Tag Archives: Exchange News

Two of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – Binance and Coinbase – appear to be duking it out over cryptocurrency. The Coinbase Premium Has Got Some People Worried Binance is based in Asia, while Coinbase is in North America. The two territories are arguably fighting over the status of bitcoin and where it goes in the future, and analysts are warning about which platform to work with depending on what the asset’s price will be. Industry heads are...

Institutional adoption of bitcoin is increasing tenfold, and exchanges are playing a crucial part in garnering these institutions the digital assets they’re so desperate for. Changpeng Zhao – the CEO of Binance, arguably the largest and most popular crypto trading platform in the world – has stated that he’s seeing huge bursts of institutional interest in his company, and that large buys are becoming much more common. Binance Is Seeing Its Clientele Grow Binance came...

A team of analysts with the firm D.A. Davidson suggests that the new Coinbase public listing is going to be an “Amazon” moment for the world of crypto. Coinbase Is Going to Set a “Crypto Precedent” For the most part, the Coinbase listing is a big deal for the digital asset space. The industry has longed for mainstream status and legitimacy for quite some time, but the fact remains that the space has been wrought with fraud and crime, and the volatility of most mainstream...

New York attorney general Letitia James has issued a statement to all residents of New York warning them that cryptocurrencies are risky, and that they should think twice before investing in them. Letitia James Warns Against Crypto Usage In the statement, she also takes aim at all cryptocurrency businesses, claiming that if they do not follow the rules set forth by New York and the rest of the country, they are likely to face serious monetary and legal consequences. This...

Bitcoin has taken a turn for the worse, but while the move may not look great on paper, it turns out things are going quite well for some of the institutional traders that have yet to step into the cryptocurrency arena. Many institutions are using the recent bitcoin price dip as an opportunity to buy at a lesser price and get their fingers on an asset that many companies have been going crazy over for the past six months. Bitcoin Has Taken an Ugly Stumble Things really...

Coinbase is known for storing cryptocurrency and allowing its many customers to trade digital assets. However, what we didn’t know was that the company also did its own investing in crypto as well. We’re Learning a Lot About Coinbase As it turns out, the company has become of the first major cryptocurrency exchanges to file for a public listing. In doing so, a lot of information has come out about the firm that many traders were unaware of prior, a big one being that...

Last December, Live Bitcoin News reported that Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States – had decided to go public. On Thursday, the documents tied to the filing were revealed and made available to interested readers. Coinbase Is Going Public, and Brian Armstrong Has a Lot to Say Among these documents was a heartfelt letter written and filed by the company’s CEO Brian Armstrong. In the letter, Armstrong describes the...

Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase – is saying that if Satoshi Nakamoto were to ever reveal his full identity, there would be serious repercussions for both bitcoin and its many investors. Satoshi Nakamoto Should Always Stay Hidden Not long ago, the company had decided that it was going to go public through a direct filing. In documents related to the filing, the digital exchange claims that Satoshi Nakamoto is a “risk factor,” and that the real identification of the...

One of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts in history occurred last year. It involved the digital exchange KuCoin, which ultimately lost more than $275 million in total assets. Now, a new report has emerged blaming Lazarus – a North Korea-based hacking group – for the attack.Lazarus Is Behind a Massive TheftLazarus has been active for several years. The organization is believed to be centered in North Korea. It is also alleged that the group has stolen more than $1.75 billion in total digital...

As those of us in the crypto space realize, the world of bitcoin and digital assets has a nasty habit of attracting bad actors and financial crime. The latest scheme involves messaging service Discord and ads promoting free cryptocurrency for users.Discord Users Need to Be On the LookoutAs the old saying goes, “Nothing in life is free,” and many Discord users are learning this lesson right about now. Researchers with Kaspersky Labs have issued a warning to customers of the messaging firm,...