Coinbase, San-Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange, is considering the launch of an initial exchange offering (IEO) platform and issuing proprietary exchange token. Such information has been provided by Kayvon Pirestani, Coinbase’s head of institutional sales in Asia, during Invest: Asia conference...
One idea/meme that's been circulating through Crypto Twitter over the past few days is that owning even Bitcoin (BTC) will become "a big deal" in the future due to Bitcoin's fixed supply limit of 21 million coins. One of the...
Tether is planning to issue a stablecoin pegged to the Chinese renminbi, according to a trader with ties to the company. Zhao Dong, an over-the-counter (OTC) trader in China and a shareholder of crypto exchange Bitfinex – which shares managers...
The assigned liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia says it’s making progress in determining customer holdings, but that the management of user funds by the exchange has caused delays. Professional services firm Grant Thornton New Zealand was assigned...
Unfortunately, in years gone by, establishing and developing a cryptocurrency exchange has been extremely difficult, often costing between $500,000 and $2m. This doesn’t even bring maintenance and lack of liquidity into questions, which together almost negate any potential profit or...
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has launched its own exchange for crypto spot trading. Announced Monday, Rakuten Wallet has gone live for trading in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and bitcoin cash (BCH) against the Japanese yen via an Android mobile app....
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea's Financial Services Commission has revealed plans to bring cryptocurrency exchanges under its direct regulation. On August 7, Business Korea reported on the FIUs decision to shift away from its current practice of...
Representatives of the Poloniex exchange said they would cover the losses of their users after the fall of Clam in May of this year. Commissions will be canceled on the exchange until the full repayment of the debt. Recall that...
Update, August 1, 2019: While LedgerX announced that it had launched the first physically settled bitcoin futures contracts, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has not indicated any official approval. As of this update, investors can sign up for...
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of crypto's more novel and ambitious applications — one that Bitcoin, until recently, has had nothing to do with. In practice, they're a bit younger than Bitcoin forks and older than smart contract-focused blockchains....
