Chanpeng Zhao, CEO of the leading trading volume of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that tentatively the launch of the American division will take place by November. However, initially Binance US will not be able to serve residents of New York State, for which she needs to obtain special permission from the Financial Services Authority of New York, better known as BitLicense. At the moment, the company has not even applied for […]
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Bitcoins stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange have again set in motion. So, about 30 BTC were moved (more than $ 314 thousand at the exchange rate at the time of writing). ⚠ 30.667542 #BTC (351.015 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.co/ipfik2Tpd2 – Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 12, 2019 This year already […]
Chicago-based cryptocurrency exchange Seed CX has begun the final phase of testing deliverable margin bitcoin swaps, reports The Block. According to representatives of Seed SEF, which specializes in swaps of the exchange division, testing will last throughout August. If the results are successful, then after approval by the regulator, a new product will be available in the United States. “We work closely with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]
On August 14, US leading Bitcoin exchange Coinbase Pro will add support for the Algorand token and allow users to make deposits for at least 12 hours before the opening of trading. On Wednesday, August 14 our ALGO / USD order book will enter transfer-only mode, accepting inbound transfers of ALGO in supported regions. Orders cannot be placed or filled. Order books will be […]
Robinhood International has received a broker license from the Financial Supervision Authority of Great Britain (FCA). We're excited to share that Robinhood International, Ltd. has been authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority to operate as a broker in the United Kingdom. This means we're one step closer to democratizing finance for all. Stay tuned for launch. […]
The cryptocurrency platform Bakkt acquired the developer of custodial solutions DACC for $ 11 million. This follows from the analysis of the financial report of the parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for the second quarter, reports The Block. So, on the eighth page of the document the amount that ICE spent on the purchases of other companies over the course of six months is indicated – it amounted to $ 352 million. However, the report said that […]
Grayscale Investments uses Coinbase Custody's institutional service to store assets under its control. We are thrilled to receive our clients' assets https://t.co/TepusZtcbj – Coinbase Custody (@CoinbaseCustody) August 2, 2019 Earlier, the head of Coinbase Brian Armstrong reported that under […]
Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange and Tether company complained that they had already spent about $ 500,000 on the collection of documents requested by the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG). Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office does not consider their demands too burdensome, reports CoinDesk. Thus, in a letter to the court, the department notes that it requested only the information from the defendants that “should be ready […]
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated that they did not give the provider of cryptocurrency derivatives LedgerX permission to launch deliverable bitcoin futures. It is reported by CoinDesk. The fact that LedgerX received the license of the authorized derivatives market from CFTC in June was reported by the company itself, and yesterday, on July 31, the successful launch of the tool was announced. Thus institutional and […]
The popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced technical work, which is why the platform will be unavailable for some time on August 1. Their goal is called increasing the stability and scalability of the matching application engine. It will be possible to improve the safety of the engine. The upgrade will start at 9.30AM UTC and […]