Month: July 2019

It’s been a long road for Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt. The platform—developed by NYSE parent company Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE)—has faced a myriad of launch delays due to regulatory approval. It’s still waiting now, but in the meantime, it has begun testing its Bitcoin futures contracts today. Here’s what we know. Bakkt is Testing Bitcoin Futures
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California developer Richard Lewis purchased the first Beverly West penthouse (‘The Entertainer’) for $21 million. Jim Bartsch for Beverly West Something big has crowned in Los Angeles. Emaar Properties, developer of Burj Khalifa (the world’s tallest building) and The Dubai Mall (the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination) just unveiled the Penthouse Collection at Beverly
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Updated (09:35 UTC): Added further details from Bloomberg’s full report. Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is reportedly being probed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The news appeared in brief on Bloomberg Terminal soon before press time on Friday. That was soon followed by a report from Bloomberg citing sources who said the regulator is investigating whether
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Hand drawing Karma Cycle concept with black marker on transparent wipe board. Getty Sometimes you put good money into a good normal stock and still reap negative profits. Perhaps it receives bad press for some unjustified reason. Perhaps a recession hits. Perhaps the CEO resigns unexpectedly. In that regard, I guess that karma doesn’t work
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The Jersey arm of Binance has listed the cryptocurrency exchange’s own British pound-backed stablecoin. Binance announced Friday that Binance GBP (BGBP) is being offered on the fiat-to-crypto platform due to trader demand for more stablecoin options. “There has been an overwhelming demand in the market and Binance community for more stablecoin diversification, including a GBP-pegged stablecoin, and listing
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Friday: American Express — American Express posted better-than-expected results for the previous quarter, driven by higher card member spending, and increasing loans and fees. The company
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