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Cumberland Sees Massive OTC Moves During Crypto Market Rout — ‘Most Volume We’ve Seen This Year’
19.6.2022
During the last week, while crypto markets got hammered, digital currency-centric over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks were swamped with orders. The cryptocurrency OTC trading desk Cumberland, a subsidiary of DRW, explained that on June 13, the firm saw 30% more volume than the previous...
KuCoin Integrates Chainlink Price Feeds Into Its Peer-to-Peer OTC Trading Market
16.12.2021
Accurate price reference data is crucial in the world of cryptocurrency, where market conditions can change on a dime. KuCoin, as a leading crypto exchange, will integrate Chainlink’s Price Feeds for its OTC trading markets, according to today’s press release. It marks a crucial step toward...
Central Bank’s Targeting of P2P Crypto Transactions Forces Startup to Quit Nigeria
23.11.2021
The Nigerian startup behind the social payment app for cryptocurrency and fiat, Kurepay, says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s current crackdown on crypto entities has forced it to suspend operations in Nigeria. ‘Horrible’ Year for Crypto Adoption According to a report...
Singapore Grants Crypto Licenses to DBS and Independent Reserve
1.10.2021
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, has formally approved two companies to provide crypto services. One is the brokerage arm of DBS, the largest bank in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The other is Independent Reserve, a crypto exchange and OTC trading desk....
Analysts Discuss Bitcoin Over-the-Counter Desks Bubbling With BTC Demand
1.8.2021
Digital currency markets have been gathering gains again moving past the lows seen a few weeks ago. This week crypto traders have been discussing over-the-counter (OTC) desks bubbling with demand for bitcoin as the co-founder of 21st Paradigm explained, “high net worth individuals [and]...
Chinese traders turn to OTC desks amid regulatory crackdown
31.5.2021
Threats from China’s central government appear to have done little to quash local demand for crypto assets
Grayscale Adds 174,000 LTC to Its Litecoin Holdings- Price of the Altcoin Unresponsive
4.3.2021
According to reports, Grayscale added 174,000 tokens to its litecoin holdings in the past month. This haul pushed its total holdings of the altcoin to 1.44 million. Following this acquisition, which represents 80% of all litecoin that were mined in the past month, the total value...
Fidelity Digital to Accept Bitcoin as Collateral for Cash Loans
10.12.2020
Fidelity Digital says it will allow institutional customers to pledge bitcoin as collateral against cash loans in partnership with Blockfi. The firm’s decision helps bitcoin investors turn their digital holdings into cash without selling. Fidelity’s targeted clients include hedge funds...
Hong Kong OTC trading firm acquires OMG Network
4.12.2020
Second-layer Ethereum scaling solution OMG Network has been acquired by Hong Kong-based OTC trading firm, Genesis Block
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Holdings Reports $38.5 Million Income for Q2: “We’ve Crossed the Rubicon’
16.8.2020
Galaxy Digital Holdings reported on Friday, August 14 that its comprehensive income for Q2 grew to $38.5 million. The figure reflects both net realized and unrealized gains from digital assets, as well as investing activities of $28.3 million. In an earnings call, Galaxy Digital President, Chris...
‘Huge Demand in India’ Spurs Zebpay to Launch OTC Bitcoin Trading Desk
30.7.2020
Indian cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay is launching an OTC bitcoin trading desk. The exchange has shared the details with news.Bitcoin.com, stating that “There is huge demand” among bitcoin traders and arbitrageurs in India for OTC desk services. Zebpay Sees Huge Demand for OTC Crypto...
Chinese Authority Freezes Thousands of Cryptocurrency Traders’ Bank Accounts
9.6.2020
Several thousands of bank accounts belonging to cryptocurrency traders have reportedly been frozen by Chinese police as a result of an extensive crackdown on illicit activities. Frozen accounts are not necessarily involved in wrongdoing and can be unfrozen if the authority finds no evidence...
Binance.US Launches OTC Trading Platform
11.5.2020
Top crypto exchange’s U.S. branch now supports over-the-counter (OTC) trades
Binance.US Launches OTC Trading Desk for Large Trades
11.5.2020
Binance US has launched an OTC trading portal for major orders above $10,000
Launch Alert: Binance Launches OTC Trading Portal
2.4.2020
Binance announced on Thursday the launch of its OTC (over the counter) portal. In the official tweet, the company informed that the portal will serve as a request for quotation (RFQ) platform, and will allow users to confirm trades and receive settlements directly into their Binance accounts....
CoinDeal Token – a Wide Range of Earning Possibilities
23.3.2020
Launched in the second quarter of 2019, CDL Token is a rapidly growing project, which has more and more to offer for its users. From the very beginning, CDL was not supposed to be an ordinary token. The goal was to create a functional cryptocurrency which would enable the users of the CoinDeal...
3 Insights on Crypto Derivatives and Risk from Veteran OTC Traders
7.11.2019
Missed our webinar on crypto derivatives? Read the takeaways from CoinDesk Research's chat with OTC trading pros Yingfeng Shao and Martin Garcia
ByteBulls Introduces OTC Trading
4.11.2019
If you’re someone who wishes to buy or exchange a hefty sum in cryptocurrencies, you must know that doing it via traditional exchange renders you vulnerable to numerous risks. The slippage largely raises the expenses of the trade, along with the chances of hacking and other thefts. That’s...
SigOne Capital Offers Complete Range of Over-the-counter (OTC) Trading Services
26.10.2019
SigOne Capital has announced that it is now offering institutional investors and High Net Worth (HNW) individuals, over-the-counter (OTC) services through voice, API, and web portal and a lending desk for borrowing or lending Crypto. SigOne’s OTC service offers crypto to crypto and crypto to fiat...
Alipay Denounces Bitcoin OTC Trading: Regulatory ‘Gray Area’ in China
19.10.2019
Despite the 2017 crypto trading ban, high-volume Bitcoin exchange is still possible in China via OTC desks run by major exchange platforms