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Quadriga CX Trustee Raises $30 Million for Reimbursements to Creditors, Claimants Want $171 Million Instead
7.11.2020
The trustee of the now-defunct crypto exchange, Quadriga CX says the sell-off of the platform’s assets raised $30 million. This contrasts with the $171 million in claims that has been filed with the trustee by Quadriga creditors. Consequently, Ernst and Young (EY), the accounting firm...
Canada Tax Collector Seeks to Force Crypto Exchange Coinsquare to Fork Over Client Records
6.11.2020
The demand mimics a play tax enforcers at the IRS deployed against Coinbase
Dormant crypto exchange Cobinhood to ax real-time customer support in 2021
5.11.2020
Once a popular exchange, Cobinhood is phasing out more services
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Is on a Hiring Spree in Japan
5.11.2020
Coinbase is hiring in Japan, with various roles up for grabs in the capital Tokyo
Bitcoin.com Exchange Reveals Role in the Cryptopia Rescue Group
31.10.2020
The world-class trading platform, Bitcoin.com Exchange announced it’s participating in the Cryptopia Exchange rescue consortium in order to help redistribute coins to customers. Bitcoin.com’s trading platform will provide an exchange environment in order to bolster the Cryptopia Rescue...
bitFlyer to Pioneer Blockchain-powered Home Rentals Platform
31.10.2020
The Japanese trading company and business giant Sumitomo is set to team up with bitFlyer, a major Japanese crypto exchange, to jointly build a blockchain-powered real estate rental and property management platform that its masterminds said will help digitize the entire house rental process for both...
Crypto Exchange FTX Brings Tesla, Apple, and Amazon On Board
29.10.2020
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв
Today, popular crypto derivatives exchange FTX launches trading of more than a dozen equity and crypto pairs, featuring top stocks such as Apple, Tesla, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
The new "fractional stocks offering" is brought in partnership with...
Kraken CEO: ‘Defi Scams’ Must Take Their Losses as Way to ‘Enlightenment’
29.10.2020
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the world’s fourth-largest crypto exchange Kraken, has criticized decentralized finance (defi) projects, accusing them of being “scams” that enter the market too quickly, unprepared. In a charged Oct. 26 tweet, Powell said...
Publicly Traded INX Crypto Exchange Acquires Broker-Dealer Openfinance
27.10.2020
INX Limited, a cryptocurrency exchange that went public on Ethereum last month, will purchase U.S. broker-dealer Openfinance Securities
Banking Giant With 11m Clients May Be on Verge of Launching Crypto Exchange
27.10.2020
Major Asian bank, Singapore’s DBS, could be set to debut a crypto and securities token exchange – offering trading in bitcoin (BTC) and three major altcoins against not only the fiat Singapore dollar, but also three other major international currencies.
A DBS page devoted to what the bank seems...
Crypto Exchange Huobi Adds Direct Visa, Mastercard Payments
27.10.2020
The exchange is making it simpler to pay for cryptocurrency with Visa and Mastercard with a direct service through a regulated subsidiary
Toyota’s IT arm works on digital token pilot with crypto exchange
26.10.2020
Another automotive company is moving into crypto
Voyager Digital Buys European Crypto Exchange Focused on Institutional Investors
24.10.2020
Crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate native tokens, VGX and LGO, will also merge. The deal grants Voyager, a Canadian Securities...
Gemini exec to join Bitstamp crypto exchange as new CEO
22.10.2020
Bitstamp is replacing its CEO for the first time since the company’s establishment
DragonEx crypto exchange considering shutdown amid OKEx 'crisis of trust'
21.10.2020
DragonEx is shutting down deposits and withdrawals of all cryptos
Japanese Billionaire and Crypto Exchange CTO to Launch Fintech Venture
21.10.2020
Yusaku Maezawa. Source: Twitter/@yousuck2020
The chief technical officer (CTO) of Japanese crypto exchange DeCurret has teamed up with Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of clothing e-commerce giant ZOZO, to co-create a new fintech payments business.
Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur...
Coinbase Received 1,900 Requests for Client Info From Law Enforcement During First Half of 2020
17.10.2020
Coinbase has revealed that it received a total of 1,914 requests for customer data from global law enforcement agencies during the first six months of 2020. It is, however, not clear how many of the requests were fulfilled. In its first so-called“transparency report” published Friday...
Okex Halts Withdrawals Due to ‘Out of Touch’ Private Key Holder, Founder Star Xu Talks With Police
16.10.2020
The digital currency exchange Okex disabled cryptocurrency withdrawals on Friday morning and explained that funds were “safe and not affected.” Following the withdrawal announcement, regional reports claim that Okex’s founder Mingxing “Star” Xu was taken away by...
Hong Kong Crypto Exchange Launches Hardware Wallet With Fingerprint Recognition
14.10.2020
The Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Gate.io has launched a new type of hardware wallet that features fingerprint recognition. The device supports over 10,000 cryptocurrencies with wallet.io and multi-signature functionality with over 40 public chains. The well known cryptocurrency exchange...
Exclusive: Bithumb set to launch DeFi platform as a Polkadot Parachain
13.10.2020
This one won't just be another instance of CeDeFi, the exchange reassures