'Flash Boys' Heroes to Tap Blockchain for New Gold Exchange
The company featured in the bestselling book "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt" reportedly plans to use the blockchain to build a more transparent gold exchange. Startup TradeWind Markets, which recently spun off from The Investor's Exchange (IEX), is said to be preparing to launch the exchange in the coming months, according to Reuters. The firm aims to tap blockchain to increase the transparency of the gold exchange process, including the clearing and settling of trades. With the news, TradeWind Markets joins companies such as Netagio, itBit and Euroclear as the latest to....
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The code at the heart of the IEX stock exchange that inspired author Michael Lewis's bestseller "Flash Boys" could soon form the foundation of a blockchain-based gold exchange. As part of a $9m investment by IEX and Sprott Inc in the newly launched Tradewind Market, the codebase will be integrated with an as-yet-undetermined blockchain for the purpose of streamlining gold trading and bringing more transparency to the market. But a key difference is that while IEX's secret sauce was the so-called "speed bump" that slowed some kinds of high-frequency trading in an attempt....
PRESS RELEASE. February 04th – Sydney, Australia: SIDUS HEROES, the play-to-earn, blockchain, MMORPG game, announced today that it has raised $21 million in its seed, private and public funding rounds with Animoca Brands as its lead investor with Alameda Research, Bloktopia, OKEX, Polygon, Master Ventures and other companies participating. SIDUS HEROES is the first-ever WEBGL, AAA-level, play-to-earn game that is built by an experienced tech company with numerous successful projects under its belt. SIDUS HEROES offers multiple gaming scenarios, so each user will be able to find....
PRESS RELEASE. At the end of August, the new NFT avatar collection known as SIDUS: NFT Heroes released its first batch of characters – in just 10 minutes, the entire batch had sold out! The release of the remaining characters from the collection is scheduled for September 10th at 4:00 am UTC. The team has also announced that the Rare and Legendary upgrade cards needed to modify an NFT Hero to Rare and Legendary status will be launched on the same day.
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The price of an ounce of gold dropped dramatically this week, slipping under the $1,700 handle to $1,688 per ounce on August 8. On Monday, gold regained some of the losses jumping 2.36% back above the $1.7K region to $1,727 per ounce of fine gold. Gold’s Volatile Movements This Weekend Blamed on a Number of Elements While bitcoin (BTC) prices are up more than 4% on Monday and over 16% during the last week, the value of gold has been dropping lower in fiat value. On August 6, 2021, the price of gold per ounce was trading for just over $1,800 per unit and slid to $1,688 per unit two....
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX is thrilled to announce the listing of the Sidus utility token, SIDUS, and the SENATE governance token under the trading pairs SIDUS/USDT and SENATE/USDT starting on Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. UTC.
Sidus Heroes is a space themed, play-to-earn massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Sidus Heroes gameplay takes place in the metaverse, featuring interstellar exploration and battles. Settlement on Sidus Heroes is governed by a robust political and economic structure, with a mission to build a hybrid network ecosystem consisting of work, education, and....