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One of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges – OKX – intends to open an office in Türkiye in the following months. The company has already interacted with the Turkish market, launching direct deposits and withdrawals in the country’s official currency – TRY. It also put its name among the numerous crypto platforms that sent aid packages to the nation when a devastating earthquake hit it in February. Another Expansion Step OKX’s President – Hong Fang – said the exchange has...

Leading crypto exchange, OKX. outlined plans to return frozen digital assets linked to Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto companies, FTX and Alameda Research, following a recent motion filed in the FTX bankruptcy proceedings. The Seychelles-based exchange said it opened an investigation into FTX to determine whether the firm had conducted business on OKX before its demise in November last year. OKX to Transfer $157M to FTX Bankruptcy Estate During the investigation, OKX found...

Amid the tightening of regulatory rules in Canada, crypto exchanges are contemplating whether to continue their operations or exit from the country. Similar to the United States, regulators in Canada have been tightening their grip on crypto firms operating in the region. Amid this intense regulatory environment, several exchanges have planned to move out of the country. However, crypto exchange Coinbase would prefer to continue its operation in Canada. A person familiar with the matter...

Seychelles-based crypto exchange OKX has announced its plans to expand its presence in Hong Kong by applying for virtual asset licenses under the new regulatory regime as well as Type 1 and 7 licenses under the Securities and Futures Ordinance. It also plans to establish a Hong Kong entity for launching virtual asset services in the region. OKX’s Hong Kong Expansion According to the official blog post, OKX said it has been working for more than a year to meet Hong Kong’s new...

Pushing on the new industry standard to boost transparency, OKX released its fifth proof-of-reserves (PoR) report. The latest edition demonstrated that the Seychelles-based crypto exchange holds clean assets worth $8.9 billion in BTC, ETH, and USDT. Data shows that OKX’s wallets have 138,405 BTC, 1,325,259 ETH, and 3,264,352,204 USDT against user balances of 134,289 BTC, 1,284,812 ETH, and 3,199,251,622 USDT, respectively. This proves that OKX is overcollateralized with a...

Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange OKX announced the launch of its new blockchain dubbed OKBChain, which is separate from the existing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible smart contracts protocol OKXChain. According to OKX’s founder Star Xu, the new OKBChain would foster the development of an OKB decentralized ecosystem. OKX Unveils New Protocol for Decentralized Economy As per Xu’s tweet, OKBChain will be launched in Q1 2023 as a separate protocol from OKXChain,...

After the excessive turmoil in the crypto market triggered by the FTX liquidity and bankruptcy scandal, several crypto service providers began publishing their reserve funds. Popular crypto exchange OKX released its third Proof-of-Reserves (PoR), in which it revealed holding “clean assets” worth $7.5 billion in BTC, ETH, and USDT. In a statement, OKX’s Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique said, “Security, transparency, and trust are core tenets of the OKX business process...

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX released its second Proof of Reserves (PoR) on its website on December 22nd. The new report would enable users to view and self-verify the results of two PoRs with the help of open-source tools, the company said in an official statement. OKX also promised to publish the PoR report every month. OKX’s Proof-of-Reserves The report shows that OKX’s wallets held 113,754 BTC against a user balance of 112,192 BTC as of December 20th, 14:00 UTC. It has a...

Popular cryptocurrency exchange OKX is experiencing connection issues with their cloud provider, according to their most recent announcements. It appears that withdrawals aren’t functioning at the time, but the team reassures all funds are safe. There is currently an intermittent connection error with our cloud provider which is affecting the user experience. Our dev team is resolving it with them. Funds are safe. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. 🙏 — OKX (@okx) December...

The Seychelles-based crypto exchange – OKX – reportedly introduced a $100 million fund to aid companies with liquidity issues. The world’s largest cryptocurrency platform – Binance – launched a similar initiative to reduce the negative effects of FTX’s collapse. According to the Chinese reporter Colin Wu, OKX will distribute $100 million across numerous projects that experience significant issues after the crash of FTX. It will also help entities migrate from Solana (which...