Category: Exchanges

  • International Crypto Exchange Luno Adds Bitcoin Cash Trading

    International Crypto Exchange Luno Adds Bitcoin Cash Trading

    Luno exchange has added bitcoin cash trading to the platform following feedback from its client base. BCH is now only the third cryptocurrency available for trading on the exchange, in addition to BTC and ETH, but more options could be on the way once Luno determines that they are credible enough. Also Read: Bitflyer Adds…

  • Bitflyer Adds Bitcoin Cash Trading Across Europe and the US

    Bitflyer Adds Bitcoin Cash Trading Across Europe and the US

    Bitflyer has added a selected number of new cryptocurrencies for its European and American clients to trade. Bitcoin cash (BCH) is among the few digital assets now available to buy and sell on all licensed platforms operated by the Japanese company. Also Read: NASA to Launch Bitcoin to the Moon? Space Agency Seeks Crypto Experience…

  • Appetite for Bitcoin Futures Is Growing

    Appetite for Bitcoin Futures Is Growing

    After all the fanfare, fevered anticipation, and breathless media coverage, Bakkt’s launch of bitcoin futures on Monday was a damp squib. Despite the rollout of physically delivered BTC futures going without a hitch, volumes were low, while the less said about bitcoin’s price in the aftermath, the better. Despite this inauspicious start, however, there is…

  • India’s last standing cryptocurrency exchange—WazirX’s Nischal Shetty [INTERVIEW]

    India’s last standing cryptocurrency exchange—WazirX’s Nischal Shetty [INTERVIEW]

    Nischal Shetty, founder of WazirX, shares his story building the only crypto exchange left standing in a country hostile to cryptocurrency.  WazirX dodged the regulatory pressure through innovation. By engineering the first auto-matching P2P engine he was able to dodge regulatory pressure that shuttered all other major exchanges in India. Nishchal Shetty Nischal, tell us…

  • Indian Parliament Member Helping Crypto Community Influence Regulation

    Indian Parliament Member Helping Crypto Community Influence Regulation

    The Indian crypto community has made progress towards influencing the government’s crypto policies. Some industry leaders have met with an influential lawmaker who has agreed to help bring about positive crypto regulation in the country. Also read: India’s Popular ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Show Gives Crypto a Boost Parliament Member Agrees to Help…

  • Local.Bitcoin.com Gathers 56K Accounts and $200M Worth of Trades Initiated

    Local.Bitcoin.com Gathers 56K Accounts and $200M Worth of Trades Initiated

    Three months ago, Bitcoin.com launched its over-the-counter BCH marketplace on June 4. Since then, Local.Bitcoin.com has aggregated more than 56,000 accounts, hundreds of bustling users every day and thousands of BCH trade offers. Also Read: Plans to Build $50M Bitcoin Cash Tech Park Revealed 56,000 Local.Bitcoin.com Accounts and Growing Over the last few months, the…

  • Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?

    Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?

    A new weekly record was set last week in global corporate bond sales, with investors grabbing hold of around $140 billion in new bonds according to data from Dealogic. This occurs against a backdrop of negative yielding debt, and the meteoric rise in popularity of stablecoins and exchange-native tokens across the crypto space. The near…

  • Bitcoin’s Early Days: How Crypto’s Past Is Much Different Than the Present

    Bitcoin’s Early Days: How Crypto’s Past Is Much Different Than the Present

    Over the last 24 hours, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been discussing a transaction that saw 94,000 BTC sent to an unknown wallet. The hoopla over the large transaction shows how things have changed significantly over the last decade. Back in cryptocurrency’s early days, between 2010-2012, large bitcoin transactions like this weren’t such a big deal and…

  • Indian Exchanges Innovate as Calls for Positive Crypto Regulation Escalate

    Indian Exchanges Innovate as Calls for Positive Crypto Regulation Escalate

    Indian crypto exchanges are innovating, launching new products and improving services for their users, despite the country’s regulatory uncertainty and unresolved banking restrictions. Meanwhile, the Indian crypto community continues its efforts to convince the government that the draft bill to ban cryptocurrencies is flawed, calling for positive regulation instead. Also read: Crypto Can Boost Indian…

  • How Market Makers Inject Liquidity Into the Cryptoconomy

    How Market Makers Inject Liquidity Into the Cryptoconomy

    Market makers have a reputation that is entirely disproportionate to what they do. Despite what half of crypto Twitter would have you believe, MMs, as they are colloquially known, are a neutral force when used correctly. But should tokenized projects be routinely deploying these tools on crypto exchanges, and what are the long-term ramifications of…