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The proposal outlines a deal that encompasses roughly 9% of iFinex’s outstanding capital and assigns a value of $1.7 billion to the company. As per the latest report, the parent firm of the Bitfinex exchange – iFinex Inc – has started exploring a $150 million share buyback, as per the letter written to shareholders on September 22. The directors of iFinex have proposed an offer of $10 per share for 15 million shares. The document notes that a group of directors within iFinex and its...

The reason behind the decision to leave the Canadian market was not revealed by Bitstamp. Notably, the exchange follows Binance, OKX, and Bybit which announced their exit from Canada earlier. Luxembourg-based crypto exchange Bitstamp is planning to stop providing services in the Canadian market in January 2024. The deadline for withdrawing customers’ funds is January 8. Afterward, Bitstamp will deactivate Canadian users’ accounts. The announcement was shared by Bobby Zagotta, Bitstamp’s US...

In a bid to showcase how serious the Neutron project has become, more than 190 million ATOM tokens have been staked through the CosmWasm platform. Leading cryptocurrency exchange by Bitcoin balance and registered global users with KYC, Binance, has announced that Neutron (NTRN), a cross-chain smart-contracting platform, will be available for spot and margin trading with a seed tag. According to the announcement, the NTRN token spot trading will be available for select Binance users...

Subsquid’s integration with Flare paves the way for greater innovation and collaboration in the blockchain ecosystem. Flare Network, an EVM smart contract platform, has announced its collaboration with Subsquid,  a full-stack blockchain indexing solution to make historical data stored on the Flare blockchain readily available to developers utilizing the Subsquid network. Subsquid: A Game-Changer for Blockchain Data Access Subsquid is a full-stack blockchain indexing solution equipped with...

Beyond Binance’s own commitment, the IRI garnered an additional $100 million in contributions from 18 organizations by February 2023. A recent report from Bloomberg suggests that the $1 billion Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), launched by Binance has fallen short of expectations, with only 2.7% of the committed funds deployed. The Industry Recovery Initiative was first announced by Binance in November 2022 as a beacon of hope for the industry following the collapse of the defunct FTX...

The reason for the surprise was that the average sale price for CrypToadz is typically under $1,000, making the sudden hundredfold increase in value in a short period of time seem questionable to experts. On October 9th, an anonymous crypto user bought a CrypToadz NFT on the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea for a shocking price of 1,055 Wrapped Ethereum (wETH), equivalent to around $1.6 million. This expensive purchase of a single non-fungible token representing one of over 6,000...

Despite the selling pressure, Bitcoin has outperformed the broader crypto market with its market share crossing over 50%. Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market have come under selling pressure amid rising geopolitical uncertainties and a recent war eruption between Israel and Palestine. The developments led to more than $100 million in bull call liquidations in futures positions. Also, the broader cryptocurrency market slid by a staggering 2%. Interestingly, in comparison to...

For those looking to follow and replicate the trading portfolios and strategies of lead traders, Binance’s copy trading can prove to be a game-changer. In a groundbreaking move, Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is set to transform the crypto trading landscape with the introduction of copy trading for its highly liquid futures products in selected markets. As contained in a press release shared with Coinspeaker, this innovative feature will allow millions of users to...

The firm believes the approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States will trigger an influx of over $30 billion in subsequent months. The mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) by institutional investors has put the gold market on notice with a possible decoupling in the coming few years. According to a report by Matrixport, Bitcoin is about to challenge gold as a store of value due to the simple fact that the former has outperformed the latter in the past years. Additionally, the...

While early-stage crypto companies may still find willing investors, late-stage tech investors have largely exited the space. The crypto industry, which once thrived on investor exuberance and rapid growth, has recently hit a rough patch as venture funding for crypto startups in the third quarter of this year plunged to its lowest level since 2020. According to data from research firm PitchBook, Venture Capitalists (VCs) invested just $2 billion in crypto space during the quarter, marking...