Category: Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Bitcoin Ecosystem Altcoin to Its Listing Roadmap

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Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the US, has announced the potential future listing of an altcoin within the Bitcoin (BTC) scaling ecosystem. The exchange announced that Core (CORE) is now on its listing roadmap, meaning the exchange will possibly list it for trading in the future. Core is designed to be a hyper-scalable complimentary smart contract platform to Bitcoin. Core’s ecosystem consists of several major components, including its Satoshi Plus consensus mechanism, its non-custodial staking and its native version of wrapped Bitcoin. CORE currently has a market cap of $1.96…

Major Crypto Exchanges Announce Over 1,200 Job Openings

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Major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, Okx, and Crypto.com, are expanding their workforces, collectively offering over 1,200 job openings. Binance leads this hiring surge with 460 roles, followed by Okx with 414, Crypto.com with 335, and Coinbase with 224. This recruitment drive is fueled by market optimism, particularly surrounding bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), […] Source

Ethereum’s Balance on Exchanges Spikes Amid Possible Sell-the-News Event, According to Crypto Analyst

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A widely followed crypto analyst says that Ethereum’s (ETH) balance on crypto exchange platforms is spiking amid a possible sell-the-news event. In a new thread, crypto trader Ali Martinez tells his 62,700 followers on the social media platform X that over the last two weeks, hundreds of thousands of ETH have been transferred to wallets linked to crypto exchanges. “Looking at Ethereum’s balance on exchanges reveals a spike in the tokens available to sell. Over the last two weeks, over 242,000 ETH have moved to cryptocurrency exchange wallets. This indicates…

Crypto Exchange Giant OKX To Pull Trading Services From Hong Kong at the End of the Month

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The crypto exchange giant OKX will shutter its digital asset trading services in Hong Kong at the end of the month. OKX says it decided to pull its application for a virtual asset trading platform license in Hong Kong “after careful consideration of the business development prospects.” The exchange will stop providing trading services on May 31st, though its customers will still be able to make withdrawals. OKX’s web3 self-hosted wallet will also continue to provide services to customers. OKX is one of ten crypto exchanges that have withdrawn their…

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Reestablishes Support for XRP Trading in New York

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Coinbase has reestablished trading support for XRP in the state of New York. The top US crypto exchange by trading volume first suspended XRP trading across the country shortly after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) kicked off its lawsuit against Ripple in late 2020. The SEC alleged Ripple sold XRP as an unregistered security. That suspension was lifted last July after US District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that the San Francisco payment company’s automated, open-market sales of XRP did not constitute security sales. Coinbase immediately relisted XRP, though…

Crypto Exchange Gate.HK Ceases Operations — Urges Users to Withdraw Assets

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Gate.HK, the Hong Kong arm of cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, is undergoing a significant platform overhaul to enhance security and compliance, withdrawing its applications for licensing under Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (AMLO). Effective immediately, new user registrations and asset deposits are suspended. All tokens will […] Source

Crypto Exchange OKX Withdraws Hong Kong License Application

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