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Bitcoin price unfazed after $150M hack of major exchange KuCoin
26.9.2020
KuCoin reported a major security breach on Sep. 26, affecting Bitcoin, Ether, and ERC20 hot wallets while BTC and ETH prices remain unfazed
Crypto Exchange Binance Blacklisted by Russia’s Telecom Censorship Agency
26.9.2020
Russia’s telecom regulator Roskomnadzor has added Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, to the list of blacklisted websites in the country. The exchange was blacklisted on June 2, 2020, but Binance became aware of this only on September 24th, after receiving communication from...
Law Decoded: Transformations in crypto exchanges and traditional institutions, Sept. 18-25
25.9.2020
Maybe one day, drawing distinctions between crypto and traditional finance will seem quaint
Why centralized exchanges will lead crypto to the future
25.9.2020
Will centralized exchanges continue to provide the regulated environments required for digital assets to evolve into the mainstream, or will the future belong to DEXs?
Russian Web Censor Tells Binance It’s Been Blacklisted – Three Months Late
25.9.2020
Roskomnadzor blacklisted Binance in June, but apparently only made the cryptocurrency exchange aware of its decision today
Congress sees two new bills looking to chart CFTC and SEC regulatory turf in crypto
24.9.2020
A big day for crypto legislation in the United States
Execs Managing $78B in Assets Say Institutional Investors Plan to Allocate More Cryptocurrencies
22.9.2020
New research from the digital currency insurance firm, Evertas, shows that a surveyed group of investors managing roughly $78 billion in collective assets believes that during the next five years, institutional investors will “dramatically” increase their crypto asset holdings. This...
Meet in the Middle: Crypto Companies and Banks Are Evolving Together
20.9.2020
Noelle Acheson shows how Kraken’s move to become a bank in Wyoming is more about getting traditional finance to adapt to the crypto industry than the other way around
More pump than dump: 22% UniSwap (UNI) price drop doesn’t faze traders
19.9.2020
UniSwap’s UNI governance token soared to $8.60 before pulling correcting sharply but top traders expect the price to rise higher
Cryptopia Users Can Claim Assets from End of 2020, Says Hacked Exchange’s Liquidator
18.9.2020
Grant Thornton said the process of repatriating $100 million-worth of crypto assets from the now-defunct Cryptopia exchange will begin later this year
The Uniswap effect is leading to 208% gains on average for certain tokens
17.9.2020
And researchers suggest it's surprisingly easy to predict, if you know what to look for
Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange Gets US Banking License, Plans to Be Global Bank
17.9.2020
Cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken has received a banking license recognized under federal law to operate as a bank in the U.S. The company has outlined its plans to offer a number of cryptocurrency-focused financial services locally and globally. Kraken Now a US Bank Kraken announced Wednesday...
P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Shuts Down Venezuela Operations to Comply With US Sanctions
16.9.2020
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Paxful is shutting down its operations in Venezuela, apparently, to comply with U.S. economic sanctions against the leftist government of disputed president Nicolas Maduro. On Tuesday, a Paxful spokesperson told news.Bitcoin.com that the exchange will now start...
Binance US on track to launch in all 50 states by 2021
16.9.2020
‘100% coverage is our goal,’ said Binance US
Binance, Huobi, OKEx Have FOMO for DeFi
15.9.2020
DeFi FOMO is driving centralized exchanges including Binance, Huobi and OKEx to prepare for a potential new crypto trading landscape where decentralized exchanges dominate
SLP Trading Platform Cryptophyl Plans to Change Into a Noncustodial Defi Exchange
12.9.2020
The U.K.-based Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) exchange Cryptophyl is closing its doors in order to restructure into a decentralized finance (defi) platform. Cryptophyl has revealed the trading platform will officially go offline on September 21 and is asking customers to withdraw before that period....
Diginex Going Public Is About More Than a Nasdaq Ticker Symbol
11.9.2020
Diginex CEO Richard Byworth said the firm’s public listing will give it more transparency than other crypto exchange operators
Bitstamp Integrates Nasdaq’s Matching Engine for Faster Order Executions
11.9.2020
According to research by Bitstamp and crypto market data provider Kaiko, the new engine enables order matching up to 1,250 times faster than with the previous system
European Crypto Exchange Hacked for $5.4 Million in Bitcoin
11.9.2020
Eterbase, a Slovak cryptocurrency exchange, revealed Thursday that it had been hacked for $5.4 million. Cyber-criminals broke into six hot wallets containing bitcoin, ethereum, algo, ripple, tezos, and tron, stealing everything, it said. Hot wallets are active digital asset accounts connected...
Bitcoin on-chain volume hits a 1-year high with only 3.6% coming from exchanges
10.9.2020
Yet Bitcoin exchange trading volume has not declined