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Binance banned in Malaysia, given 14 days notice to shut down operations
30.7.2021
The crypto exchange has been served with a notice to stop offering its services in the country
Binance to shut down crypto derivatives trading in Europe
30.7.2021
Binance moves to suspend derivatives trading in Europe, starting with Germany, Italy and Netherlands
Okcoin secures regulatory approval in Malta and the Netherlands
29.7.2021
CEO Hong Fang said Okcoin was focused on Europe as part of the firm's global growth plans
Robinhood Raises Almost $2 Billion in IPO, Falls Short of Expected $35 Billion Valuation
29.7.2021
Robinhood, the fee-free cryptocurrency, stock, and options exchange, raised almost $2 billion in its initial public offering, reaching a valuation of $32 billion. While the company is more valuable than Nasdaq itself, the IPO failed to give the company an expected valuation of $35 billion....
Crypto population doubled to over 200M users since January, report says
29.7.2021
It only took four months for the crypto population to almost double from 106 million in February to 203 million in May, according to a new Crypto.com report
Augur (REP) & Pendle (PENDLE) Now Listed on Crypto.com App
29.7.2021
In an important strategic development, Augur prediction market (REP) and Pendle protocol (PENDLE) have successfully enrolled themselves on the app of Crypto.com. This has made these new additions a part of the widening group of digital coins on the app, which now has more than 100 digital...
Record 57K BTC leave exchanges in one day dropping Bitcoin reserves to pre-crash levels
29.7.2021
57,000 BTC leaves exchanges in a single day as demand returns with Bitcoin at the upper end of its multi-month trading corridor
Bitrue Aims to Democratize Token Listing Rights by Opening Voting Power to Users
29.7.2021
Digital asset exchange Bitrue is seeking to engage its user community directly by distributing decision-making power for adding new token projects after the listing team thoroughly vets them. Platform Advancing Further Voting Powers in Future Updates Blockchain’s innate ability...
Solana based cross-chain exchange Saber raises $7.7M to expand team and tokens
29.7.2021
Saber has raised $7.7 million in a seeding fund round, and is rated as the second platform on Solana in terms of total locked value (TVL) with $185.77 million
Crypto Exchange Binance Plans to Be Regulated Financial Institution, Seeks CEO With Strong Compliance Background
29.7.2021
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says that his company wants “to be licensed everywhere” and “From now on, we’re going to be a financial institution.” Following warnings by a growing list of regulators worldwide, Zhao also revealed that Binance is seeking “a...
Regulator Identifies ‘Fake’ Crypto Exchange Bank Accounts
29.7.2021
Source: Adobe/jon_chica
South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it has identified 14 “fake” bank accounts that are or have been used as fiat on/off ramps by domestic crypto exchanges.
The FSC examined a total of 94 accounts belonging to 79 crypto...
Ripple and SBI Collaborate to Launch On-Demand Liquidity in Japan — XRP Surges
29.7.2021
Ripple has launched its first On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) service implementation in Japan in partnership with SBI Remit, a large Japanese money transfer provider, and Philippine crypto exchange Coins.ph. Ripple, SBI, Coins.ph Collaborate to Launch Ripplenet’s On-Demand Liquidity Ripple Labs...
Blockfolio rides off into the sunset, but it's a new dawn for FTX App
28.7.2021
FTX indicated that although the Blockfolio brand is being retired, this would not affect the services offered to users
BTR Token Holders Get Voting Power to Decide Bitrue’s Future
28.7.2021
Fulfilling its promise of handing over more power to the token holders, Bitrue has announced that from July 28, 2021, onwards, the BTR token holders will decide on the future of the exchange. Phase one of this empowerment will witness the voting by token holders in which decision will be taken...
Binance cuts withdrawal limits, rolls out tax reporting tool
28.7.2021
Existing Binance users will not be able to withdraw more than 0.06 BTC per day without completing full KYC verification, effective in August
Nigerian Central Bank Stops Forex Sales to Bureaus de Change — Operators Accused of Feeding Black Market
28.7.2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently announced the abrupt end to sales and outsourcing of foreign exchange to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators after accusing them of failing to stick to their core mandate. Instead of providing forex to retail users, BDCs are believed to be supplying...
Unique Addresses Tethered to Ethereum Defi Apps Climb Past 3 Million
28.7.2021
The number of users or unique addresses leveraging decentralized finance (defi) protocols via Ethereum has risen past 3 million according to recent statistics. A vast majority of these unique addresses use the defi protocol Uniswap, as 2.4 million users have been recorded since December 2018....
ZKSwap’s V2 mainnet is set to go live tomorrow
28.7.2021
ZKSwap’s V2 upgrades include unlimited token listings and faster withdrawal times
Goldman Sachs Files Defi ETF Application
27.7.2021
Goldman Sachs, one of the biggest banking institutions in the world, has filed an application to offer an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) linked to the performance of decentralized finance (defi) companies. The instrument, if approved, would help institutions and retail investors gain exposure to defi...
Binance will 'work with regulators' as it expands, says CEO
27.7.2021
“We want to be licensed everywhere,” said Changpeng Zhao