Category: Binance

  • Cryptocurrency Exchanges Eye Russia for Expansion Despite Sanctions

    Cryptocurrency Exchanges Eye Russia for Expansion Despite Sanctions

    Sanctions imposed by governments as part of geopolitical struggles do not always filter through to under-regulated industries. Ambitious businesses covet every opportunity for expansion and diversification. That seems to be the reason why a growing number of crypto exchanges are turning their attention to Russia and its diaspora, despite the disapprobation this risks drawing from…

  • Chatter Report: Zhao Says Blocking Customers ‘Not up to Us’, Lee Introduces the Term ‘Bitcoin Extremist’

    Chatter Report: Zhao Says Blocking Customers ‘Not up to Us’, Lee Introduces the Term ‘Bitcoin Extremist’

    In today’s chatter report, we delve into the Bitcoin Cash community’s responses to Cheapair.com re-enabling BCH payments for their travel services. Also, Changpeng Zhao explains Binance’s decision to block users. Finally, Crypto Twitter fires back at Charlie Lee’s new term ‘Bitcoin Extremist’.  Also read: Cheapair.com Considers Bitpay as Coinbase Terminates Merchant Processing Solutions Bitcoin Cash…

  • Thousands of Banned Binance Customers Remain Cut off by the Exchange

    Thousands of Banned Binance Customers Remain Cut off by the Exchange

    Binance, the world’s second largest digital asset exchange by traded volume, has withdrawn its services from countries targeted by U.S. economic sanctions, in line with its controversial revised terms of use. However, the ban affects entire populations in countries such as Zimbabwe, where U.S. restrictions are supposed to specifically target individuals and companies. Also read: Bitcoin…

  • The Daily: Derivative Market Hits $12B in Volume, Reports of Layoffs, Another Fork

    The Daily: Derivative Market Hits $12B in Volume, Reports of Layoffs, Another Fork

    Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has announced reaching $12 billion in cumulative trading volume on its derivative market in December. The news comes amid reports of job cuts at its Shenzhen office. Also in The Daily this Saturday, major trading platforms have confirmed support for the upcoming Constantinople hard fork in the Ethereum network.    Also read:…

  • The Daily: Cointext Offers Philippines BCH Wallet, Beam Launches Mimblewimble Coin

    The Daily: Cointext Offers Philippines BCH Wallet, Beam Launches Mimblewimble Coin

    Cointext’s SMS bitcoin cash wallet is now available in the Philippines and we’ve got the details below. Also in The Daily on Friday, the first Mimblewimble coin has been launched by Beam and crypto exchange Binance reintroduces its platform for token sales, Launchpad, which will host the Bittorrent token generation event. Also read: New York…

  • Binance’s New ICO Platform Ready for Takeoff

    Binance will be holding initial coin offerings (ICOs) on the firm’s token sale platform Launchpad nearly every month in 2019. TRON’s BitTorrent and Fetch.ai are two of the ICOs slated to be offered in 2019. Launchpad is Binance’s attempt to legitimize the cryptocurrency-based ICO method, which has had a checkered history since it rose to…

  • The Daily: BTCP Bug Exploited by ‘Bad Actor’, Binance Lists New Pairs

    The Daily: BTCP Bug Exploited by ‘Bad Actor’, Binance Lists New Pairs

    The main story featured in today’s edition of The Daily is an official conformation from the Bitcoin Private team that someone has premined millions of BTCP. We also report about the latest currency pairs made available for trading on the Binance exchange. Also Read: Report: Over 300 British Blockchain Companies Shut Down in 2018 Bitcoin Private…

  • Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Gains More Than 140% This Week

    Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Gains More Than 140% This Week

    Cryptocurrency markets have been bullish lately as most of the top digital asset prices have seen decent gains over the last week. The overall market capitalization of all the coins in existence is roughly $132 billion this Sunday and global trade volume has increased significantly considering it’s the weekend before the holidays with $20 billion…

  • Offchain Indicators Suggest JP Morgan Is Wrong to Write off Bitcoin

    Offchain Indicators Suggest JP Morgan Is Wrong to Write off Bitcoin

    JP Morgan Chase & Co. believes the current bear market is scaring investors away from bitcoin, just to add to the never-ending rumors of its demise. But as retail and institutional investors seem to be looking for other options, are classic analysts telling the whole story? Also read: Only Sharks Will Feed on the Crypto Market’s…

  • BTI Claims Only Two of Top 25 Crypto Exchanges Accurately Report Volume

    BTI Claims Only Two of Top 25 Crypto Exchanges Accurately Report Volume

    The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) has published its December 2018 “Exchange Volumes Report,” claiming that only two of the top 25 cryptocurrency exchanges by reported volume on Coinmarketcap pairings accurately report their trade volume. The report also asserts that wash-trading is estimated to comprise 99 percent of the purported volume for 12 of the top…