108 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

Has the Kimchi Premium Been Replaced by the ‘Korean Bonus’?

Crypto business is booming. Prices have been surging, the market has experienced a period of bullish growth and some are asking themselves if the heady days of 2017 are back. And just like 2017, much of the market positivity is coming from East Asia again – South Korea in particular.But there...

, by Tim Alper

Spain Issues 1.5k Crypto Tax Warnings, Colombia to Regulate Exchanges?

Spain’s Treasury department has issued almost 1.5 thousand citizens with warnings that they may have to pay tax on their cryptocurrency transactions. The Treasury has also warned cryptocurrency exchanges, private companies, banks and private brokers that they must declare any money they have...

, by Tim Alper

OKCoin Heats Up Competition for Large Crypto Traders

Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has announced the launch of OKCoin Premier, a special service aimed at large players to “enhance their access to OKCoin’s global liquidity pools.” To qualify for this service, a trader must have more than USD 100,000 in crypto traded over the past 30...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Swiss Exchange Introduced New Way to Invest in XRP

The primary Swiss stock exchange, SIX, is now home to another exchange-traded product (ETP) for cryptocurrency, and this one is tracking the price of Ripple’s native XRP token. The developer of the ETP is Swiss startup Amun, the same one that developed a Bitcoin ETP in November 2018.The XRP...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Binance Launchpad to Test its Lottery With Matic Network

Binance Launchpad, the token sale platform of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, aims to test its new approach to a token sale with Matic Network, a developer of a Layer 2 scaling solution, on April 24. The project looks to raise c. USD 5 million worth of BNB, which is the native token of...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

S Korean Crypto Community Must ‘Get House in Order’ after Bithumb Hack

South Korea’s cryptocurrency sector is livid after its biggest exchange suffered an EOS hack worth an estimated USD 13 million.Bithumb has suggested that the hack may have been an inside job, with suspicion falling on employees who have recently been made redundant.An employee at a major...

, by Tim Alper

Upbit Fosters Global Expansion With USD 71m Investment War Chest

The first two new markets should be launched by the third quarter of this year. Soon-to-be-issued token, LUK, will be the medium by which some blockchain startups will receive investments.South Korean major cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is looking to expand their business beyond their current...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

“Crypto Exchanges Are Failing Innovation,” Says Bancor Co-founder

Decentralized liquidity network Bancor plans to integrate another blockchain into their network in Q2, said co-founder and head of business development Galia Benartzi, who believes that centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are playing a safe game when listing tokens and "really failing...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

DragonEx Hack: USD 7 million in Crypto Stolen, Compensations in Sight

Singapore-based DragonEx, one of the top 50 cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, estimated that the value of the funds stolen in the hack on March 24 is around USD 7 million. Also, the company said it is working on "a preliminary Compensation plan.""After tracking and investigation, DragonEx...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

‘Momentous Week for Crypto’ Has Japan Buzzing

Japan’s cryptocurrency enthusiasts are jubilant following what the country’s media has termed a “momentous” few days for crypto-business.Akio Kikuchi, a cryptocurrency and blockchain technology consultant based in Fukuyama, told Cryptonews.com, “The importance of this...

, by Tim Alper

CELR Dives After Exchange Listing

It seems that another token, launched on Binance Launchepad, just followed the similar hype-pump-dump scenario as its two predecessors.The native token of Celer Network, CELR, has dropped after Binance and Gate.io listed it on Monday. However, it's still up by 190% compared to the token sale price...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

One of the Top 50 Crypto Exchanges, DragonEx Hacked

Singapore-based DragonEx, one of the top 50 cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, has been hacked, the company confirmed."On March 24th, DragonEx has encountered attacks from hackers, our users’ crypto assets and Platform crypto assets were transferred and stolen. Part of the assets...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

The Biggest Crypto Market Website Admits It Provides Inaccurate Data

The biggest aggregator of cryptocurrency market data, CoinMarketCap.com aims to improve its services further as it admitted that data on its website is not accurate.The company told Bloomberg that concerns over exchanges’ trading volumes inaccuracies “are valid”. Now, in addition...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Binance Coin Beats the Market on Launchpad Lottery News

Binance coin (BNB), the native token of major crypto exchange Binance, climbed by more than 14% in the past 24 hours (UTC 05:30 AM) after the exchange announced new rules for token sale on Binance Launchpad that would increase demand for BNB. "The next Binance Launchpad token launch will be...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

USD 740m Valued Bakkt Will Need Huge Volume to Keep Investors Happy

After reportedly being valued at around USD 740 million, much-anticipated and oft-delayed crypto trading platform Bakkt will need a lot of trading volume to ensure satisfying returns to their investors, the Block reported, citing undisclosed sources.The digital asset trading platform raised USD...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

New Regulations ‘Could Jeopardize’ Mexican Crypto Exchanges

Experts in Mexico and abroad have warned that the central bank’s proposed new crypto regulations could potentially derail progress for the country’s burgeoning cryptocurrency sector.As previously reported, the central bank, known as Bexico, wants to introduce a new series of reforms...

, by Tim Alper

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