Tag Archives: Exchange

The crypto analytics platform – Santiment – indicated that the amount of bitcoin held on digital asset exchanges has recently plummeted below 6%. The last time the figures were that low was in December 2017. The decreased trust in centralized platforms intensified shortly after the fallout of FTX (one of the leaders in its field prior to its bankruptcy). Binance has also seen a rise in bitcoin outflows during the past several months, signaling that many users prefer to rely...

Binance CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is rich; well, mega-rich. But he’s just not as rich as Bloomberg thinks, at least, he said so. But even though he is one of the richest men in the world, he is far from reaching the wealth of other tech industry billionaires, contrary to Bloomberg’s inaccurate assertions. On April 27, the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, stated that his fortune is nowhere near the $28.2 billion claimed by Bloomberg in its report on...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman – Gary Gensler – affirmed during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee that the agency will keep insisting that local crypto platforms abide by strict laws. Committee Chairman Rep. Patrick McHenry argued that the regulator’s aggressive approach could drive such firms away from the USA and hamper innovation.  Gensler also said he has never owned any digital assets, classifying them as “highly...

If you have been in the crypto sphere for some time, there are two things you should already know: you should never want to invest more money than you can afford to lose, and you will never want to read the words “Please bear with me; I don’t wanna go to jail,” from the CEO of a major exchange – for example, Paxful. On April 6, Ray Youssef, CEO and co-founder of Paxful, a US-based P2P Bitcoin exchange, announced that he is working on a plan to reimburse users’ funds using his...

On March 31, Bittrex, one of the largest and oldest US exchanges, announced the closure of its operations due to the country’s current “regulatory and economic environment.” According to the official statement, users’ funds will remain secure and available for withdrawal at any time during the wind-down of US operations. This announcement will not affect customers outside the country using Bittrex Global. US Regulations Created An Uneven Competitive Landscape Bittrex...

Starting this weekend, the Kraken logo will be exposed to millions of users thanks to the exchange’s partnership with the famous Formula 1 racing team, Williams Racing. On March 28th, Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide, announced the signing of a sponsorship agreement with Williams Racing, considered one of the four top Formula 1 teams, alongside Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes. According to Kraken’s statement, this is the exchange’s first...

The Brazilian market welcomes Coinbase, the latest global crypto exchange to enter the country, willing to compete with other established giants, such as Binance, Mercado Pago, and Nubank, which have been operating in Brazil for years and have a massive number of users.  On March 21, Coinbase, the US-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced its expansion into Brazil through a series of updates that will streamline user transactions.  According to the announcement, the...

On January 9, reports circulated that the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Korea announced plans to sever its relationship with its parent company Huobi Global. According to the statement shared by News1, Huobi Korea will change its name to divorce itself from Huobi Global, as they have been facing a lot of problems due to domestic regulations. Huobi Global is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 by Du Jun and Leon Li, the company’s current CEO. At the time, Huobi was one...

The cryptocurrency exchange FTX has seemingly come and gone. The fall of the exchange will likely go down as one of the biggest embarrassments of the digital currency space, and as a result, many players within the industry are calling for exchanges to become less centralized. They are certain that decentralized finance (or defi as it’s called for short) is the answer to many of crypto’s problems. Every Exchange Is Being Told What to Do There is a big idea flowing...

The crypto winter is proving to be unbearable for some, but other businesses enjoy the cold weather. Binance is taking advantage of the current market conditions to expand into the Asian market by acquiring its third licensed crypto exchange. This Dec. 19, Binance confirmed that it became the majority shareholder of Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange Tokocrypto, appointing a new CEO following the resignation of Pang Xue Kai, its founder and now former CEO. As reported by CNBC...