Tagged: crypto trading

September 15, 2020 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, will be offering cryptocurrency futures contracts for Elrond (EGLD), the native token of a “highly” scalable, fast and secure blockchain platform for creating distributed apps; and Sola (SOL), the native digital currency of a “decentralized” social platform developed… Read More

September 13, 2020 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency spot volumes surged during August 2020, with the top tier exchanges dominating the volatile digital asset markets, according to a report from the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX). The leading digital currency derivatives trading platform noted that in August 2020, the trading volumes on top-tier… Read More

September 13, 2020 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, recently enabled isolated margin trading for DIA, RSR, and OCEAN. Margin trading involves using borrowed digital assets or other funds from a broker to trade financial assets. In other words, margin is like assets borrowed from a broker… Read More

September 11, 2020 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 14, 2020, Coinbase Pro users will have the option to transfer Loopring (LRC) tokens into their accounts ahead of trading. The exchange has confirmed that support for LRC tokens will be available in all of its supported jurisdictions, except New York State due… Read More

September 11, 2020 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is launching a $100 million seed fund in order to “empower” emerging initiatives in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. These DeFi projects will run on the Binance Smart Chain, a new blockchain network launched by the exchange to support… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IRISnet, which aims to serve as an interchain service hub for next-generation distributed applications, confirms that China’s public blockchain network BSN recently launched the new BSN Global Portal. IRISnet will be one of the partners that will contribute to the project. The IRISnet team is… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, will be offering four new altcoin/USDT underlying “quanto” futures contracts for EOS, Chainlink (LINK), Tezos (XTZ), and Cardano (ADA). These new contracts are being introduced in order to expand the exchange’s existing altcoin (or… Read More

September 6, 2020 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Changpeng Zhao or “CZ”, the CEO at Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, has admitted that the trading platform must list new coins, regardless of whether it’s completely sure of the legitimacy of their business model, in order to remain competitive. Zhao noted: “If… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Token Insight team notes that in the crypto-asset sector, it’s always challenging to accurately provide realistic valuations for digital assets. At present, there’s no consistent or uniform industry-standard or reliable valuation method that would allow us to discover the real value of cryptocurrencies, the… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange OKEx, which offers both cryptocurrency spot and derivatives trading, has listed 24 decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens in just the past month – which seriously calls into question the company’s business policies given the large number of scams in DeFi space. However, OKEx… Read More

September 4, 2020 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 4, 2020, Coinbase Pro users will be able to transfer UMA cryptocurrency tokens into their accounts ahead of scheduled trading. Support for the UMA digital currency will be available in all of the digital asset exchange’s supported jurisdictions, however, New York State residents… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It seems like business as usual at South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Bithumb, as it recently added trading support for Polkadot (DOT) tokens, which now have a market cap of more than $5.6 billion, making it one of the largest digital assets in terms of… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase is planning to add Celo (CELO), the native digital currency of an open-source platform that aims to make financial tools accessible to anyone with a smartphone or mobile device. Celo will only be offered on Coinbase Pro, which is the… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), the world’s largest cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform in terms of volume, has introduced support for mobile trading. The Seychelles-registered and Hong Kong operated exchange noted: “As part of our promise to our users to keep improving our offering, we’re delighted… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Five senior management professionals working at Binance-owned CoinMarketCap, the largest cryptocurrency market data site, have left the company. Carylyne Chan, who has been serving as interim CEO at CoinMarketCap, has also resigned. Binance’s management confirmed that they’ll be replacing the former staff members with their… Read More

August 28, 2020 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange in terms of trading volume, is questioning or wondering why we have many small-cap altcoins (alternative coins besides Bitcoin, the flagship digital currency) that are outperforming BTC and other major virtual assets. Binance confirms that Bitcoin surged past the… Read More

August 27, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Exchange, a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform that’s not regulated in any jurisdiction, revealed on August 27, 2020, that it will be offering calendar spread contracts on Bitcoin (BTC) futures. Calendar spread trading for Bitcoin or BTC futures is scheduled to begin on Delta Exchange… Read More

August 21, 2020 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain security firm Chainalysis reports that East Asia is home to the world’s largest cryptocurrency market. It reportedly accounted for more than 30% of all digital currency transactions during the past year. As mentioned in Chainalysis’ latest report: “East Asia-based addresses have received $107 billion… Read More

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 19, 2020 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bitFlyer USA, a digital currency exchange where people can purchase, sell, and trade Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptos for US dollars “safely,” with low fees and latency, revealed on August 19, 2020 that its digital asset trading platform will soon be accessible to customers based… Read More