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Crypto CEO Sentenced to 3-Year Jail Term for Faking Trading Volume

Two execs from South Korean crypto exchange Komid have been given jail time for faking trading volume and deceiving investors.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 January 2019
Exchanges

European Blockchain Startup Launches Trading in Tokenized Securities

Belarus-based blockchain startup Currency.com has launched a trading platform for tokenized securities.

Business  ·  15 January 2019
Markets

LedgerX Launches ‘Bitcoin Fear Index’ to Track Price Volatility

LedgerX is launching LXVX – a "Bitcoin Fear Index" similar to the VIX, a popular volatility benchmark in the stock market.

Business  ·  14 January 2019
Trading

Security Token Trades on Regulated Platform in Market First

Regulated broker-dealer SharesPost says it has successfully executed its first secondary trade of security tokens on a blockchain.

Business  ·  10 January 2019
Markets

The Map Is Not the Territory: Rethinking Crypto as an Asset Class

Crypto as an asset class? Investors would do well to learn it's not a one-size-fits all classification.

Markets  ·  4 January 2019
Exchanges

The Secret for a $1 Trillion Crypto Market? Keep Building

Sure, the crypto market boom of 2017 exposed the industry's lack of infrastructure. That just means the solution is clear – we must build it and keep building.

Markets  ·  2 January 2019
Markets

Coinbase Ventures Backs $3 Million Round for Trading Data Startup Nomics

Nomics has raised $3 million from Coinbase Ventures and other investors for its plan to index 95% of all crypto trading data points.

Business  ·  18 December 2018
Exchanges

SeedCX Exchange Is Barring Employees from Crypto Trading

Seed CX has one of the crypto industry’s strictest policies on employee trading. In a word: Don’t.

Business  ·  14 December 2018
Exchanges

Major German Stock Exchange to Launch Crypto Trading Platform

Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, is set to launch crypto trading in H1 2019, with ICO token trading coming later.

Business  ·  13 December 2018
Exchanges

Fidelity, Bitmain and More Invest $27 Million in Crypto Trading Platform ErisX

ErisX has closed a $27.5 million Series B funding round to build a regulated crypto spot and futures market.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Trading

Crypto Winter Is Here and We Only Have Ourselves to Blame

Last year's mania perpetuated a narrative that making speculative gains was bitcoin’s core value proposition, writes Michael J. Casey.

Markets  ·  3 December 2018
Commodities

Blockchain Oil Trading Platform Backed by Shell and BP Is Now Live

A blockchain platform built by a group of major firms to bring new efficiencies to energy commodities trading has gone live.

Business  ·  29 November 2018
Trading

OKEx Blasts ‘Defamatory’ Allegations Amid BCH Futures Settlement Furor

OKEx has pushed back against allegations made by a trading firm over its forced settlement of bitcoin cash futures contracts last week.

Markets  ·  20 November 2018
Markets

Buy or Sell? What Traders Think About Today’s Bitcoin Cash Fork

With Thurday's hard fork of the bitcoin cash blockchain likely to result in a split, what are the traders planning to do with their holdings?

Markets  ·  15 November 2018
Crime

CFTC Fines Bitcoin Trader $1.1 Million for Crypto Fraud

A bitcoin trader has been jailed and fined over $1.1 million for stealing bitcoin and litecoin, and then defrauding investors to repay the loss.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 November 2018