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After Cryptopia Hack, 2,000 Wallets Still Might be at Risk (UPDATED)

Following the first reported hack in 2019, on New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia, there is a significant lack of information publicly available about the aftermath. Currently, around 2,000 wallets remain on the exchange with a total of around 380 ETH, which is around USD 46,000, and they...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Exchange CoinZest Accidentally Dishes out Crypto Worth USD 5.3m

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange CoinZest has been forced to conduct a “roll-back” on its servers after it mistakenly doled out around USD 5.3 million worth of cryptocurrencies to its customers as part of an airdrop event that went spectacularly wrong.The exchange last week had...

, by Tim Alper

Int’l Governments Intensify Crypto Regulation, Tax Efforts

Governments around the world are increasingly edging toward regulating and taxing the cryptocurrency sector – with executives in Europe and South America poised to act.In the Netherlands, the country’s chief financial regulator, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, has...

, by Tim Alper

Disney, EA and Tencent ‘May Bid for Korbit, Bitstamp Owner’

Could Disney end up running two of the world’s most influential cryptocurrency exchanges? Per a South Korean financial news outlet, it may well happen – although Mickey Mouse and friends could face major competition from American and Chinese mega-companies.As previously reported, Kim...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Competition in Europe Increases: the Arrival of Binance

Europe is quickly attracting both old and new players from the crypto market. The newest addition is major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which has launched crypto trading market Binance Jersey for Europe and the UK which offers support for Euro (EUR) and British Pound (GBP), paired with Bitcoin...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Binance CEO Draws Fire on Himself With a Controversial Tweet

Everyone knows you should keep your private keys to your cryptocurrency as safe as possible, since your funds don’t belong to you unless you have those keys. But where? Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, thinks you should keep them on an exchange. However,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

New Crypto Exchange with Alleged Ties to Belarusian President Launched

A Belarusian company has announced the official launch of what is claimed to be “the world’s first fully-functional trading platform for tokenized securities.” The new exchange, dubbed Currency.com, reportedly allows users to place bets on the price movements of traditional assets...

, by Fredrik Vold

First Reported Exchange Hack of the Year (UPDATED)

A cryptocurrency exchange based in New Zealand, Cryptopia, has announced that they have suffered a “security breach,” resulting in "significant losses." (Updated with a statement from the police and user complaints.) The breach was announced at 8 am UTC on January 15th. The exchange...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

BitMEX Ditches Clients in the US, Canada – Report (UPDATED)

Hong Kong-headquartered crypto exchange BitMEX is reportedly under pressure from financial regulators in the US as well as the Canadian province of Quebec, according to the South China Morning Post. The exchange responded that these claims are false. (Updated with a response from BitMEX)According...

, by Fredrik Vold

Crypto Tax Crackdown: Denmark, Bulgaria Begin Purges

European nations’ tax authorities are targeting cryptocurrency traders, investors and vendors – with wide-ranging sweeps in Denmark and Bulgaria.Denmark’s national tax agency has announced it has been granted access to the historical data of three unnamed domestic exchanges in the...

, by Tim Alper

Bithumb, Upbit, Korbit and Coinone Eclipsing Smaller Rivals

A significant gap is opening up between the haves and have-nots in South Korea’s ultra-competitive cryptocurrency exchange market – with the biggest players passing key government security tests and intensifying overseas expansion plans.The so-called “big four,” comprising...

, by Tim Alper

Bitmain ‘Poised to Name New CEO’ with Co-Founders to Step Aside

Bitmain, the world’s largest mining hardware maker and operator of the two major Bitcoin mining pools, is likely to name product engineering director Haichao Wang as the company’s new CEO, per the South China Morning Post. The move comes just weeks after the firm announced it would be...

, by Tim Alper

Two Lessons to Learn from ShapeShift After it Fired a 3rd of its Staff

The lessons in scaling a small business are, most of the time, painful ones. But what about businesses in the cryptoverse? Is growing first teeth as painful there as it is in the rest of the business world? If we are to take ShapeShift's recent example into consideration, then the answer is a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto in 2019: Top Trends Among Exchanges

Decentralized exchanges, institutional involvement, and security token exchanges are among top trends in the crypto exchange business this year. The entrance of large players may contribute to a killing off of many of the smaller exchanges.Crypto is changing. No, Bitcoin and Ethereum may not being...

, by Simon Chandler

Crypto Cheer in Chile as Exchanges Win Legal Battle

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology enthusiasts in Chile are enjoying an optimistic start to the year – with a court ruling in favor of the country’s exchanges in an ongoing legal dispute, and the treasury testing public payments on a new blockchain-powered platform.The court...

, by Tim Alper

You Might be Able to Buy Apple Stock on Ethereum

A cryptocurrency exchange called DX.Exchange is launching stocks trading of giant companies including Facebook, Tesla, and Apple next week, so the companies can be traded outside of the US even when the stock markets are closed. According to Bloomberg, the exchange will offer digital tokens based...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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