Tagged: exchange

September 22, 2021 @ 11:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equiduct, a retail securities exchange, is now offering Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) trading on Apex – Equiduct’s on-exchange Best Execution service with zero trading fees for retail brokers. Equiduct is a market segment of Börse Berlin. Equiduct states that ETFs… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Wednesday its Exchange Lending users may now secure a BTC loan by borrowing against their crypto and access a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of up to 50%. According to Crypto.com, Lending allows users to monetize their cryptocurrency assets without any need of… Read More

August 16, 2020 @ 10:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com recently announced its Exchange will exit public beta on September 8th. According to Crypto.com, Exchange was launched last November in private beta and opened to the public a month after.   “Users are able to trade digital assets on one… Read More

June 9, 2020 @ 3:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Matrix Exchange Ltd., based in Abu Dhabi, has received a license to operate a “global virtual asset MTF and custody service.” The license is known as a “Financial Services Permission” (FSP), that allows holders to operate a regulated virtual asset Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

“The route to hell is paved with goodwill” starts the missive posted by FCoin (a crypto exchange) creator Zhang Jian who then goes on to reveal that “internal problems and technical difficulties” may mean a loss of between 7000 and 13,000 Bitcoin – or up… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 7:48 am By Cali Haan  |  

Deribit, a cryptocurrency options exchange that does not currently require customers to identify themselves, will relocate to Panama from the Netherlands, the exchange says in a letter to customers obtained by Bloomberg. According to the outlet, the Deribit communiqué says that new EU rules likely… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 11:44 am By Cali Haan  |  

American cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken says the global law enforcement requests for information went up 49% in 2019, with associated costs, “increasing, even in a relatively flat market.” The company tweeted an infographic of showing total requests in 2019, countries of requesting agencies, countries of… Read More

December 13, 2019 @ 3:29 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Lawyers appointed to represent users harmed by the failure of the cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX have asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to exhume the body of the exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten. The letter from the Miller Thompson law firm in Toronto states: “The purpose… Read More

November 11, 2019 @ 11:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Seattle, has sent a letter to customers who had funds frozen in 2017 because they were trading from sanctioned regions stating that affected parties may now withdraw their funds to another exchange. “It’s been a few years that @BittrexExchange disabled… Read More

November 7, 2019 @ 12:16 am By Cali Haan  |  

Another Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange, ezBTC, is being investigated by the BC Securities Commission (BCSC) after the regulator received complaints from customers claiming they cannot access funds stored on the platform, The Tyee reports. The investigation was confirmed in an exclusive statement from the BCSC to… Read More

November 5, 2019 @ 9:28 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Another Canadian cryptocurrency exchange has folded with customer money outstanding. According to an affidavit filed at the BC Supreme Court by Sammy Wu, Lead Investigator (Enforcement) at the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), the Einstein Exchange in Vancouver has gone offline, its offices are locked and its… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brave New Coin (BNC), a provider of cryptocurrency market data, announced on October 22 that digital asset trading platform INX, will utilize BNC’s crypto indices during the first security token sale registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  BNC’s  Bitcoin Liquid Index (BLX)… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mine Digital, a digital asset exchange, has launched in Australia. According to the company, the exchange is the first to launch with an Australian Financial Services License. The license allows Mine Digital to create markets in derivatives products including options and more. Mine Digital will… Read More

October 8, 2019 @ 8:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Jennifer Robertson, widow of deceased QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten, has disclosed that she will be turning over the “vast majority” of her assets to the Quadriga estate so they may be used to partially compensate users who lost funds when Quadriga collapsed. In a letter… Read More

October 7, 2019 @ 6:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s regulators have consistently preferred supporting blockchain-related initiatives over decentralized crypto tokens. Recent events confirm that the nation’s authorities are more inclined to support blockchain technology itself rather than investments in speculative cryptocurrencies.  According to local reports, approximately 97% of local crypto-asset exchanges might… Read More

October 2, 2019 @ 1:50 am By Cali Haan  |  

Coinone, a popular cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, has been ordered by a judge in Seoul to pay 25 million won (~$20 780 USD) to a customer who had his exchange accounts drained in a hack. According to Chosun IT, this is Korea’s first case of a… Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 1:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, reportedly the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted trading volume, revealed that it has been granted an information security accreditation after adhering to standards outlined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In order to satisfy the internationally recognized ISO/IEC 27001 standard, Binance’s management… Read More

September 12, 2019 @ 10:54 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Binance, believed to be one of the world’s largest crypto trading platforms, will begin registering users wanting to trade select “crypto assets” on the company’s “Binance.US” platform next Wednesday. “Binance.US will open account registration and begin accepting deposits of BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, and USDT… Read More

September 10, 2019 @ 1:04 am By JD Alois  |  

HDR Global Trading Limited (dba BitMEX) has appointed Derek Gobel as the group’s General Counsel, according to a release. BitMEX is a large crypto derivatives trading platform that is licensed in the Seychelles. Arthur Hayes, BitMEX co-founder and CEO issued the following statement: “Derek brings… Read More

September 7, 2019 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset exchange and ecosystem Bakkt is nearing complete launch. Bakkt, part of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – a group that also owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), received the necessary regulatory approvals earlier this year. Bakkt proves a compliant platform that expects to… Read More