Tagged: crypto exchange

August 17, 2020 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinDCX, a crypto exchange that claims to be the largest in India, says its fiat to crypto product Insta has experienced 38% month over month growth in volume, according to a statement by the firm. The company claims that Insta has become India’s most trusted… Read More

July 30, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  CoinList, a top primary digital asset issuance platform, has announced the launch of CoinList Pro – a full-stack crypto exchange designed to challenge established incumbents. While CoinList commenced basic digital asset trading earlier this year, CoinList Pro is described as a fully-featured crypto spot… Read More

July 22, 2020 @ 4:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has approved a settlement agreement with Coinsquare Ltd., a top crypto exchange based in Canada. According to the OSC, Coinsquare executives  Cole Diamond, Virgile Rostand and Felix Mazer have settled allegations of market manipulation on the Coinsquare platform that mislead… Read More

July 19, 2020 @ 10:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Friday it has rolled out its new anti-phishing email feature to help protect exchange users against phishing attempts. According to Crypto.com, the anti-phishing email feature helps reinforce the platform’s  Defense in Depth approach. “With this new feature, we… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokyo-based digital currency exchange bitFlyer has teamed up with Brave International SEZC, a subsidiary of Brave Software, Inc., the developer of the Internet browser – which monetizes web browsing by using the Basic Attention Token (BAT). As mentioned in a release shared with CI, bitFlyer… 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 18, 2020 @ 6:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Big Crypto Ponzi Scheme Last week the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a report documenting the collapse of QuadrigaCX, a crypto-exchange operated Gerald Cotten who reportedly died taking the crypto exchange to the grave. The review by the OSC staff disclosed that the failure… Read More

June 11, 2020 @ 6:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase says it will continue to explore and consider adding support for new digital assets. The exchange says it aims to offer support for all crypto-assets that meet its technical requirements and standards and which also adhere to applicable laws. The… Read More

June 6, 2020 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nischal Shetty, founder and CEO at WazirX, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange acquired by Binance, claims that government agencies in the country have begun to take more interest in understanding and even helping to grow the nation’s nascent digital asset and blockchain ecosystem. Shetty noted via… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital asset and blockchain space is still in its infancy or early stages of development. There are many companies working on developing key infrastructure needed to support emerging cryptocurrency businesses. Cybersecurity, ID verification, AML/KYC processes, and even cryptocurrency-related insurance services are already being developed… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TomoChain, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, is reportedly set to launch a new peer-to-peer lending feature this weekend through its newly launched TomoDEX platform. Founded in 2017, TomoChain claims to be the “most effective” platform for the token economy. The platform reported that its mission… Read More

June 3, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinSwitch.co, an established aggregator of digital asset exchanges in India, recently introduced CoinSwitch Kuber, which is the Indian Rupee (INR) cryptocurrency exchange mobile app designed specifically and “exclusively” for the Indian market. This launch has come during very challenging times as the world tries to… Read More

June 1, 2020 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will reportedly launch its stablecoin, Binance USD (BUSD) on Harmony protocol’s blockchain network. Stephen Tse, founder at Harmony, noted via Twitter that the launch is “just in time for Harmony’s Binance Launchpad anniversary.”   BREAKING: @binance USD (BUSD) will… Read More

May 31, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase has confirmed that on June 8, 2020, it will begin taking inbound transfers of Maker (MKR) to Coinbase Pro, the platform for professional digital asset traders. The exchange operator said that users may start trading MKR via Coinbase “on or… Read More

May 29, 2020 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is focused on providing more ways for users to earn financial rewards by simply holding digital assets. Coinbase recently introduced Tezos (XTZ) staking rewards for its US-based customers. The exchange will now be offering this option to its UK clients… Read More

May 27, 2020 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Exchange, an established cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that maintains offices in Singapore, has received funding from New York-headquartered blockchain investment firm, CoinFund. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the new investment will provide Delta Exchange with the resources needed to scale its operations… Read More

May 26, 2020 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  CoinDCX, one of India’s largest digital asset exchanges, has secured an additional $2.5 million in funding from several major blockchain investors, including Coinbase Ventures (the investment division of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase) and Polychain Capital. The latest investment acquired by CoinDCX has come around two… Read More

May 24, 2020 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase began supporting trading with OmiseGo (OMG) on May 21, 2020. The OMG token price surged 200% in only 15 minutes after the listing, however, it then crashed immediately. OMG is trading at $1.88 at the time of writing, down 5.44%… Read More

May 22, 2020 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Young, an Italian crypto-exchange startup that raised seed funding on Seedrs last fall, has raised additional capital at a valuation of €10 million. When Young raised funding on Seedrs the pre-money valuation was pegged at €8.5 million. The company ended up raising €787,480. Details on… Read More

May 21, 2020 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Armstrong, CEO at San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase, noted on May 20, 2020 that the firm would be moving to a remote-first policy, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This means that most Coinbase employees will be able to work remotely from home. Armstrong confirmed… Read More