Tag Archives: Exchange News

During a time when many crypto companies and lending firms appear to be on their last legs, during a time when many digital asset enterprises are making their way out the door or cutting back on expenses and operations, others are flourishing, one of which is the new exchange Bit Castle based in the island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (in the Caribbean). Bit Castle Is Now Operational The crypto space has not been doing well these past few months. Several...

Crypto lending platform Celsius Network has received permission from the judge overseeing its bankruptcy case to sell all the bitcoin it holds. The company has overcome opposition from unsecured creditors, which helped the court to rule in the company’s favor regarding its crypto assets, though the firm is not allowed to sell any of its stock shares or other assets. Celsius Will Part with All Its Bitcoin Celsius has been feeling the heat as of late. Things started off...

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has put out a recent report claiming that from the beginning of the year up through July, just under $2 billion in crypto funds have been stolen by hackers and cyberthieves around the world. Chainalysis Discusses Ongoing Crypto Theft Losses from crypto hacks surged by more than 60 percent in just the first seven months of 2022 alone. Many of these funds were stolen from decentralized exchanges given that they are far less regulated...

League One Barnsley – a professional football club based in South Yorkshire, England – is looking to end a deal with a cryptocurrency company that featured the firm’s name on the players’ shirts. The company – known as Hex.com – is being accused of posting discriminatory and abusive social media posts. Barnsley Will Say Goodbye to Hex.com Barnsley has only been a partner of Hex.com for a few short weeks, and yet already the club is looking to step away from the company...

Reddit – one of the most popular social media platforms around – has partnered with leading digital currency trading platform FTX to introduce a campaign known as Community Points. The campaign is presenting users with new ways to accept crypto payments. Reddit and FTX Join Hands Digital currencies have made their way into “speculative” and even “hedge fund” territories. Many have thought of bitcoin, for example, as a means of beating inflation and preventing one’s...

Wazir X – a large and popular digital currency exchange stationed in India – is currently the subject of a financial probe that executives say they’re cooperating with. At the time of writing, the company’s bank balances have been frozen by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Wazir X Is Being Questioned A spokesperson for the exchange recently stated in an interview: We have been fully cooperating with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for several days and have responded to...

Zip Mex – a cryptocurrency exchange that operates in both Thailand, Australia, and Singapore – has announced that customers can once again access and withdraw their bitcoin and Ethereum holdings. This means approximately 60 percent of the company’s clients can once again enter their crypto accounts and extract their money. Zip Mex Says Customers Can Withdraw BTC, ETH The announcement follows news of ongoing withdrawal halts initiated by executives as they deal with...

Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular digital currency exchanges in the world – is teaming up with investing giant BlackRock to give its customers the opportunity to trade digital assets. Coinbase and BlackRock Join Hands Joseph Chalom – global head of strategic ecosystem partnerships at BlackRock – explained in a recent interview: Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital asset markets and are focused on how to...

Alexander Vinnik – a Russian national that a few years back, was sentenced to spending five years in a Paris prison for crypto crimes – is being sent from Greece to the United States where he will face trial and possible sentencing for his role in a crypto scam that may have cost investors millions of dollars. Vinnik Is Coming to America Vinnik has been accused of various hacking and extortion schemes. He has also been accused of running a multibillion-dollar crypto...

Binance.US – the American division of Binance, arguably the largest and most popular digital currency exchange in the world – has removed the Amp token given that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) views the asset as a potential security. Binance does not want to get in the middle of what could be a huge legal fight and is apparently removing the token from its listings altogether. Binance Says “No” To Amp Listing There is growing concern as of late about the...