Bitpoint incident continues the streak of hacks targeting Japan-based exchanges. On July 12, 2019, Tokyo-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint promptly suspended its services after noticing an error in the outgoing funds transfer system. Soon, an official announcement followed, revealing that the trading platform had lost around 3.5 billion yen (roughly $32 million) as a result of […]
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Binance is in talks with local partners in South Korea for potential launch of a new subsidiary. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volume to date, is reportedly planning to set up a branch in South Korea. Malta-based crypto exchange Binance is working with local partners in South Korea to launch a […]
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São Paulo-based BTG Pactual bank has teamed up with Dalma Capital to sell over $1 billion worth of STOs through the Tezos blockchain. Latin America’s biggest investment bank, BTG Pactual, plans to shift its security token offerings (STOs), a pipeline of over $1 billion in sales, onto the Tezos blockchain. The announcement appeared in a […]
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Binance will switch tether addresses indexed to the Omni network to ERC-20 on July 4. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it is switching from Omni-based addresses to ERC-20-based addresses in customer wallets for the stablecoin tether (USDT), according to an official announcement on July 3. In order to make the switch, Binance says […]
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Half of the top-30 crypto exchanges try to avoid dealing with U.S., despite it being one of the biggest markets. America is the land of opportunity, so long as you don’t happen to be a cryptocurrency exchange. For several years now, a number of prominent exchanges have opted not to serve U.S. citizens; in fact, […]
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Bitcoin blockchain infrastructure firm Blockstream has launched a new tool allowing to execute atomic swaps on the Liquid network. Blockchain infrastructure firm Blockstream has launched a new tool that allows users to execute atomic swaps for all assets supported by the Liquid network, according to an announcement published on July 1. The Liquid Network is […]
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Huobi Group partnered with Chinese blockchain startup Nervos to enable firms to deploy their own blockchains. Huobi Group is jointly developing a new public blockchain for decentralized financial (DeFi) services, according to a press release on July 1. Major global digital asset financial service provider Huobi has partnered with Chinese blockchain startup Nervos enabling companies […]
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A Coinbase crash interrupts Bitcoin’s parabolic run and a Singaporean exchange is the latest to fall victim to a hacking attack. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more […]
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CoinMarketCap and major crypto exchanges are pushing to improve liquidity, strengthening the long-term growth trend of the sector. In May, crypto market data provider CoinMarketCap requested all exchanges in the global exchange market disclose accurate data in a move to improve transparency of the information displayed on the platform. CoinMarketCap declared an ultimatum to all […]
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Huobi is expanding into Turkey, the country with the highest reported per capita rate of crypto ownership worldwide. Huobi exchange will expand its operations to Turkey, planning to have a crypto-to-fiat onramp for Turkish users by the end of 2019, according to a press release on June 26. The Singapore-based crypto exchange will be “moving […]
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