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Canada: BIGG Digital Assets Onboards Publicly Traded Bitcoin Mining Firm as OTC Trading Client

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to announce that it has on-boarded one of “the largest publicly traded Bitcoin Mining companies as an OTC Trading Client –… Read More

Latin America: Transfero to Use Finery Markets Crypto ECN Solution to Enhance OTC Digital Currency Liquidity

Transfero, an international financial solutions company and the owner of Brazilian and Argentinian Digital Tokens (BRZ and ARZ), stablecoins pegged to Brazilian Real and Argentinian Peso, deploys Finery Markets’ FM Liquidity Match in order “to offer institutional customers a seamless and robust over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency… Read More

Bequant, Finery Markets to Offer Crypto OTC Prime Brokerage via FM Liquidity Match

Finery Markets has announced the digital assets prime broker and exchange, Bequant, as its latest partner, with the company using its new FM Liquidity Match service. FM Liquidity Match, introduced in April 2023, is “a service that gives institutional market players and crypto businesses access… Read More

Digital Asset Firm Gate.io Group Is Offering OTC Block Trading Service in Dubai

Gate.io Group has announced the launch of its over-the-counter trading platform Gate OTC, which will “provide fully-licensed OTC crypto trading services catered to institutions and high-net-worth individuals.” Services are “offered in various countries around the world, supporting several mainstream cryptocurrencies.” The launch of Gate OTC… Read More

Berlin’s Swarm Markets to Offer Decentralized OTC Trading for Institutional Clients

Berlin-headquartered Swarm Markets GmbH, which claims to be the first regulated “decentralized” financial infrastructure provider, announced that it will launch a peer-to-peer contract for “high value transactions in Q1 2022.” The so-called dOTC service “empowers institutions and professional investors to use the first regulated crypto… Read More

OSTTRA’s TriOptima Announces triBalance Credit Optimization Rebalancing Initiative to Lower Risk in Central Counterparties

OSTTRA’s TriOptima, an infrastructure service that aims to reduce costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, has announced a triBalance credit optimization rebalancing initiative that “reduces risk in multiple central counterparties (CCPs), including LCH CDSClear and ICE Clear concurrently.” As mentioned in the announcement,… Read More

Crypto Exchange Independent Reserve Acquires In Principle Approval to Offer Digital Payment Token Services in Singapore

Digital currency exchange Independent Reserve revealed on Monday (August 2, 2021) that it had acquired an “in-principle approval” letter for a Major Payment Institution License in Singapore from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Payment Services Act (PSA) “to operate as a regulated… Read More

Crypto OTC Markets See Up to 3x as Much Volume as Regular Exchanges, “Anecdotal Evidence” Suggests, Fintech Circle Claims

Global Fintech firm Circle notes that in the cryptocurrency over-the-counter (OTC) market, professional market participants are able to carry out large trades in a private manner and with “minimal price slippage,” which is why institutional clients are now “flocking” towards crypto OTC trading desks. Although… Read More

Singapore based Digital Asset Firm Matrixport to Launch Bit.com, a Crypto Derivatives Exchange

Singapore-based Matrixport, a company that aims to serve as a gateway to the digital economy where users can trade, custody, invest, and borrow digital assets through a single, unified platform, has launched Bit.com, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange. Founded in February 2019, Matrixport describes itself as… Read More

Chinese Authorities in Guangdong Province Freeze 4,000 Banks Allegedly Linked to OTC Cryptocurrency Desks Engaging in Money Laundering

Authorities in China’s Guangdong province have reportedly frozen around 4,000 bank accounts which might be linked to money laundering operations through Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. Local sources said that Guangdong police officials have identified bank accounts that allegedly belong to virtual currency over-the-counter (OTC)… Read More

Binance.US, the Exchange’s US Division, Launches OTC Trading Desk for 12 Major Cryptocurrencies

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Binance.US, the leading cryptocurrency exchange company’s US-based division, has introduced an over-the-counter (OTC) digital asset trading desk. The new OTC option is only available for trades valued at $10,000 or more. OTC crypto trades are negotiated directly between the buyer and the seller. They don’t… Read More

Atomic Asset Exchange, a New Crypto Trading Platform, Is Launching its Native Token, AAB

The Atomic Asset Exchange (AAX), a newly developed digital currency exchange that offers over-the-counter, spot, and futures trading, confirmed on March 31, 2020, that it will be introducing its native exchange token, called AAB. AAX aims to connect crypto to the larger, traditional financial system…. Read More

Report: Circle Internet Financial May Sell SeedInvest, its Crowdfunding Division

Circle Internet Financial is reportedly looking for a buyer for SeedInvest, its crowdfunding division, as the Boston-headquartered crypto firm aims to focus more on its stablecoin business, according to the Block. This is notably Circle’s latest downsizing move, which began in 2019 when the firm… Read More

Institutional Digital Asset Firm Liquidty Offset Network Introduces Central Counterparty Service for OTC Traders

Institutional digital asset company Liquidity Offset Network (lon.exchange) has introduced a central counterparty service for over-the-counter (OTC) traders. The new service, called “OTSafe,” assists OTC traders in reducing credit risk and better managing different collateral requirements. Trading firms QCP Capital and LedgerPrime have reportedly started… Read More

Chainalysis: Binance, Huobi, other Major Exchanges Used to Transfer $2.8 Billion in Bitcoin to Criminals in 2019

Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analytics and cybersecurity firm, revealed on January 15, 2020 that it had managed to trace $2.8 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) being transferred to criminals via cryptocurrency exchanges in 2019, with the vast majority of these transactions going through Binance and Huobi,… Read More

Galaxy Digital, a Full-Service Crypto Merchant Bank, Records a Net Loss of $68.2 million during Q3

Galaxy Digital (TSXV: GLXY), a full-service cryptocurrency merchant bank launched by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz, has generated $58.4 million in net income during the first three quarters of this year, which represents a 133% increase from the same financial period in 2018. In… Read More

Japanese Cryptocurrency Platform Coincheck Launches OTC Trading Service

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced on Monday the launch of its new OTC trading service. According to Coindesk, the new service will be for large-scale customers and is a service that allows users to buy and sell virtual currencies at an “attractive” price. It also allows… Read More

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