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Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Stops Servicing Ontario Customers, Asks Users to Withdraw Funds
16.1.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has asked its Ontario users to withdraw their funds since they will no longer have access to any services offered by Bitfinex in March. Bitfinex Stops Providing Services to Ontario Customers Crypto exchange Bitfinex announced Friday that it is making changes to...
Revolut Launches Banking Services in Spain Featuring Deposit Insurance
14.1.2022
Revolut, a leading fintech platform and neobank, has received a special banking license to operate in Spain. User deposits are now insured up to €100K, with the coverage being provided by Deposit and Investment Insurance, a Lithuanian state company. The company, which now has over 800,000...
Coinbase Acquires Fairx Exchange to Make Derivatives Market Approachable for Millions of Retail Customers
14.1.2022
Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired a regulated derivatives trading platform. Coinbase plans to make the derivatives market more approachable to millions of its retail customers. Coinbase Plans to Offer Crypto Derivatives to All US Customers Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange...
Hong Kong-based Coinsuper allegedly blocks customers' withdrawals
7.1.2022
Five clients reportedly filed police complaints after token withdrawals were apparently halted, leaving them unable to reclaim around $55,000 in cryptocurrency and fiat
Retail Giant H&M Debunks Rumor of Store Opening in Metaverse, Collaboration With Ceek
4.1.2022
Major fashion company H&M has denied the rumor that it is opening a store in the metaverse. According to false reports, customers could walk through the store and purchase products in the Ceek metaverse. H&M Denies Metaverse Rumor and Collaboration With Ceek Several major publications...
Kraken Working on Marketplace Where Customers Take Loans Backed by NFTs
28.12.2021
Kraken recently announced developing a marketplace where customers can use NFTs as collateral to take loans. The venture aims to release the platform in February 2022 at the earliest. With the development, Kraken is directly challenging FTX Exchange and Binance, which are already running...
Argo Blockchain among most traded stocks by Fidelity customers
23.12.2021
Shares of the mining firm beat out BP and Lloyds Banking Group to become one of the stocks most actively traded by Fidelity customers in 2021
Stratos Jet Charters Reveals Crypto Payment Acceptance for Flights via FTX Pay
22.12.2021
The Orlando, Florida-based Stratos Jet Charters Inc. has announced the company has partnered with FTX US and the collaboration will make it so Stratos Jet customers can pay for services with crypto payments via FTX Pay. The CEO of Stratos Jet says the company has been in search of a crypto partner...
Mutual Bank in New Jersey to Give Customers the Ability to Buy, Sell and Hold Cryptocurrency
21.12.2021
Manasquan Bank, a mutual community bank in New Jersey serving residents since 1874, has announced it is partnering with the company Bakkt to give its retail clients the ability to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency through the bank’s mobile banking application. Manasquan Bank to Give...
Block's Cash App to Allow its 40M Customers to Gift Bitcoin
15.12.2021
Jack Dorsey's payment firm Block, previously called Square, has unveiled a new Cash App feature that will allow users to gift family and friends crypto and stock over the holiday season.
Cash App announced the news on Tuesday, saying that its approximately 40 million active monthly users...
German Savings Banks Consider Offering Crypto Services to Customers
15.12.2021
An association of savings banks in Germany is looking to offer crypto services to customers in a pilot test that would include the development of a crypto wallet. The association, which has more than 50 million customers, would be acting amidst a wave of cryptocurrency interest ostensibly sparked...
Ascendex Hacked — Exchange Loses $77 Million in ERC20, BSC, Polygon Tokens
12.12.2021
Ascendex, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a security breach that allowed hackers to take control of some of the wallets of the exchange. The attack focused on hot wallets, where funds are kept as a buffer to tend to customers’ withdrawals. The company announced that it would reimburse...
Coinbase Launches Defi Yield Earning Service to Over 70 Countries, United States Not Included
10.12.2021
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has made decentralized finance (defi) more accessible by giving Coinbase customers from over 70 countries access to earning yield on the stablecoin DAI. Coinbase claims the process is simple with “no fees, lockups, or set-up...
Novi Launches Whatsapp Integration Pilot Program for Selected Users in the U.S.
10.12.2021
Novi, the remittance and payments initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook), has launched a Whatsapp pilot test for customers in the U.S. This means that a small number of Whatsapp users will be able to send and receive payments, as well as purchase digital dollars directly from the interface of...
Exscudo Experts on the Crypto Payment Evolution: What Do Customers Really Want?
7.12.2021
Seamless crypto-fiat interoperability is the next frontier for wallets and payment gateways. This point is illustrated by the success of projects like Exscudo: reviews of its FinTap wallet show that in-app fiat-crypto conversions at locked exchange rates are very popular with end-users. This...
Bancolombia to Offer Crypto Trading in Financial Regulator’s Pilot Program
7.12.2021
Bancolombia, Colombia’s largest bank, will be offering cryptocurrency trading to customers in a pilot program within a regulatory framework established by the country’s financial regulator, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC). Customers of the Colombian bank will be able...
Leading Supermarket Chain in Croatia Introduces Crypto Payments
2.12.2021
Customers of the largest supermarket chain in Croatia will be able to pay with cryptocurrency for their orders in the retailer’s online shop. The company plans to soon offer the crypto payment option also at its physical stores throughout the country. Konzum Allows Shoppers in Croatia to...
Etoro to Limit Cardano and Tron Services in US Due to Regulatory Concerns
26.11.2021
Etoro, an Israel-based trading platform, has taken action on its platform regarding the trading of cardano and tron. Now, U.S.-based customers will have limited functionality with these cryptocurrencies on the Etoro platform starting in December. Etoro explained in a post that these new measures...
Mercadolibre to Allow Users to Invest in Cryptocurrencies From Its Platform
25.11.2021
Mercadolibre, one of the biggest online retailers in Latin America, has started rolling cryptocurrency trading services to a selection of their customers and plans to expand this test in the coming weeks. Mercadopago, the payments service native to the platform, will allow these customers...
Kraken to delist Monero for UK customers by the end of November
19.11.2021
Although privacy coins grant users unparalleled protection for their personal information, some fear they can easily be used for illicit purposes