Tagged: bittrex

August 12, 2023 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement in its enforcement action against Bittrex as well as a foreign affiliate. Bittrex agreed to a total penalty of $24 million. As part of the settlement, Bittrex neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s allegations,… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 9:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bittrex has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding charges that it operated an unregistered securities exchange. Bittrex’s foreign operation, Bittrex Global GmbH has also agreed to settle similar charges. Bittrex has agreed to pay a total penalty of $24 million. As part… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex, Inc. released the following statement today regarding Bittrex U.S.’ decision to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy: “Having previously announced that Bittrex, Inc. would be ceasing all operations in the U.S. effective April 30th, we have now made the decision to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bittrex, a crypto exchange that announced it was ceasing operations at the end of last month, has been hit with an enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC has charged Bittrex and its former CEO William Shihara for operating an unregistered… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

At the end of March, US-based crypto exchange Bittrex announced that it was shuttering its operations. Bittrex stated that it would cease operations on April 30, 2023, while providing a series of timelines for its users, recommending that accounts are closed as soon as possible…. Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 12:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex Co-founder and CEO Richie Lai released the following statement on March 31, 2023 regarding Bittrex U.S. As clarified in the update, this announcement does “not impact Bittrex Global, which will continue operations as normal for its customers outside the U.S.” As noted in a… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the news that Coinbase would list EUROC, Circle’s euro-based stablecoin, Bittrex has announced that it will offer the digital asset on its platform, including a fee-free promotional period to boost utilization. Bittrex noted that it would include the no-fee promotion for customers transacting with… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, it was reported that Bittrex was the target of an enforcement action emanating from the US Department of Treasury. Two divisions at Treasury, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced enforcement actions. The crypto trading… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury has revealed two enforcement actions against the crypto exchange Bittrex. According to a statement issued by Treasury, Bittrex has settled for $24 million with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and for $29 million with Financial Crimes Enforcement Network… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex, a U.S.-headquartered virtual currency exchange, recently announced that it has added support for USD Coin (USDC) to its list of crypto trading pairs.” Traders will now have the ability “to trade against USDC along with other quote currencies currently available on the Bittrex exchange.”… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Paul Barroso, Co-founder & CEO of Atani and Haydeé Barroso, Co-founder & COO at Atani. Paul and Haydeé explained how their platform allows users to access many different crypto exchanges such as Binance, Huobi, Coinbase Pro, among many others. Atani… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Friday its integration with the DigitalBits blockchain mainnet, as well as its support for the DigitalBits ERC-20 token swap. The launch comes just after Bittrex recently listed both the Zytara dollar (ZUSD) and DigitalBits (XDB)… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 10:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Friday its CEL token is now on the Bittrex Global Exchange. According to Celsius, the CEL token was listed on its first crypto exchange in June 2018 and is currently also trading on several decentralized exchanges. Celsius customers… Read More

January 29, 2021 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, it was reported that Bittrex quickly listed tokenized securities representing GameStop and AMC Entertainment. Today, Bittrex is expanding this list taking advantage of trading demand for highly shorted shares that have been targeted by certain forums like Wallstreetbets on Reddit. Bittrex is out with… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

As was previously reported, Robinhood has restricted trading on Gamestop (NYSE:GME), AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), and other securities being targeted by Reddit traders. The move was designed to quell the excessive volatility and rapid price rise in shares that have been targeted by hedge funds with… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Bittrex Global is now offering trading in tokenized equities on its digital asset exchange in cooperation with DigitalAssets.AG. Account-holders may now trade a shortlist of popular stocks like Apple, Tesla, Google, etc. DigitalAssets.AG is based in Switzerland and facilitates the tokenization of traditional financial assets…. Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prime Trust, a blockchain-driven trust company, announced on Tuesday it has API integrated Bittrex, a blockchain tech and cryptocurrency exchange. The integration allows traders to move fiat on the exchange in real time and on a limitless basis. While sharing more details about the integration,… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Wednesday it received a full Class F Digital Assets Business Act license to operate its digital asset platform under the supervision of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA). Bittrex reported that the Bermuda-based entity will provide… Read More

August 22, 2020 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Blockchain Research Lab published a report on August 20, 2020, in which it noted that previous studies have alleged or found that cryptocurrency exchanges use wash trading to “falsely signal their liquidity.” The team at Blockchain Research Lab said they had monitored twelve digital… Read More

June 3, 2020 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Crypto Rating Council (CRC) has previously noted that Tron’s TRX, Nervos’ CKB token, and Polkadot’s DOT token might potentially be classified as financial securities, or at least there’s a fair chance they could. The CRC’s initial report on these digital assets was released in… Read More