The Block reported that Binance’s Shanghai office was raided by the police. Changpeng Zhao (CZ) quickly responded and went into the offensive to refute The Block’s claims. CZ knows that he can file a lawsuit against the crypto news site but says that that’s “too much trouble for now.” On Thursday, The Block published an article that rocked Crypto Twitter (CT). The New York-based crypto media outlet reported that Binance’s Shanghai office was raided and shut down by the police. The article...
Read More »China Vows ‘Immediate Disposal’ of Crypto Exchanges As Bitcoin Plummets
China continues its crackdown on crypto exchanges. Binance and Bithumb raid rumors cause widespread FUD. Will China’s U-turn on crypto impact the market? The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) has reiterated its position on crypto trading, vowing the immediate disposal of cryptocurrency exchanges. For weeks China’s strict attitude towards cryptocurrencies has seemingly morphed into something less stringent. Blockchain technology has been championed within the country, and a lighter touch was...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Drops to $7,500 and $180M Worth of BTC Longs Liquidated on BitMEX
Bitcoin price is still falling which causes a lot of worries among the traders. As on BitMEX and Bitstamp, it fell below $7,400, it has now seen its lowest points in the last four weeks and has crashed 50 percent since it’s year-long high in June.The crypto market, like any other financial market, is subject to price changes and swings at certain times but it has become rather interesting to watch over the years. In its initial stages, it was predicted that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
Read More »Binance Refutes any Rumors of Police Raid on Its Shanghai Office
The rumor in the air has been that Binance has shutdown its Shanghai following a police raid. On Thursday, November 23, several online publications including CoinSpeaker reported that Binance has relocated its 100-member Shanghai team to other offices in Singapore.The report also states that Binance has planned to shut down its Shanghai office completely. Furthermore, it added that Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao and the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Yi He, have already moved...
Read More »Binance Shanghai Office Reportedly Shut Down after Local Police Raid
Recent reports currently suggest that one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, has had its Shanghai office shutdown causing its many staff members to either work remotely or even completely abandon China and move to Singapore. According to sources familiar with the matter as cited by The Block, there is currently no fully functioning Binance Shanghai anymore.The cited sources have also added that the office was recently raided by police in the area, for unknown reasons....
Read More »2 Years Since the Bitcoin Bubble: How Easy is it to Buy Cryptocurrencies Compared to 2017?
2017 will go down in history as probably the most pivotal year in the chronicles of cryptocurrencies. It was the year that they transitioned from being an obsession of “geeks” into something that captured the interest of governments, Wall Street analysts, media, financial institutions, and the average joe on the street.Exactly two years since the so-called “crypto bubble,” this piece tracks the evolution of the crypto market from 2017 at the price peak, until today, with a focus on new...
Read More »CryptoCompare Releases New Exchange Benchmark Report With Quite a Few Surprises
In what seems to be a weird turn of events, top cryptocurrency data and assessment firm CryptoCompare has released its data for cryptocurrency exchange rankings and there are a few surprises in its benchmark report. Firstly, Binance has been dropped from its top ten rankings which comes as a shock as it is currently in the top three cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of the trading volume. Secondly, most of the popular cryptocurrency exchanges didn’t receive the expected rankings as only...
Read More »Universal Protocol Alliance and Bitcoin.com Exchange Prepare to Launch ‘Mega-Utility’ Token
Universal Protocol Alliance, a blockchain collective including Cred, Bittrex Global, Uphold, Blockchain at Berkeley, CertiK and OmiseGO, has announced the launch of the industry’s first “mega-utility” token, a digital asset that can be used throughout the cryptosphere.The token will launch on Bitcoin.com Exchange before being deployed by stakeholders across multiple verticals, from trading to lending. The news has been hailed as evidence of a concerted effort to unseat the crypto monopolies...
Read More »Paxos Launches Fiat Gateway with Binance as the First Client
Photo: ShutterstockOn November 12, 2019, Paxos debuted its Fiat Gateway and have announced that Binance will be its first client in this regard. Its Fiat Gateway means that customers can swap out U.S. dollars for stablecoins on a one-to-one basis and this is one of the first of its kind within the cryptocurrency industry.While this unique service is seeing more widespread attention since its association with Binance, it has actually been available to Paxos users since May 2019 and according...
Read More »CoinMarketCap Liquidity Trackers Evolve: a New Main Standard?
CoinMarketCap was established back in 2013, and it has seen a wild history full of glory and shame. We won’t be coming back to all the episodes of CMC rising. Let’s say it is exciting. Within this piece, let’s talk a bit about their recent improvement. Coinspeaker loves improvements, and here’s the one you should at least know about.CoinMarketCap Liquidity Matter More Than Fake VolumesCMC introduced its new service for measuring exchanges liquidity, which is a new primary metric that they are...
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