Category: Exchanges

  • Another Crypto Exchange Is Dropping Privacy Coin Monero Over Compliance Risk

    BitBay exchange is the latest to delist the privacy-focused monero cryptocurrency over AML concerns.

  • Bankrupt DX Exchange Reportedly Didn’t Pay Israeli Suppliers and Employees

    Bankrupt DX Exchange Reportedly Didn’t Pay Israeli Suppliers and Employees

    It was recently reported that digital assets trading platform DX Exchange ceased operations and was looking for a way to exit the market via a merger or a sale. New details from Israel show that the exchange reportedly didn’t even have the cash flow to pay its suppliers and employees. Also Read: Crypto Winter Claims…

  • Localethereum Becomes Localcryptos and Adds BTC Trading

    Localethereum Becomes Localcryptos and Adds BTC Trading

    P2P trading site Localethereum has rebranded to Localcryptos, allowing users to buy and sell both ETH and BTC without KYC. The platform has been providing peer to peer trading services for ethereum since 2017, but in a surprise announcement this week, the website revealed its new home, localcryptos.com and rolled out its P2P trading service…

  • What Indian Crypto Exchanges Are Doing to Protect P2P Users

    What Indian Crypto Exchanges Are Doing to Protect P2P Users

    With the Supreme Court of India postponing the crypto hearing, the Indian crypto community is calling for better protection when trading on P2P platforms. Several top crypto exchanges in the country have shared their processes and policies they have implemented to protect their P2P platform users. Also read: Indian Supreme Court Wraps up Crypto Hearing…

  • In 2019, Cryptocurrency Exchanges Diversified

    In 2019, Cryptocurrency Exchanges Diversified

    With exchanges controlling so much of the industry inflows, and accounting for more than 40% of the jobs, any review of the year has to start and end there. An analysis of the dominant trends driving trading platforms serves as a proxy for measuring the cryptosphere’s overall health. From initial exchange offerings to staking as…

  • What’s at Stake With Masternode Coins?

    What’s at Stake With Masternode Coins?

    “Masternode” is a term that echoes less often in the cryptosphere these days, but not because user-controlled nodes have fallen out of favor. Rather, the nomenclature has shifted, with “staking” now used to describe the array of blockchains that fall under this banner. As an examination of proof-of-stake chains shows, masternode coins are very much…

  • Mega-Utility Token UPT Will Offer Interest and Discounts on Trading

    Mega-Utility Token UPT Will Offer Interest and Discounts on Trading

    About to make its initial exchange listing, Universal Protocol Token (UPT) will serve as a mega-utility token, offering holders attractive interest rates when lending and borrowing, lower exchange fees, cashback and discounts on trading. Also Read: Universal Protocol Alliance to List Mega-Utility Token on Bitcoin.com Exchange Mega-Utility Token to Debut Wednesday The Universal Protocol Alliance…

  • Instant Crypto Exchange Changelly Secures Access to SLP Tokens

    Instant Crypto Exchange Changelly Secures Access to SLP Tokens

    Instant cryptocurrency exchange Changelly will start to use digital asset rates from Bitcoin.com’s trading platform. This will ensure better prices for Changelly users and help increase the reach of all SLP tokens that are exclusively listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange. Also Read: Universal Protocol Alliance to List Mega-Utility Token on Bitcoin.com Exchange Changelly to Use Rates…

  • South Korean Exchange CEO Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

    South Korean Exchange CEO Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

    A South Korean district court has sentenced executives of a local crypto exchange to prison. The CEO of the exchange got a 16-year jail sentence while other executives and their accomplices got between six and 11 years. They duped thousands of investors, promising them up to 200% return within weeks. Also read: Korean Presidential Committee…

  • Evercoin Launches Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet

    Evercoin Launches Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet

    New York, NY, 12 November 2019 – At New York Consensus Invest Summit, Evercoin Inc. today announced Evercoin 2, the “safest hardware wallet”. Evercoin 2 provides a wallet and exchange for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies featuring a hardware wallet the size of a house key powered by YubiKey 5ci, the first implementation of its kind.…