Chatex Users Ask US Treasury to Release Crypto Frozen by Sanctions
Retail customers were swept up by actions meant to punish a crypto firm accused of money laundering. When Ekaterina Abreu awakened on Nov. 9 at…
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China’s Digital Fiat Wants to Compete With Bitcoin – But It’s Not a Crypto
China may be about to launch a fiat digital currency, but in all likelihood, it will only resemble a cryptocurrency on the surface. And it…
Binance Tightens Compliance, Turning to IdentityMind for KYC
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is moving to boost compliance and data security through a new deal with Medici Ventures portfolio firm IdentityMind. IdentityMind…
Bakkt Makes Initial Hiring Push for Bitcoin Futures Exchange
Ahead of its hotly anticipated launch, bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt has launched a hiring campaign. Eight new job posting were published Tuesday on the company’s…
Asset-Backed Securities: Entering the Crypto Conversation in 2019
We are at the end of another busy autumn conference season, and I have had the opportunity to speak at half a dozen events to…
Bitfinex Launches ‘New, Improved’ Deposit System Amid Market Chaos
Bitfinex exchange today announced an upgrade to its fiat currency deposit system, after causing a stir last week by briefly halting U.S. dollar, GBP, EUR and Japanese Yen…
Cryptocurrency Prices Will “Slowly Recover” Due to “Real Utility,” Blockchain Professional Says
Josh Fraser, co-founder at Origin Protocol, an Ethereum-based peer-to-peer (P2P) solution for enabling economic transactions without intermediaries, recently told MarketWatch he thinks cryptocurrency prices will “slowly recover.” Fraser…
Crypto Exchange ShapeShift Sees Criticism for Mandating Memberships with KYC Norms
Often lauded as a bastion of anonymity, financial independence and personal security, ShapeShift exchange has made a controversial move in the eyes of some users…
Binance Fights Increasing Regulation
Zhao Changpeng, founder of Binance, was able to grow his company into the world’s largest digital-asset exchange by traded value in less than eight months. The exchange,…
Major Cryptocurrency Exchange Bittrex To Add USD Trading, Reopen New User Sign-ups
Bill Shihara, CEO of Bittrex, confirmed during a Unikrn Radio podcast with Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood on Jan. 31 that the Bittrex exchange will be opening up USD trading to the…