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August 21, 2020 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange OKEx notes that the recent surge in the digital asset market, which is being led by Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, has been driven by the explosive growth of the decentralized finance or DeFI ecosystem. The OKEx team confirms that Ethereum (ETH) experienced… Read More

August 8, 2020 @ 6:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jay Hao, CEO at OKEx, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, notes that the US dollar “drop” and the Bitcoin (BTC) surge recently occurred at the same time. Hao points out that there’s been a regular downward adjustment of interest rates on US Treasury… Read More

July 31, 2020 @ 11:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Friday it held its latest Trading Contest last week with one of CoinList’s largest-ever ICO tokens, Filecoin (FIL), and a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. OKEx reported that starting at 9:00 am UTC on July 23rd and running for one… Read More

July 27, 2020 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto-asset exchange OKEx, which offers spot and derivatives trading with digital currencies, recently added three more expiration dates to its options trading. They include options trades that may be settled daily, after every two-day period, and monthly. OKEx had already been offering weekly, bi-weekly, quarterly… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Monday it has has finished its Beacon Program — European Edition. According to OKEx, the program provided three masterclasses by prominent players in the cryptocurrency space and individual mentoring from top OKEx executives, including CEO Jay Hao and Director… Read More

July 18, 2020 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange OKEx claims that it’s now among the first cryptocurrency exchanges to have partnered with the Web3 Foundation, an organization established to nurture and steward technologies in the fields of decentralized web software protocols. The OKEx team also confirmed that they’ve now listed… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

OKEx, a crypto and derivatives exchange, has partnered with Settle Network. Through Settle Network’s “Latamex” product, OKEx users now can buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on the exchange with Argentine Pesos (ARS), Brazilian Reals (BRL), and Mexican Pesos (MXN) using direct bank transfers. OKEx… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Monday it has formed a strategic partnership with peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, Paxful. Through the partnership, the Paxful Kiosk will notably be integrated directly within the OKEx platform to allow new and existing users to benefit from a variety of… Read More

June 1, 2020 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BeQuant, a UK-based retail and institutional multi-exchange trading platform, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with cryptocurrency platform to launch its prime brokerage platform. Founded in 2007, BeQuant reported that its products include prime brokerage, custody, fund administration enhanced by an institutional trading… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Monday the launch of its new product, Convert Small Balances to OKB. According to OKEx, the product is to provide users with a more “comprehensive” digital asset service. According to OKEx, small balances are “any tradable digital asset with… Read More

February 16, 2020 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based CoinDCX, a leading digital asset exchange and liquidity aggregator, recently confirmed that it has teamed up with major multinational crypto-asset trading platform for futures and derivatives, OKEx.  As noted in a press release shared with Crowdfund Insider: “With this partnership, OKEx will gain access… Read More

January 3, 2020 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a Malta-based digital assets exchange, announced on Friday its USDT-margined futures trading has recorded an all-time high in trading volume with over $4 billion USDT (record of $41,877,476,728 USDT as of January 1st) after going live on November 14th, while USDT-perpetual swap trading has been a strong force to… Read More

December 27, 2019 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Malta-headquartered digital asset exchange OKEx has introduced Bitcoin (BTC) options trading for a certain group of crypto traders ahead of their official public launch, which is scheduled for January of next year. According to a release, OKEx claims it’s ranked third-largest out of all digital… Read More

December 11, 2019 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a Malta-based digital assets exchange, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with blockchain-based e-contract platform FirmaChain. OKEx reported that through the collaboration, customers may now use OKEx’s global utility token, OKB, for purchases on FirmaChain’s platform. FirmaChain’s FCT token will also… Read More

December 9, 2019 @ 9:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a Malta-based digital assets exchange, announced on Monday it is set to launch Options Trading, which will start on December 27th with simulation beginning on December 12th. “Options Trading is a type of derivatives trading that gives the buyer the ability to purchase or… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKEx, one of the world’s largest futures digital currency exchanges, revealed an update on November 22 regarding its four main business partners for OKB, the trading platform’s globally accessible utility token, which is aimed at “connecting digital asset projects.” According to a press release shared… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Malta-based digital asset exchange OKEx announced recently that it will be joining the global blockchain platform Klaytn, which has been developed by Kakao’s subsidiary Ground X. On October 25, OKEx’s management noted that blockchain project Klaytn is preparing to onboard the digital currency exchange into… Read More

October 4, 2019 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a Malta-based digital assets exchange, announced on Friday the launch of its new initiative to create a Self-Regulated Organization (SRO) aimed at standardizing cryptocurrency exchange practices and policies. The initiative was announced at the DELTA Summit by Enzo Villani, a former Nasdaq executive who joined… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The South Korean arm of Malta-based digital asset exchange OKEx announced that it will no longer support five major cryptocurrencies due to new international financial regulations. OKEx Korea’s management noted that it would suspend trading for privacy-oriented digital currencies including Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC), and… Read More

July 26, 2019 @ 11:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a Malta-based digital assets exchange, announced earlier this week has donated $4.5 million worth of Bitcoin to its perpetual swap market insurance fund to encourage customer confidence in trading cryptocurrencies. OKEx reported that last year it introduced perpetual swap trading along with the new… Read More