Binance and Huobi, two major cryptocurrency exchanges, have once again frozen accounts. This time its related to the June 2022 $100 million Harmony Horizon bridge attack. The trading platforms blocked almost $1.4 million in cryptocurrency that was traced to accounts associated with the infamous Lazarus Group in North Korea. Based
Despite regulatory uncertainties in the crypto industry, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood continues to acquire equities of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase at cheap prices. As Coinbase’s share price fell below $58 on February 14, investment firm Ark Invest bought 14,636 shares of Coinbase (COIN). According to the records, Ark Invest, run
Prominent centralized cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin is listed leading memecoin FLOKI in its trading list with trading pairs FLOKI/USDT and FLOKI/USDC. The trading will be open from 17th February 2023 at 9.00 UTC. And KuCoin users can withdraw the token from 18th February. Also, Elon Musk’s sting of tweets that featured
On Monday, crypto trading was made available in Hong Kong via Interactive Brokers, an automated worldwide electronic broker. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) trading are now available to professional investors on the Interactive Brokers platform, according to a press release. In order to be considered a Professional Investor in the
The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance onboarded Noah Perlman, crypto exchange Gemini’s former C-suite executive, as its new Chief Compliance Officer. Evidently, Binance is reinforcing its compliance team through significant hiring to insulate itself from growing regulatory scrutiny. The news about this prominent hiring was first reported by Bloomberg on Monday,
Binance has published a blog post endorsing ChatGPT and highlighting the platform’s potential for advancing crypto adoption and education. The chatbot created by OpenAI has gone viral, becoming one of the most popular consumer apps ever. In a recent post, the crypto trading platform gushed over the revolutionary possibilities of
On Monday, Judge John T. Dorsey of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court approved the discharge of FTX’s Turkish firms from the U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of the defunct exchange. Last month, FTX asked for this order to be signed, stating that the Turkish firms should be excluded since their inclusion is “not
Since the announcement of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) action against Paxos and its stablecoin Binance USD, the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has experienced a spike in withdrawals from its users. The stablecoin BUSD also known as Binance USD, was introduced in 2019 by Binance and Paxos. Then
Huobi, a cryptocurrency exchange, has stated that, due to “strategic and product adjustments,” it would no longer provide its Huobi Cloud Wallet service after May 2023. According to a post on Huobi’s help page, the multitoken wallet service will no longer get updates or bug fixes as of February 13.
Bitstamp cryptocurrency exchange is now officially registered by the French Financial Markets Authority. This made it identical to competitors Binance and Crypto.com, both of which had previously won approval from the regulator. Bitstamp has been recognized by a number of European nations already. Bitstamp has been approved by France’s central
