Tag Archives: Exchange News

Following a lot of legal back-and-forth jabber, the Winklevoss Twins of the Gemini exchange in New York are moving forward with their lawsuit against Barry Silbert and his company Digital Currency Group. The Twins allege that the firm and its CEO Silbert engaged in massive fraud. The Winklevoss Twins Are Taking DCG to Court The problems stem from a program introduced by Gemini called Earn, which allowed users to loan their assets to Genesis, a division of the...

Crypto exchange Bitstamp has formed a new partnership with Qi Digital to ensure that all companies, banks, and payment providers that work with it can accept crypto as a method of payment. Bitstamp is Making It Easy to Pay with Crypto The move is pushing the goals of bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer to being achieved. What many people likely forget is that while bitcoin and many of its crypto cousins have taken on either speculative or even hedge-like...

Changpeng Zhao – the man behind Binance, the world’s largest and most popular digital currency exchange – has announced that he thinks 2025 will likely be the year in which bitcoin reaches a new high and goes through a bull run like nobody has ever seen. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on BTC’s Future This is very similar to an article that Live Bitcoin News recently published. In that article, it was suggested (as an opinion, of course) that 2024 would be the year in...

Leading fiat-to-crypto firm Ark Fi is introducing Ramp, a secondary platform that will allow customers to purchase digital assets with their credit cards. Ramp Will Make Crypto Buying Easy The whole idea of purchasing bitcoin and its altcoin cousins should be easy. One pulls out their credit card, enters the information, and done! The money should be transferred to their digital wallet for use and investment purposes. Unfortunately, there are some companies out...

Could the new BlackRock bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) application help pave the way for a Coinbase and SEC settlement or relationship? According to some analysts, the answer is “yes.” Coinbase Could Be Successful Coinbase was recently listed as a custody provider in the application submitted by BlackRock. This, according to several industry experts, is a huge vote of confidence for the firm given Coinbase is currently under the scrutiny of the SEC,...

Germany has told leading digital currency exchange Binance that its regulators will not issue a crypto custody license to the firm’s executives. Germany Denies Binance Proper Licensure The country is not pleased, allegedly, with the way Binance is handling itself. The company has been on the brink of making every financial agency angry and it has already aroused the wrath of institutions such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities...

Uniswap is a crypto firm that started about five years ago. The company introduced the world to the automated market maker (AMM). The tool works to let people swap currencies on various exchanges and networks without the aid of middlemen. Uniswap Has Come a Long Way The company has grown into something nobody was expecting. Uniswap now processes about $1 trillion in blockchain transactions on various networks. In a recent interview, the company’s CEO Hayden Adams...

Could a crypto world exist without Binance? Many analysts and traders are weighing in on this subject given the world’s largest digital currency exchange is facing a huge lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Could Binance Come to an End? Not long ago, the SEC filed charges against Binance and claimed the company had broken securities laws for many years. It also said Binance had commingled company funds with those of customers. The exchange...

Japan just established a whole new level of clarity to its crypto tax agenda. Up to this point, all unrealized gains from crypto assets were subjected to the country’s present 30 percent corporate tax rate, though now, it appears this is coming to an end. Japan is Putting an End to Some Crypto Taxation The news came from Japan’s National Tax Agency (NTA). The agency explained in a statement that crypto assets will be excluded from any company’s asset valuation...

Coin Ex is a digital currency exchange based in Hong Kong. Not long ago, the company was faced with a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Leticia James, who said the firm had violated various financial laws and put traders and investors in danger. Coin Ex Settles, Set to Exit America Now, it looks like Coin Ex has agreed to settle with James for nearly $2 million to get the suit off its back. In addition, the company is also ceasing all its U.S. operations, and...