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Bitcoin Held on Trading Platforms Continues to Drop Lower, Over 68% of the Total Held by 5 Exchanges
22.5.2022
Amid the market carnage tied to Terra’s recent fallout, bitcoin sent to exchanges saw a brief spike on May 7, jumping more than 2% higher from 2.481 million to 2.532 million bitcoin. Despite the recent increase of bitcoin sent to trading platforms, the number of bitcoins on exchanges today...
Leading centralized exchanges extend market share in 2022
12.4.2022
The “top-tier” exchanges as ranked in a report by CryptoCompare increased their market share to 96% in February 2022
Automated order books eliminate DeFi costs and match CEX capability
22.2.2022
DeFi may eliminate the middleman, but this was often at the expense of costly transactions and reduced functionality
Despite Recent Threats From Canadian Officials, ‘Real Crypto’ or Decentralized Assets Cannot Be Frozen
20.2.2022
Over the last week, there’s been a lot of discussion about Canada ‘freezing’ digital currency accounts that are associated with the Canadian trucker’s Freedom Convoy. Amid the topical conversation, it should be stressed that decentralized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin...
Crypto Trading Volumes Are Shifting to Decentralized Ecosystems; Can Centralized Exchanges Keep Up?
26.11.2021
The crypto industry has significantly evolved in the past decade, with Bitcoin setting the stage for other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Dogecoin. However, the biggest shift has been the mass migration to decentralized exchanges (DEXes) following the debut of protocols such as Uniswap...
$1.2B in Ether withdrawn from centralized exchanges in record daily outflow
17.9.2021
More than $1 billion worth of Ether has been withdrawn from centralized exchanges within a 24-hour period. It's the second time this year and the price went vertical last time
DEXs could see demand boost as regulators target centralized exchanges
7.8.2021
From indictments against figures behind BitMEX to banks blocking transactions, and then Binance, some CEXs are under pressure. Is this an industry-wide phenomenon?
Bitcoin outflows from centralized exchanges surge to 100K BTC monthly
3.8.2021
Centralized exchanges have experienced their heaviest week of Bitcoin withdrawals since November 2020
Nigerian Crypto Exchange Boss: CBN Directive Led Shift of Trades From Centralized Exchanges to Black Market Exchanges
1.8.2021
It has been more than six months since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directed banks to stop serving customers from the cryptocurrency industry. While the measure appears to have succeeded in removing crypto entities from the banking ecosystem, the policy has however led to the growth...
Traders are withdrawing 2,000 BTC from centralized exchanges daily
13.7.2021
Surging BTC outflows from centralized exchanges suggest the Bitcoin markets could be in an accumulation
Nigeria’s June P2P Bitcoin Trade Volumes Surged Again Despite Central Bank’s Crypto Restrictions
12.7.2021
Nigeria’s peer-to-peer bitcoin trade volumes went up to just under $38 million in June 2021, the latest data shows. This surge becomes only the second time Nigerian P2P traded volumes have breached the $35 million mark in 2021. March 2021 is the only other period when P2P bitcoin traded...
BTC sinks to $40K, Bitcoin inflows to centralized exchanges surge
19.5.2021
High Bitcoin inflows to centralized exchanges have prompted predictions of further bearish momentum on social media
Ciphertrace Report Shows Crypto Crime Moving to Defi
15.5.2021
Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance (defi) apps and protocols. Now, the impact these hacks and exploits represent is way bigger than the one classic hacks to centralized exchanges and other scams...
Ether balances on centralized exchanges fall to lowest level since June 2019
11.5.2021
Glassnode asserts that Bitcoin investors have been converting BTC into Ether during May
P2P Bitcoin Traders in Nigeria Think Outside the Box in the Wake of CBN Restrictions
18.4.2021
After the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a directive targeting the country’s cryptocurrency industry, bitcoin and altcoin trade volumes on centralized exchanges immediately plunged. Nevertheless, the new regulations seem to have succeeded in boosting crypto trade volumes on informal markets...
YFX.Com – Defi Trading Platform Support 100X Leverage. No KYC. No Gas Fee
11.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. YFX.COM is the world’s first decentralized cross-chain perpetual contract exchange. While other trading platforms that provide leverage alternatives exist, YFX.COM is trailblazing a decentralized alternative to centralized exchanges and perpetual futures trading without...
Central Bank of Nigeria Official Reiterates Nigerian Residents Free to Trade Cryptos: Directive Only Applies to Banking Sector
21.3.2021
A senior executive with Nigeria’s central bank, Adamu Lamtek, has reportedly denied that his institution had placed restrictions on the use of cryptocurrencies. Instead, Lamtek, who is the deputy governor responsible for corporates services at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says...
The number of BTC held on exchanges crashed 20% in 12 months
8.3.2021
Long-term accumulation and the increasing popularity of DeFi yield protocols is siphoning Bitcoin away from centralized exchanges
Exchange tokens benefit as centralized exchanges battle with DeFi platforms
21.2.2021
Exchange tokens catch a boost as governance and high yields attract fresh inflows and CeFi begins to merge with DeFi
Nigeria Crypto Ban: Bitcoin Sells for $76K as Deposits on Centralized Exchanges Plummet
18.2.2021
According to a website that tracks the price of bitcoin across the globe, the crypto asset’s selling price in Nigeria as of February 18 stood at $ 76,000. At this price, the crypto asset is selling for $20,000 more than the approximately $52,000 that most cryptocurrency exchanges...