Tag Archives: Exchange News

Coinbase – one of the world’s largest digital currency exchanges – has ended its staking program in four states. At press time, California, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and South Carolina will no longer be privy to the trading platform’s earn program. Coinbase Earn Program Ends in Various Regions The move is a response to the present lawsuit the company is facing from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As it stands, the SEC made the claim that Coinbase has...

Jesse Pollak – the protocols lead for popular digital currency exchange Coinbase – believes that everyone on Earth will be introduced to blockchain and crypto within the next seven years. Coinbase Rep Thinks Everyone Will Be On-Chain in Seven Years In an interview, Pollak recently stated: Our feeling is that there’s so much growth ahead of us. We have less than ten million people on-chain today. There’s going to be eight billion people on-chain over the next...

Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were a couple back in New York last year that tried to launder as much as $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen from a hack on the Bitfinex crypto exchange that occurred in the year 2016. They were arrested for their roles in the incident in 2022 and now appear all set to plead guilty in the case. Heather and Ilya Are not Going to Fight the Charges News of this first came to light when it was discovered that they were newly charged in...

INX, a regulated broker-dealer in the United States, is going to be working with blockchain firm Casper Labs to tokenize and list the latter’s equity for trading on the secondary market. Casper Labs Gains More Mainstream Appeal This will allow Casper Labs to be traded publicly amongst both retail and institutional investors. In addition, the company’s listings will be on regulated exchanges like ATS and INX.One, thus showing it’s open to present laws and whatever...

Eddy Alexandre has been sentenced to nine years in prison for allegedly running a near $250 million scheme to defraud crypto investors. Alexandre operated a crypto trading company called Emini FX and is accused of defrauding 25,000 individuals. Eddy Alexandre is Heading to Jail U.S. Attorney Damian Williams offered his thoughts on the case, stating: Eddy Alexandre defrauded tens of thousands of ordinary investors of almost a quarter-billion dollars in his...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is likely starting to sweat a little given that the Ripple case it worked so hard on hasn’t traveled in its favor. Ripple May Get the SEC to Back Off A few weeks back, a judge in New York of all places (New York is often considered a very unfriendly place when it comes to digital assets) ruled that Ripple wasn’t necessarily a security, and while not all the legal ramifications or doors have been closed yet, things are...

Alexander Mashinsky – the founder of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius – has been arrested and indicted on federal charges. Former Celsius Head Taken into Custody Celsius was founded in 2018. Things fell apart for the company last year during the height of the crypto winter. Users of the platform were shocked one day last summer to see that all withdrawals had been halted, and thus they couldn’t access their hard-earned money. Things, however, didn’t quite...

As we all know by now, BlackRock – which is trying to bring a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) to fruition – has partnered with Coinbase in its application as a means of creating a safe custody haven for users. However, some analysts believe this move is going to come back and bite the company in the rear. Should BlackRock Find a Replacement for Coinbase? Coinbase is currently being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the financial agency...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has arrested security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed for engaging in the $9 million theft of an unnamed decentralized crypto exchange (DEX). The DOJ Has a Suspect The DOJ alleges Shakeeb created fake pricing data to generate fees through the exchange, which later allowed him to make ongoing withdrawals. He was arrested in mid-July of this year – approximately 12 months after he took part in the attack – following several days of...

Former heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Timothy Massad and Jay Clayton feel the U.S. is seriously falling behind when it comes to crypto regulation, and they’re calling for legislators to step up and create valid rules once and for all. Timothy Massad on the Lack of Crypto Regulation Right now, the U.S. is arguably one of the worst places for crypto activity. This largely has to do with the...