CEO Kristina Walcker-Mayer of the German firm announced the shutdown. The company first debuted in 2015 under the name Bitwala. As the CEO said, the trade will be possible on the platform until November 30th, 2022. Following a temporary insolvency filing by Nuri in August, the company has now made
BJ Kang was named the exchange’s first Head of Investigations. Kang has participated in a number of investigations involving financial crime. As the number of reported cases of cryptocurrency-related fraud continues to rise. Leading exchange Binance has appointed a new head of investigations for its American branch. Recently, BJ Kang,
The crypto exchange may now provide spot, custodial, staking, and card services in Cyprus. France, according to “CZ,” CEO of Binance, is the crypto hub of Europe. Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has just received its fourth license in Europe. On Thursday, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange
SBF suggests paying off the hackers as part of the solution. More than $4.4 billion in 2022 has been lost due to DeFi protocol failures. Cryptocurrency hacking has been prevalent in recent months, notably in the DeFi sector. Chainalysis reports that, so far this month, more than $750 million has
Texas authorities are probing into FTX Trading, FTX US, and the company’s leadership. The court has not yet approved the asset acquisition deal. On Tuesday, 50,000 ETH was sent from FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, to the primary wallet of Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency lender. Last month, the cryptocurrency exchange purchased
Binance recently announced the listing of Aptos (APT) tokens. The exchange will open trading for three spot trading pairs including APT/BTC, APT/BUSD, and APT/USDT. The highly anticipated layer-1 blockchain Aptos (APT) finally launched its mainnet on October 17, after four years of technical development and millions of dollars in funding.
The senior leadership of Gemini Europe is experiencing significant changes. Earlier this month, Blair Halliday former managing director of Gemini moved to Kraken. Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange that Cameron Winklevoss and his twin brother Tyler created in 2014, is now the 10th biggest in the world, according to data compiled
In a transaction finalized last month, FTX US acquired Voyager Digital’s assets. FTX US is not licensed by the Texas Department of Banking as per the complaint. According to a court filing, Texas officials are now looking into FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Voyager case. Moreover, according to Texas
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX and a crypto billionaire, made the audacious assertion in May that he will spend $1 billion or more on political contributions before the 2024 US presidential election. According to information from OpenSecrets, if Bankman-Fried had spent that much on politics in the most recent election.
As of the 2022 proxy statement, he had a 16.1% investment in Coinbase. Shares of Coinbase (COIN) dropped by more than 8% on Friday. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, said on Saturday that he would sell his 2% ownership in the company over the next year to fund research and
