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CFTC Commissioner Comes Out Strongly Against Self Certification of Product Listings by Exchanges
19.1.2023
Christy Goldsmith Romero, a top official with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is warning lawmakers against allowing cryptoasset exchanges to self-certify with the regulator to list trading products.
Goldsmith Romero suggested that this is a dangerous process, as it would enable...
CoinEx 2022 Year in Review: New Slogan, Better Product, and More User-Friendly Services
18.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. 2022 is an extraordinary year for the crypto industry, and it is also a year of struggle for both institutions and users. For CoinEx, 2022 was also a special year – quite a few crypto platforms collapsed overnight, and the panic continued as the market went through disruptive...
Fintech Firm Arch Starts Crypto Lending Product, Raises $2.75M
18.1.2023
The fintech startup plans to allow other alternative assets as collateral in the future
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Back Above $21,000, Following Strong Chinese GDP Figures
17.1.2023
Bitcoin climbed back above $21,000 on Jan. 17, as markets reacted to better-than-expected Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) figures. The economic release comes as U.S. traders also returned to action, following the observation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Ethereum rose briefly...
Bitget Becomes the First CEX to Launch Copy Trading in The Spot Market
17.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. (Victoria, Seychelles, 17 Jan 2023) – Leading crypto derivatives exchange Bitget announces to be the first exchange to launch copy trading in the spot market. As the first exchange for offering copy trading for derivatives in 2020, Bitget has honed its highly liquid, highly...
New MetaMask Product to Add Liquid Staking via Lido and Rocket Pool
13.1.2023
The update comes two months before an Ethereum upgrade is expected to allow users to withdraw their staked ETH
Gemini Terminates Its Crypto Yield Product, Amping Up Battle With Genesis
10.1.2023
The move, which Gemini says requires Genesis to return all locked-up assets, sunsets the exchange's nearly two year-old Gemini Earn program
Metaverse Hype Needs Real Product Success And This 'Decentraland in Space' Could be the Answer
6.1.2023
The emergence of the metaverse has drastically changed how the world looks at human interactions, investment and work. Experts predict that innovation in this new sector could surpass the creative destruction associated with the internet while empowering the creator economy.
In the past few years...
Undeads Metaverse: Security Audit Completed by Certik
6.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 2023, Undeads Metaverse announces the completion of its smart contracts’ security audit conducted by Certik, which included a comprehensive multi-level assessment of Undeads Metaverse in-game smart contracts and product functionality....
Marex Solutions Issues Coinbase-Linked Structured Product Offering a 40% Coupon
5.1.2023
Many investors expect the crypto exchange to gain market share in the wake of rival FTX's collapse and prefer to express their view via structured products that offer enhanced coupon with downside protection, Marex Solutions' Ilan Solot said
Nigerian Crypto Exchange Roqqu Gets European Union Virtual Currency License
4.1.2023
The Nigerian crypto exchange Roqqu recently announced that it obtained a virtual currency license that allows it to offer its services in 28 European countries. According to Israel Ololade, the head of product at Roqqu, the European Union license “aligns with the brand’s drive to become...
DeFi Protocol Sushi to Shutter Lending Product to Focus on DEX
3.1.2023
The decentralized exchange holds over $390 million in locked tokens as of Tuesday
First Mover Americas: Gemini Sued Over Interest-Earning Product
29.12.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Dec. 29, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Nears $1,230 Resistance, Following Strong US GDP Data
23.12.2022
Ethereum edged closer to a key resistance level of $1,230 on Dec. 23, as markets continued to react to better than expected U.S. GDP data. Gross domestic product in the United States was revised higher to 3.2%, better than the 2.9% expected. Bitcoin mostly consolidated in today’s session...
Twitter Adds Crypto Price Charts to Search Results
22.12.2022
Twitter is now providing price charts with search results for major cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ether. This new feature is “one of many product improvements coming to financial Twitter,” said Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform. Twitter Launches Price Chart Feature...
3 FTX Execs Have Snitched on SBF, Now Scrutiny Is Aimed at Nishad Singh and Ramnik Arora
22.12.2022
On Dec. 21, U.S. law enforcement officials from the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revealed they imposed fraud charges against FTX co-founder Gary Wang and ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline...
Web3 Applications Will Increasingly Be Built on Custom Blockchains, Says Ankr’s Head of Product
16.12.2022
As blockchain developers compete for traffic and resources for their respective dapps (decentralized applications), the downside to this, according to some in the industry, can be a poor user experience which in turn undermines the mass adoption cause. Therefore, unless current blockchains —...
Finder.com sued by Australian regulator over its crypto yield product
16.12.2022
ASIC claimed a crypto yield-bearing product from Finder’s registered exchange was unlicensed, the firm disagreed but refused to say if it would fight the suit
Report: Chinese Company Launches Digital Currency Insurance Product
13.12.2022
The Suzhou branch of the Chinese insurance company China Pacific Insurance, together with the Bank of Communications, recently announced the launch of a digital currency account insurance product. The launch comes at a time when the number of personal digital currency wallets created in the Chinese...
India’s Central Bank Digital Currency Should Be Able to Do Anything Cryptocurrency Can Do With No Risk, Official Claims
6.12.2022
An Indian central bank official claims that if there is anything cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether can do, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should be able to create a product that will do the same job without the associated risks. “This is essentially what we are doing in the CBDC...