Tag Archives: Exchange News

It sounds like everyone is learning from Coinbase. The popular cryptocurrency exchange in San Francisco, California, announced last year that it was getting ready to go public. The trading platform will begin trading on the Nasdaq next week on April 14, and now it looks like Kraken is going to follow suit. Kraken Is Heading Down the Coinbase Road Kraken is another large cryptocurrency exchange. Also stationed in northern California, it is a direct competitor to Coinbase, though it claims it...

Coinbase is all set to be traded on the Nasdaq beginning on April 14, and while the time for average Joes and Janes to invest in one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has finally come, it appears many high-ranking financial players had an opportunity to invest in the digital platform during its early days. Sadly, some – such as Chamath Palihapitiya – did not take advantage of the circumstances when they were available. Coinbase Is the Envy of the Crypto...

Leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is all set to go public on April 14. Traders and investors will be permitted to start purchasing stock in the trading platform beginning then. Coinbase Will Go Public in Less Than Two Weeks It is a big deal that Coinbase has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the sense that no company in Coinbase’s shoes has ever been in this position. As the first crypto platform of its kind to ever go public, many analysts...

Popular leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is getting some guff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the form of a $6.5 million penalty. Coinbase Is Forced to Pay a Fine The trading platform is being accused of providing misleading accounting information to the organization and for inflating trading figures. In addition, a former employee that no longer works with Coinbase is being accused of a tactic called wash trading, so what does all this...

Fire Blocks – a crypto custodial service based in New York City – has garnered roughly $133 million in funding from the likes of both Silicon Valley Bank and BNY Mellon. Fire Blocks Gets $133 Million from BNY Mellon The funds came by way of a Series C venture capital funding round led by Coatue, Ribbit and Stripes. Overall, the company has gotten its fingers on approximately $179 million in new funds over the past several months. Firms to have previously invested in Fire...

CEX.IO – a cryptocurrency exchange based in the United Kingdom – was recently voted the third safest and most secure crypto trading platform on the planet. CEX.IO Is a Leading Crypto Exchange in Terms of Safety The ranking comes by way of the Crypto Compare Exchange Benchmark. The enterprise monitored more than 160 separate crypto exchanges around the world to see which ones boasted the strongest security measures available today, and CEX.IO has made the top ten, thereby...

Grayscale – provider of one of the world’s largest bitcoin funds – has announced that it is unveiling five new trusts based on assorted altcoins. Grayscale Is Giving Us More Digital Currency Trading Options Among the currencies these trusts will allow customers to invest in are Chainlink, Filecoin and Livepeer. Another trust will hold Basic Attention tokens, while a fifth will give customers a chance to invest in an asset associated with the virtual reality world...

Coin Floor – a cryptocurrency exchange in the United Kingdom – is taking some flack over a recent ad that allegedly took aim at pensioners. The ad talked about the benefits of crypto investing, though it has since been banned by national regulators. Coin Floor Sees Its Ad Get Knocked Down The ad has been deemed “socially irresponsible” and “misleading,” as according to official complaints, it did not address the many risks associated with cryptocurrency investing. In a...

Crypto broker e-Toro is planning to go public, clearly showing that popular digital exchange Coinbase is setting up a massive trend that others are potentially following. e-Toro Is Following in Coinbase’s Footsteps It was announced late last year that digital currency exchange Coinbase – stationed in San Francisco, CA – was planning to go public. As one of the largest and most popular crypto trading platforms in the world, Coinbase is valued at roughly $100 billion, and...

One of the big stories in the crypto industry as of late is that Coinbase, one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, is going public. The trading platform confirmed its decision to file for a public offering late last year, and that offering could come to fruition as early as within the next few weeks. The Coinbase Filing Is Set to Occur Soon Everyone appears to be happy. Everyone seems to think that the move is going to place...