to strength, now being considered one of the go-to places for derivitace product options. A constant look towards the future and a aim to expand its product options have helped its growth. For instance, USDT-margined Swaps, Coin-margined swaps and futures are among...

The official statement discloses that the tokenization will help investors get access to a modernized way of raising funds instead of relying on the traditional method.Sygnum has finally become the first bank in the world to tokenize its shares with plans in place to launch its future public offering according to an official statement. Interestingly, the shares were issued using Desygnate, its tokenization platform.The official statement discloses that the tokenization will help investors get...

The year is 2020, and the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is trading at above $19,000 – an unimaginable increase in its dollar-value since its inception.BTC has been deemed the best performing asset of the decade, and it shows no signs of slowing down, especially in the current environment of a global pandemic and the potential of a serious financial crisis.Interestingly enough, exactly 10 years ago on this day, Satoshi Nakamoto, the person (or group of people) who started it all,...

Despite nearly two years of delays and several regulatory hurdles, Facebook’s Libra – now called Diem – is still looking to carve out a place for itself in the crypto space.Diem Is Still Trying to Move ForwardFacebook first entered the cryptocurrency environment in June of 2019, announcing that it was looking to establish a global payment system and unveil a new digital asset it was calling Libra that could potentially be utilized to purchase goods and services through the social media...

A recent report by a blockchain analytics company showed that criminals have started to utilize privacy wallets to hide their illicit bitcoin transactions. The usage of such wallets has skyrocketed since 2019, and now over 13% of all crime proceeds go through them.The Growing Role Of Privacy Wallets For Illicit ActivitiesThe UK-based analytics company Elliptic highlighted in its latest report the increase in the number of money laundering cases using bitcoin. However, it pointed out a...

A recent report posted by the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx says that retail investors had chased BTC’s price when it was heading higher in the past few months. In contrast, whale traders and, possibly, institutions were taking profits and primarily buying the dips.Retail Traders Chase The Price; Large Investors Take ProfitsOKEx partnered with the blockchain data company Kaiko to analyze data from the most utilized trading pair on the exchange – BTC/USDT. The two organizations followed...

Wasser ist jetzt als Terminkontrakt in Chicago handelbar Ab sofort wird an der Börse von Chicago erstmals mit Wasser gehandelt. Beim Wasser handelt es sich um sogenannte «Futures», also Terminkontrakte: Der Käufer und der Verkäufer einer Ware verpflichten sich, diese zu einem vereinbarten Termin in der Zukunft zu einem bestimmten Preis zu handeln. Warum braucht es Futures auf...

L’édition 2021 de Surfin’ Bitcoin devrait avoir lieu le vendredi 10 Septembre 2021, toujours à Biarritz. La date exacte sera communiquée dans les prochains mois. En attendant les organisateurs se tournent aujourd’hui vers les bitcoiners intéressés par l’événement pour construire le programme avec eux : « L’idée est de créer une conférence à votre image pour aborder les sujets qui vous intéressent...

2020 has been a transitional year for many industries, with some struggling under the strain of COVID restrictions while others have been afforded a new found space to flourish. Two industries that have experienced growth due to global events this year are DeFi and eSports gaming. At the beginning of 2020, the total Decentralized Finance market was worth $680 million USD. Today the very same market is worth a staggering $6.68 billion, equating to almost 1000% growth in under a year. Although...