Tag Archives: Exchange

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...

A significant outflow of funds belonging to Binance set off alarms in the cryptocurrency community today. According to a Tweet from Whale Alerts, the exchange pulled out more than 127,000 BTC in a single transaction, depositing the coins in an anonymous wallet address. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 127,351 #BTC (2,062,504,721 USD) transferred from #Binance to unknown wallethttps://t.co/zNYPuJuoRe — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) November 28, 2022 Of course, it was to be expected that,...

The cryptocurrency winter has been colder for some than others. While some cryptocurrency exchanges are forced to conduct massive employee layoffs to weather the bear market, others like Bitget continue to make massive hires to improve their services. On November 25, the cryptocurrency and crypto derivatives exchange Bitget announced its registration in the Seychelles, Africa, as a means to facilitate its global expansion. As reported by The Cryptonomist, Bitget plans to...

The freezing crypto winter and the fall of the FTX empire have hit the entire industry. As confidence in CEXs dwindles, the CEOs of the various platforms have been quick to try and calm their customers’ fears. Crypto.com has been in the social media spotlight because of this exact reason. Following an AMA from its CEO, the exchange sent an email to its clients assuring everyone that their funds are safe and available for withdrawal or trading on a 24/7 basis. Funds Are Safe...

Net exchange outflows have soared in the wake of FTX’s bankruptcy, inciting crypto holders everywhere to look after their own digital assets.  Data from on-chain analysis firm CryptoQuant shows that over $8 billion in crypto has flowed off of centralized exchanges since November 6th – when worries about FTX’s solvency began to propagate. Since Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao’s worrying statements about FTX last week, $3.7 billion worth of Bitcoin has been withdrawn from...

Cryptocurrencies are supposed to be censorship resistant… Cryptocurrency exchanges, not so much. Bittrex found this out the hard way after a record fine imposed by the U.S. regulators. On October 11, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that Bittrex, a Washington-based cryptocurrency exchange, will be fined $53 million for violating multiple securities laws. According to...

For several years now, Binance has played an important role as the big brother of the crypto industry by assisting in the recovery of funds from users who have been victims of theft, scams, or hacks. But now, they are aiming higher with an e-crime training program. On September 27, Binance announced the official launch of its “Global Law Enforcement Training Program,” created to help law enforcement agencies combat financial and electronic crimes that involved crypto or...

The U.S. Department of Justice released a statement on September 12 reporting that Nikhil Wahi, brother of ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to committing cryptocurrency wire fraud using insider information sourced from his brother. Per the release, Nikhil Wahi faces up to 20 years of possible jail time. In addition, he will have to forfeit all unlawfully obtained monetary gains. Ishan Wahi, on the other hand, pleaded not guilty in early August to the...

One of the tech giants in Indonesia – PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (known as GoTo) – reportedly acquired local cryptocurrency exchange PT Kripto Maksima Koin for 124.84 billion rupiahs ($8.4 million). The firm said that the agreement aligns with its goal to become “a diverse money management hub.” Despite the negative stance displayed by the country’s central bank and some local Islamic organizations, the digital asset sector has become quite popular among Indonesians. According...

Cryptocurrency exchange Nexo announced this Aug. 30 the allocation of another $50 million to execute discretionary and periodic buybacks of its NEXO token on the open market. According to the company’s statement, this would be the second time the exchange has invested money in repurchasing its tokens this year. The first time was in May when they announced the repurchase of $100 million in NEXO tokens. Nexo Wants to Demonstrate its Liquidity Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and...