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Exchanges

Tether’s Price Has Stabilized, But the Stablecoin’s Supply Is Still Shrinking

Crypto exchanges are shedding tethers by the million, and millions of USDT are ending up at Bitfinex. From there, they are taken out of circulation.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
Exchanges

Coinbase’s Head of Trading Resigns After Six Months on Job

The head of trading at Coinbase, Hunter Merghart, has resigned just six months after joining the crypto startup from Barclays, CoinDesk has learned.

Business  ·  31 October 2018
Exchanges

Cryptocurrency Exchange Coincheck Reports Over $5 Million Loss in Q3

Coincheck, the Japanese crypto exchange that suffered a $520 million hack in January, has reported increased losses for Q3 2018.

Markets  ·  29 October 2018
Exchanges

Japan’s Financial Regulator Mulls Cap on Cryptocurrency Margin Trading

Japan's Financial Services Agency is planning to put a cap on the leverage available to crypto margin traders to curb speculation and risk.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 October 2018
Investments

Boost VC Just Fulfilled a Crypto Funding Pledge 4 Years in the Making

One of crypto's oldest pledges has finally been fulfilled.

Business  ·  24 October 2018
Markets

CoinMarketCap Hits a New All-Time High (But Not for Price)

The number of cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap has never been higher, showing demand for secure representations of value is still prevalent.

Markets  ·  23 October 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Futures Could Go Live on ICE’s Crypto Trading Platform in December

The new Bakkt exchange will list bitcoin futures in December, pending regulatory approval.

Markets  ·  22 October 2018
Binance

World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Binance Looks to Add New Stablecoins

Binance sees stablecoins like tether, and potentially the Gemini Dollar, as "critical for our ecosystem," the exchange's chief financial officer says.

Business  ·  18 October 2018
Exchanges

How Savvy Crypto Traders Gamed Coinbase’s Latest Listing for a 35% Payday

It's possible to know what cryptocurrencies are going to be listed on Coinbase before it goes public.

Markets  ·  17 October 2018
Exchanges

Coinbase Now Lets You Buy and Sell Ethereum Token 0x

Retail investors can now trade the 0x Protocol on Coinbase.com, as well as its Android and iOS apps.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Restarts Fiat Deposits Claiming ‘Improved’ Process

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex says it has rolled out a new process for depositing fiat currency after it halted the service last week.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Governance

Decred Is Turning Its Entire $21 Million Crypto Treasury Over to Investors

Decred is handing control of its $21 million treasury and all aspects of the protocol, from consensus through staffing, over to token holders.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Markets

The Crypto Protocol Trying to Unite Every Exchange Order Book

Imagine the liquidity of every crypto exchange, but in one giant pool. That's what Paradigm aims to build, and investors are on board.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Exchanges

LINE’s Crypto Exchange Lists Its Own Token Against Bitcoin, Ether

Messaging giant LINE's Bitbox exchange has made its LINK token available for trading against bitcoin, ethereum and tether.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Exchanges

Another Top-10 Crypto Exchange Is Adding 4 Stablecoins This Week

The Huobi exchange has announced it will add support for four U.S. dollar-pegged cryptos, a day after OKEx did the same.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018