The US-American online travel agency behind the expedia.com website will in future enable the payment of the more than 700,000 accommodations using crypto-currencies. A partnership with Travala.com has also been agreed. The company, which was founded in 1995 and has its headquarters in Washington, employs around 20,000 people. In the first quarter of 2020, Expedia […]
Payoff, the investor portal focusing on structured products, again presented the Swiss Derivative Awards this year. The most innovative products in various categories were honoured. A Bitcoin Reverse Convertible was chosen as the best product on alternative underlyings. For the fifteenth time, the Swiss Derivative Awards 2020 honoured the best structured products and their issuers. […]
Bitcoin/USD daily basis Bitcoin USD – At the lower end of the trading range since early May Monday began after the short Sunday plunge below the USD 9,000 mark, with higher prices and a daily closing price at 9,100. 3 trading days followed with very tight trading ranges and slightly higher price movements, which brought […]
A growing acceptance of Stablecoins could be the next step in a global financialisation, after private actors started to create dollar derivatives in the 1960s. Will crypto-dollarization lead to an upgrade of the Eurodollar system? It sounds paradoxical at first glance: while the Fed creates masses of dollars out of nothing, the greenback is not […]
The UK Financial Services Authority (FCA) has recently published a study that examines consumer interaction with crypto-currencies in the country. According to the study, around 3.86% of the UK population is said to own crypto-currencies. The study was published in October 2018 and March 2019 as a continuation of previously published reports. The studies were […]
Leonteq is expanding its range of listed products to include crypto-currencies. In addition to a total of 17 tracker and actively managed certificates, the expert for structured investment products is expanding its range with new SIX listed reverse convertibles. In addition to the Reverse Convertible already listed, Leonteq AG is issuing two new products with […]
One of the most important football clubs in the world, FC Barcelona, recently launched a fan token via the Ethereum-based tokenization platform Socios. Demand far outstripped supply. The token ($BAR), which went on sale on 22 June, was sold out within two hours. The total quantity put into circulation amounted to 600,000 tokens, which were […]
Bitcoin/USD daily basis Bitcoin USD – At the lower end of the trading range since early MayThe Monday of last reporting week saw the highest Bitcoin price with a daily high of USD 9,800. After a very narrow trading range on Tuesday, it then fell to 9,300 USD in the middle of the week. The […]
The product range with analysis functions, which is based on cryptoasset data and infrastructure products, is intended to enable financial services companies to offer cryptoasset functions and services in institutional quality. The nature of the block-chain technology that drives crypto-assets such as Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) is fundamentally different from the traditional […]
An overview of the trading activities on the cryptomarkets. Studies on traded volumes, supply and demand situations, as well as regular technical analyses of the most important crypto currencies and indices, including views of Crypto Finance AG Senior Trader Patrick Heusser. Good morning!Bitcoin BTC$ (4 hours) The sideways price action is wearing down the traders. […]
