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A Double Blow to South Korean Exchanges

South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have been dealt a double blow by the country’s government, with regulations in the pipelines – and higher tax bills also heading their way.The Ministry of Strategy and Finance confirmed that it was drawing up long-awaited regulations. Although South...

, by Tim Alper

Market Players Discuss Crypto Behind Closed Doors

Nasdaq Inc., the financial services company that owns and operates the Nasdaq stock market in the US, hosted a closed-door session last week to discuss how it can work with the crypto industry as it moves into mainstream finance.Present at the meeting were representatives from about half a dozen...

, by Fredrik Vold

Binance CEO: We (Still) Don’t Like Big ICOs

In what seems as a response to increasing pressure towards Binance to list different coins, the company CEO wrote a blog post explaining what companies should, and should not do, in order to get listed on the platform. In a blog post on LinkedIn, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), gives crypto...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Japanese Exchanges Try To Win Back Trust

Japan’s 16 licensed cryptocurrency exchanges could be set to self-impose a limit on so-called margin trading.A number of Japan’s leading exchanges offer margin trading services – allowing customers to borrow tokens to boost their buying capacity, using their existing holdings as...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Exchange Operator Lied About Hack

The operator of the now-defunct US-based crypto trading services WeExchange and BitFunder has admitted that he is guilty of lying to customers about hacks on the two platforms, Bloomberg reported. The Texas man, identified as Jon E. Montroll, now faces charges of securities fraud and obstruction of...

, by Fredrik Vold

Lawyers Criticize Japan’s Crypto Regulations

Japanese lawyers and accountants have criticized the country’s government for imposing what they term “restrictive” cryptocurrency regulations.Speaking at a cryptocurrency conference held at the University of Tokyo, financial and legal experts advised the government to relax...

, by Tim Alper

Have S Korean Exchanges Solved their Insurance Riddle?

South Korea’s biggest group of cryptocurrency exchanges, the Korea Blockchain Association (KBA) has seemingly made a breakthrough in its quest to find an insurance solution for the country’s exchange platforms.Per media outlet Newsis, the KBA has announced that Hanwha General Insurance...

, by Tim Alper

Binance and OKEx Get Closer to Malta

Two major cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and OKEx appeared today in partnership announcements in Malta. First, Neufund, a platform for companies to create and sell equity tokens, has announced their partnership with Binance, and MSX, an innovation vehicle of the Malta Stock Exchange. Three...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Japan: One Exchange Opens For Residents, Another Pulls Plug on App

SBI Group’s long-awaited SBI Virtual Currencies exchange platform has finally begun accepting applications for general usage accounts, over a month after officially launching. Per Nikkei, the platform is now accepting account applications for Japanese residents aged 20 to 70, and will not...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Companies Want to Run Onto Football Field

The World Cup is over, but the football season in Europe is warming up, with preparations for the new 2018/19 season. Crypto companies are looking to strike sports sponsorship and endorsement deals before the season kicks off.Polish cryptocurrency exchange CoinDeal, for example, is a shirt sponsor...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Good News For the Security Token Market

Coinbase, the popular US-based fiat-to-crypto exchange and wallet service, has received a green light from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to list tokens that may be deemed securities, Bloomberg reported.UPDATED on July 18:...

, by Fredrik Vold

Hacks Force South Korean Exchanges to Seek ISO 27001 Accreditation

Korbit, one of South Korea’s largest and longest-running exchanges, has announced that it has obtained the ISO 27001 information security standard, making it the first major platform in the country to do so.The news comes around a week after rival exchange GoPax – a newer platform...

, by Tim Alper

Get Your Popcorn: Kraken Trolls Coinbase

In the crypto world, sometimes it’s hard to tell whether people are at war or just poking fun at the others’ expense. The situation with two exchanges Kraken and Coinbase is similar: following Coinbase’s announcement of adding five new coins - which caused their prices to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Five Coins Surge as Coinbase Announces Possible New Listings

Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange, announced that they are exploring the addition of Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and 0x (ZRX) to their platform. However, the company stressed that no final decision has been made, saying in a tweet that some...

, by Fredrik Vold

Vitalik Buterin Wouldn’t Be Happy About the New Trend Among Exchanges

Exchanges are starting to implement matching engines in their platforms. Often centralized matching engines threatens to undermine the decentralization.In a recent interview, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum platform, said: “I definitely hope centralized exchanges go burn in hell...

, by Simon Chandler

3 Ways Your Cryptocurrency Exchange Account Can Be Hacked

Cryptocurrency exchanges are a premier target for cybercriminals who are looking to acquire cryptocurrency through illegitimate means. USD 731 million have been stolen during exchange hacks in the first half of 2018, according to blockchain security experts CipherTrace. While the majority of these...

, by Alex Lielacher

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