Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has been granted an operating license a year from its notorious hack that resulted in a loss of USD 530 million. Effective immediately as of 11 January 2019, Coincheck is now registered with the Kanto Financial Bureau. This will be its first time operating as a licensed cryptocurrency exchange. In January 2018, Coincheck suffered a security …
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken reported that the number of law enforcement requests it received in 2018 was three times that of 2017. The infographic data shared by the exchange cites a total of 475 such requests last year, with a significant majority (315) coming from the US government despite the exchange also operating in Canada, the European Union, and Japan. The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) …
ABCC, a cryptocurrency exchange with tens of millions of USD of daily trading volume and over 100 trading pairs, has launched Bitcoin options markets. The ABCC options markets allow traders to make profits by predicting whether Bitcoin’s price going up or down, and traders can leverage these short or long positions to maximize their earnings. 1 hour, 6 hour, and …
Trade Follow Global (TFG) is an estabilished Global Forex and CFD Broker trading platform that utilizes social trading to bring maximum profits to cryptocurrency investors. In addition to cryptocurrency, TFG offers metals, CFDs, stocks, and fiat currencies. New users can open a demo account to see how TFG works, before investing any actual money. Social trading may be the next …
Kaique Nunes, a customer of the Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Bitcambio, might have gotten the thrill of his life when he withdrew BRL 500 (USD 128) of cryptocurrency and received BRL 137 million into his bank (USD 35 million). Unfortunately, he is being inexorably dragged to the notary office, in order to sign a document to give all that cash back. …
It’s been a long wait with plenty of speculation but exchange giant Coinbase has finally bitten the bullet and announced on its blog today that it will add support for Ripple on its exchange after it gets final approval. The news was revealed today along with an announcement that a package of some 30 crypto assets is likely to be added to …
As experts predict, the next Bitcoin bull run will be prompted by an influx of institutional investors. Blockchain companies are fighting to create the best custodial solutions that will entice these investors into this new asset class. One thing is certain, what they are looking for is insurance to cover their assets, just like what is obtainable in mainstream finance. …
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has been granted an operating license by the country’s regulatory watchdog. The territory’s stock exchange has received a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Licence, making it fully compliant to the nine-point guidelines instituted by the government in January earlier this year. These demand effective corporate governance, operating with honesty and integrity, and that appropriate security protocols must be …
ABCC, a cryptocurrency exchange with trading volume in excess of USD 10 million per day, will soon launch Bitcoin options trading. This new feature will allow traders to bet on whether the price of Bitcoin will rise or fall during a day. Currently, options trading on ABCC is in beta testing but should be made available to the public within about …
Ex-senior official at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Jeff Bandman recently shared his expectations on the future of cryptocurrency regulations, pointing to identity checks, a clearer tax obligation, and industry self-regulation as trending areas. Bandman said that a turning point for cryptocurrency regulation came in 2013 when the US government auctioned off the substantial amount of confiscated Bitcoin seized …
