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In today's edition of The Daily, we cover a number of stories that are of importance to cryptocurrency traders. A new trading platform is set to offer tokenized securities. BTC options, and the police investigate an exchange that suffered a significant security breach.
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A New Tokenized Securities Trading Platform
Currency.com, a company licensed in Belarus, has announced the launch of a new trading platform for tokenized securities. Starting with over 150 instruments, we will track the underlying prices of equities, indices and commodities. The service is in invite-only mode right now, but
Users will be able to buy these tokens with cryptocurrencies, and they will have the ability to trade them on margin. The tokenized securities platform will be supplemented by a service for buying cryptocurrencies using fiat, storing them and making cross-crypto exchanges, as well as with a portfolio tracking app. Its sister CFDs platform is Currency.com.
The platform is said to implement Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures and verify all transactions with blockchain intelligence services such as Coinfirm, Elliptic and Chainalysis. Ivan Gowan, the CEO of the company, commented, "We are excited to be launching this revolutionary blockchain venture and providing investment in traditional asset classes, without the pressure of exchanging cryptocurrencies into fiat money to do so. Non-profit-making and the protection of the securities and of the strictest regulatory standards set by Belarus's Decree No. 8 On the Development of the Digital Economy '. "
Ledgerx Launches Benchmark Volatility Index
Ledgerx, the CFTC regulated digital currency clearinghouse and options exchange, has announced the launch of the Ledgerx Volatility Index (LXVX) at volatility estimate for BTC based on live U.S. options trading. The bitcoin fear index in the same way the VIX is commonly referred to as the stock market fear index.
"Having cleared a billion in derivatives, we feel that the LXVX is the only credible indicator for future bitcoin volatility," said Juthica Chou, the company's co-founder and chief operating officer. "The importance for a volatility estimate is a range of strikes and terms. Ledgerx has active options contracts from $ 2k to $ 50k in strikes, out to June 2020. "
"One of the fascinating things about volatility indices is that they are of interest to a lot of participants. For example, if you are a large holder of bitcoins or risk managers, you'd be very interested in how much the market expects to be bitcoin to move over the next month. For the first time in the maturation of the market, "she added.
NZ Police: We Did not Storm Cryptopia Exchange
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Christchurch, New Zealand-based Cryptopia is the latest exchange to get hit by hackers. "After a long time" on Monday, the company revealed yesterday that it has "suffered a security breach" which resulted in significant losses. "The New Zealand authorities updated the public today, Wednesday Jan. 16, that they are working with Cryptopia to establish what exactly happened, that seems to counter the fears of some commenters that the company pulled to $ 3.6 million exit scam.
Criminal Unit Crime Unit, have a high level Crime Unit, canterbury CIB and special staff from the police been assigned to the case. Colombo has become a visible police presence at Colombo's headquarters. "When are you looking for a job?"
"We are dealing with a timeframe on how long the investigation may take. We are also aware of the online community about what might have occurred. We are too early for you to draw any conclusions. Cryptopia customers; however there are likely to be many challenges to achieving this. Cryptopia are cooperating fully with the investigation team and report that police 'stormed' the building today is entirely incorrect. "
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