The popular cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global is taking advantage of its competitors’ setbacks to break into new markets. The latest chess move involves a partnership with Latamex —Settle Network’s on and off-ramp fiat-to-crypto payment gateway— with the goal of enabling purchases and sales of cryptocurrencies with fiat money in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The exchange also announced a promotion for its customers: It will allow them to buy cryptocurrencies with zero...
Read More »Huobi Files to Dissolve Chinese Entity Following Recent Cryptocurrency Crackdown
One of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Huobi, has filed to dissolve an entity based in China. This comes as the country escalates its efforts to clamp down on the cryptocurrency industry, in general. Evident in Chinese business registration archives, the entity’s management has filed a Resolution to dissolve On July 22nd, this year. The announcement further reads that “creditors are requested to declare their claims to the liquidation team within 45 days from the...
Read More »Huobi Group Launches $100 Million Fund For DeFi And NFT Development
Huobi Group, the holding company of the leading cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi Global, has recently launched a new subsidiary geared towards decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and mergers and acquisitions. Huobi Devotes $100M to DeFi In a Thursday press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company noted that it has already deployed $100 million to this new venture investment arm dubbed “Huobi Ventures.” The ultimate goal of this new subsidiary...
Read More »$400 Million Worth of Ripple’s XRP Transferred to Bithumb, There’s One Possible Reason
Massive amounts of Ripple’s XRP have been transferred to various exchanges, including $400 million sent to Bithumb in three separate transactions. One possible explanation for this could be the fact that there’s the SPARK (FLR) airdrop coming in two days, causing investors to capitalize on the opportunity and receive 1:1 FLR tokens on their XRP holdings. XRP Sent Around in Massive Chunks Over the Past 24 HoursData from the well-known whale-tracking transaction resource Whale Alert shows a...
Read More »Whale Alert: Over $400 Million Worth of USDT Just Sent To Huobi – Is Something Cooking?
Over $400 million worth of the most popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) has been sent to the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi over the past couple of hours. Two of the transactions were sent from an unknown address with a total worth of around $304 million, while another transfer worth $100 million was sent from Bitfinex. Over $400 Million Worth of USDT Flows In Huobi in Hours Whale Alert, the popular service that tracks abnormally large transactions, just flashed a few times in a...
Read More »Crypto Derivatives September’s Recap: Binance Futures Leading As BitMEX Down 30%
Although the cryptocurrency spot and derivatives trading volume declined on most platforms in September, Binance has taken the lead as the largest derivatives exchange, a new report revealed.Simultaneously, the regulated Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw steady Bitcoin futures performance, while the options trading exploded.Binance Takes The Top Spot For Derivatives TradingThe data analytics company CryptoCompare explores the performance of the most popular digital asset exchanges on a...
Read More »Tracked: $5.4 Million Eterbase Hacked Funds Sent To Binance and Huobi
A few days after being hacked and drained for $5.4 million worth of digital assets, the European cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase claimed that it had tracked part of the stolen funds to Binance, Huobi, and HitBTC.The company asked for assistance from those exchanges and reassured its users that Eterbase will endure.$5.4M In Crypto Stolen From EterbaseLaunched in 2019, Eterbase is a relatively small Slovakia-based platform that describes itself as “the first regulation-compliant European...
Read More »Huobi Gives Customers Access to BTC Options Trading
Huobi Futures – a crypto derivatives market of Huobi Group – is unveiling new bitcoin options trading, which will go live today on September 1.Huobi Opens BTC Options Trading for BusinessHuobi has been on a roll in 2020 during a time when most companies are likely suffering and taking on debt thanks to the growing coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this year, the company released a program known as Huobi Futures’ Perpetual Swaps as a means of giving traders a larger chance to hedge their wealth...
Read More »Huobi Futures To Launch Bitcoin Options Trading From Sepmtember 1st
Huobi Futures, the derivatives platform of the popular cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Group, will launch Bitcoin options trading starting September 1st.The company explained that more sophisticated investors are entering the digital asset market, and their BTC options release aims to meet their demand.Huobi Futures Adds BTC Options TradingAnnounced earlier today, the Singapore-based platform plans to release Bitcoin options traded against USDT on September 1st at 10:00 UTC. The new product...
Read More »Binance, Huobi, OKEx Announce Support for QTUM Offline Staking to Further DeFi Involvement in Asia
Binance, Houbi, and OKEx have revealed that they will support Qtum’s new offline staking feature, enabling users of the world’s largest exchange to earn QTUM rewards simply for hodling.Binance’s decision to support Qtum staking is a significant boost for the smart contract network as it embarks on a new phase in its development. In addition, Coinone, CoinDCX, and Gate.io will be among the exchanges supporting QTUM staking.A wave of applications built on Qtum Chain is expected following a $1M...
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