Exchanges

The US subsidiary of Bitstamp, one of the largest crypto platforms in Europe, has appointed Caitlin Barnett as its new chief compliance officer. She joins the firm from rival Gemini,…

It appears that Russian hackers, or hackers from Eastern Europe, might be behind the January 2018 Coincheck hack which to date is still one of the biggest ever thefts from…

eToro’s cryptocurrency division eToroX has added two commodity-backed stablecoins – one pegged to gold and the other to silver – to its trading platform. The exchange also added two fiat-pegged…

Coinbase has launched its cryptocurrency services for retail and institutional customers in more markets as the firm continue its aggressive international push in 2019. The company said Wednesday it had…

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has abandoned the $10,000 minimum equity for opening new accounts. Bitfinex introduced the minimum threshold requirement during the heights of the crypto trading boom in…

Nearly three months after its initial beta launch in December 2018, the IronX Exchange finally sees its public launch today. The new venue, which was created by Cyprus-based broker IronFX…

Financial technology firm Gold-i announced on Monday that it has partnered with DRIVE Markets to provide high-frequency traders (HFTs) with access to cryptocurrency markets. The partnership should also enable DRIVE…

Huobi’s over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk has launched trading services for Ripple (XRP) on the platform. XRP has become the seventh digital asset listed on the exchange along with Bitcoin (BTC),…

Hong Kong-based Fusang Group announced receipt of approval for a Securities Exchange license from the Labuan International Business and Finance Centre (IBFC), based in Malaysia. Fusang Exchange will be the first fully…

Our ‘Diversifying to Crypto’ panel at last month’s iFX EXPO Asia 2019 addressed the challenges facing institutional investors hoping to transition to crypto in the coming year. Asia Trading Summit…