Cryptocurrency trading is the exact opposite of forex and its options for owning an asset. In the early days of blockchain, cryptocurrency trading was seen by many as merely exchanging a few dollars for Bitcoins (BTC). The birth of other tokens and the high volatility in cryptocurrencies have led many traders to speculate by buying […]
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Jeb McCaleb says XRP’s price is not impacted by his sale of XRP. An analyst begs to differ, while Ripple weighs in on his contract. A recent Medium post from blockchain monitor Whale Alert showed that Stellar CTO Jed McCaleb sold off more than 1 billion XRP between 2014 and 2019. The post attempted to […]
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Malta-based crypto exchange Tokenomica jumps on board the OTC trading ship, offering large traders another crypto harbor. Tokenomica, a crypto asset exchange based in Malta, has announced over-the-counter, or OTC, cryptocurrency trading for large participants. The Meditarranean-based exchange now offers participants the ability to trade large amounts of BTC for Euros, separate from the exchange’s […]
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Payment system ePayments has been halted by the FCA for about a week now, and all accounts remain suspended. Does crypto have anything to do with it? On Feb. 11, ePayments Systems Ltd, a United Kingdom-regulated electronic money institution, suspended all online payment activity at the request of the Financial Conduct Authority, the local regulator. […]
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Blocknox will expand its cryptocurrency custody service to institutional clients, including banks and fintech firms. Blocknox, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures GmbH that has provided cryptocurrency custody service on an escrow basis, is looking to expand the service to its institutional clients. Boerse Stuttgart revealed the plans in a Feb. 18 tweet, detailing […]
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To mark Black History Month, Coinbase has launched an advertising campaign with the pitch that cryptocurrencies can help tackle racial inequity in the financial sector. To mark Black History Month, Coinbase has launched an advertising campaign with the pitch that cryptocurrencies can help tackle racial injustice in the financial sector. As part of the campaign, […]
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The London-based crypto custody provider plans to develop its presence in North America and Asia. Cryptocurrencies have always faced challenges when it comes to reducing risk and making themselves regulatory compliant for traditional investors. Providing custody for Bitcoin and others is becoming increasingly more complex due to the nature of crypto: whoever has control of […]
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FCoin comes up short, failing to pay out up to 7,000 to 13,000 BTC (around $67 million to $125 million) to users. Zhang Jian, founder of Chinese crypto exchange Fcoin, revealed in a post earlier today that FCoin may not be able to pay the 7,000-13,000 BTC (that’s $67 million to $125 million) that it […]
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Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly develop new services and products. As not a day goes by without another cryptocurrency partnership, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea has begun new cooperation. Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly […]
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Major global crypto exchange Binance announced the launch of Binance Cloud, an infrastructure solution for crypto exchanges. Binance’s newly released Binance Cloud platform might be somewhat different from what the crypto industry expects the new feature to be. After Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) first hinted at the introduction of Binance Cloud on […]
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