Category: Exchanges
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Uniswap eclipses Coinbase and other centralized exchanges as DeFi mania continues
Few used decentralized exchanges in 2017 and 2018. Then, Ethereum and crypto traders found them a hassle to use, with it often being complicated to transact tokens, especially when factoring in an illiquid order book. This writer personally avoided DEXs at all costs, opting to stick with centralized platforms to avoid any difficulty. This has…
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Revolut Adds Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Support for US Customers
Following the launch of Revolut’s new crypto exchange in the U.S. the company has added bitcoin cash and litecoin support. Alongside bitcoin and ethereum support, the trading platform’s added coins provide Revolut users with the ability to buy, store, and sell four different digital assets. Six weeks ago, Revolut launched a new exchange in the…
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Don’t just blame DeFi for paying high ETH gas fees
How institutions store and secure digital assets have a fundamental impact on transaction fees.
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First Mover: Binance’s Shrinking Trading Spreads and Bitcoin’s Jackson Hole Fizzle
Traders are getting better fills due to shrinking bid-ask spreads on Binance and other cryptocurrency exchanges. It’s a sign of a healthy market.
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This DEX is ignoring the ‘test in production’ attitude held by other DeFi companies
IDEX has chosen to take a more traditional approach to security.
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ShapeShift Accuses Former Employee of Stealing $900K in Bitcoin
The exchange wants $5,000 in damages from Azamat Mukhiddinov, its now-fired senior engineer.
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Deribit Suffers Outage Over ‘Hardware Issues,’ May Miss Thursday’s Options Expiry
Deribit faces missing today’s expiry, but said it would “manually adjust” late contracts to reflect the expiry time.
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Korean Police Seize Crypto Exchange Coinbit Over Allegations of $84 Million in Wash Trades
Police in South Korea on Wednesday raided and seized the offices of Coinbit, the country’s third largest crypto exchange, over allegations it faked 99% of its trading volume. According to a report from Seoul News, local police took control of Coinbit’s headquarters in Gangnam as well as other sites elsewhere. Police accuse the exchange’s owner…
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Report: Russia Remains a ‘Key Market for Crypto,’ Commands the 3rd Largest Bitcoin Hashrate in the World
The fervor for cryptocurrency assets in Russia has grown wild over the last few years. This week Xangle Research published a comprehensive report about digital currencies and the Russian environment in 2020. The study’s findings show that Russia is one of the world’s key players when it comes to the crypto economy, but finding reliable…
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Canadian Exchange Shakepay Gets Cold Wallet Insurance to Protect Customer Funds
Canadian crypto exchange Shakepay has secured cold wallet insurance through Aon with Lloyd’s of London underwriters.