Liquidity

Liquidity

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $16K Amid Widening FTX Fallout

Bitcoin has been trading flat this week, even as more companies admit exposure to crypto exchange FTX, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Stable Stability Balance (Unsplash)

Markets

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Unceremonious Exit Leaves ‘Alameda Gap’ in Crypto Markets

The fall of a big player in the crypto trading sector has created a domino effect: lack of liquidity, according to a new report from Kaiko.

Los mercados cripto registraron más de US$700 millones en liquidaciones de operaciones en corto. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Launchpad Team Finance Suffers $14.5M Exploit

The platform has paused all activity till the exploit has been mitigated.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Prime Brokerage FalconX Unveils Risk-Management Platform for Institutional Clients

FalconX 360 seeks to make risk management and liquidity visibility more accessible for institutional crypto investors.

FalconX's investment management platform (FalconX)

Policy

French Central Bank CBDC Projects Aim to Manage DeFi Liquidity, Settle Tokenized Assets

The Bank of France is looking at a wholesale central bank digital currency that would be used by banks and financial markets.

The former stock exchange in Paris (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked for $160M, OTC Services Unaffected

Wintermute's lending and OTC operations have not been affected despite the hack.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Enlists Broadridge Financial to Improve Liquidity

Coinbase will use Broadbridge's NYFIX order-routing network.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Wallet Service of Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Poolin Will Issue 'IOU' Tokens After Suspending Withdrawals

Poolin acknowledged liquidity issues last week and halted withdrawals on its wallet service the next day.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

Finance

Withdrawal of $33M in Staked Ether Was Not From Three Arrows Capital: Report

The withdrawal was to a Matrixport wallet, not Three Arrows, as previously reported.

Three Arrows co-founder Su Zhu (CoinDesk)

Finance

Poolin, One of the World's Biggest Bitcoin Mining Pools, Acknowledges Liquidity Issues

Poolin CEO and founder Kevin Pan assured users that funds are safe and said the company might look to debt to solve its liquidity troubles.

Mining rigs in Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Fran Velasquez/CoinDesk)