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Hash Watch: The Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Cash Fork Is Now Complete
15.11.2020
The Bitcoin Cash community has been patiently waiting for weeks for the November 15, 2020 upgrade and the day is finally here. Every six months the Bitcoin Cash network upgrades, but this time around, a conflict sparked over Bitcoin ABC’s Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP). During the course...
BTC Options Open Interest Surges, Traders Look to an Unfilled Bitcoin Futures Gap at $18K
15.11.2020
Bitcoin prices have been volatile during the last few weeks, but have managed to climb higher in value at the same time. This week bitcoin derivatives markets, specifically futures and options, show that crypto asset traders should expect more swings going forward. Some traders believe that...
CZ: Binance traders find ‘intelligent’ ways to circumvent US block
13.11.2020
CZ admits it's not always easy weeding out US traders from the global Binance exchange
BitMEX crypto exchange steps up AML and trade surveillance measures
12.11.2020
New technology will help screen out bad actors, BitMEX says
FUD or regulatory change? Rumor clouds swirl around crypto exchanges
9.11.2020
Are a raft of recent FUD events coincidental, or are global authorities targeting unregulated crypto exchanges?
Spot Markets, Not Leverage, Fuel Bitcoin’s Price Rally Amid Mild Derivative Liquidations
6.11.2020
Derivatives' role in bitcoin's rally is "muted" this time, said one trader
BitMEX Completes Accelerated Verification, Secures 'Vast Majority' Of Volume
5.11.2020
Major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has completed their hastened user verification program, stating that it has secured the "vast majority" of its trading volume.
BitMEX gave its users until midnight (UTC time) on November 5 to complete the full verification in order to continue...
Court Filing Accuses Bitmex Cofounders of ‘Looting’ $440 Million Before the Fed Crackdown
2.11.2020
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the firm HDR Global Trading Limited, the parent company of the exchange Bitmex, alongside the three cofounders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed. Plaintiffs allege “the defendants’ Hayes, Delo, and Reed looted about $440,308,400 of proceeds...
Declaring a crackdown? What to make of the DoJ crypto framework release
1.11.2020
The U.S. Department of Justice has articulated its digital enforcement strategy, putting the crypto community on notice
BitMEX Chiefs Looted More Than $440M From Exchange After Finding Out About Probes, Suit Alleges
31.10.2020
The suit seeks an order of attachment against the parent company of BitMEX
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
24.10.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data shows that the Bitcoin Mercantile...
BitMEX Delves Deeper Into DeFi With New Futures Listings
23.10.2020
BitMEX is soon to offer futures contracts for DeFi project yearn.finance (YFI), Polkadot (DOT) and Binance coin (BNB)
For the first time since 2018 Bitcoin balances on exchanges fell below 2.5M
22.10.2020
Bitcoin's balance on three popular exchanges decreased by 390k BTC over the past 9 months
Bitmex Fast-Tracks KYC Program as Regulators Tighten Screws on Anti-Money Laundering Rules
22.10.2020
Bitmex said Wednesday that it is fast-tracking its user verification program in order to comply with regulatory requirements. Users must now be fully verified by Nov. 5, 2020 “to continue trading on the platform,” it said. In a statement, the crypto derivatives exchange stated that...
Crypto Options Exchange Deribit to Require ID Verification for All Users by Year End: Report
21.10.2020
Popular cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit will require all of its users to be ID verified before the end of this year under its revamped know-your-customer (KYC) policy
BitMEX Hastens User Verification After Securing 50+% of Their Trading Volume
21.10.2020
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The troubled crypto exchange BitMEX has accelerated its user verification program after securing over 50% of their trading volume in almost two months since the program begun.
"A significant amount of our users representing over 50% of our volume have successfully...
BitMEX Accelerates Mandatory ID Verification After Charges of Lax Anti-Money Laundering Controls
21.10.2020
The exchange moved deadline for identity verification from Feb. 2021 to Nov. 2020
Seller shortage? Bitcoin exchange reserves plunge as BitMEX bleeds BTC
18.10.2020
Bitcoin exchange reserves are continuously plummeting as analysts pinpoint the trend to a potential shortage of sellers
‘Only in Crypto’: What the OKEx Mess Says About New and Old Finance
17.10.2020
On Friday morning as the OKEx withdrawal-freeze story twisted and turned, CoinDesk's editors had an off-the-cuff discussion about the fundamental realities and unique challenges of security for even the largest exchanges
187,000 BTC Drained: Over $2 Billion in Bitcoin Leave the Top Exchanges Since June
17.10.2020
Cryptocurrency reserves held on digital asset exchanges have been dropping to new lows, as some of the top exchanges have seen significant bitcoin reserve balance drops. A few months ago trading platforms had a lot more bitcoin reserves on hand and onchain data shows a few exchanges have seen...