Category: Exchanges

Coinbase’s (COIN) Brian Armstrong Confirms Crypto Exchange Will Support Lightning, Which Speeds Up Bitcoin (BTC) Payments

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“Bitcoin is the world’s digital monetary system, and Lightning is Bitcoin’s payments layer,” Cathie Wood, the head of Coinbase’s second-biggest shareholder, ARK Invest, wrote on X in response to Armstrong’s post Wednesday. “Coinbase’s integration with Lightning will give its 100 million users an on-ramp to faster and cheaper bitcoin transactions. Hats off to Coinbase!” Source

Decentralized exchanges a magnet for crypto wash traders: Solidus Labs

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Over 20,000 crypto tokens have been manipulated via decentralized exchange (DEX) wash trading in the last three years, according to market surveillance firm Solidus Labs. In the second part of its 2023 Crypto Market Manipulation Report released Sept. 12, Solidus said among a sample of 30,000 Ethereum-based DEX liquidity pools, nearly 70% were found to have executed wash trades since September 2020 — making up for around $2 billion worth of crypto. Wash trading is a form of market manipulation where an entity buys and sells the same asset giving…

Bullish and Tribe Capital Among Suitors Vying for Bankrupt FTX Exchange

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FTX Group, which sought bankruptcy protection in November, is actively engaging in due diligence and sharing information with various parties to explore the possibility of an “acquisition, merger, recapitalization, or other transaction” to reestablish the company, It said in a presentation submitted to a Delaware court. In addition to Bullish, Tribe Capital has also submitted its bid. Notably, Tribe Capital was part of FTX’s venture portfolio before the exchange’s collapse and subsequent bankruptcy at the close of last year, media reports said. According to details presented in court, the exchange’s…

CoinEx exchange suspected of being hacked as $27M worth of crypto moved

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On Sept. 12, crypto exchange CoinEx experienced abnormally large outflows to an address with no prior history, leading security experts to suspect the exchange was hacked. Blockchain security platform Cyvers Alerts has estimated the losses to be approximately $27 million. Red CodeOur AI-powered model detected suspicious transactions related to @coinexcom 2 hours ago The potentially stolen funds amount to $18.12M #Eth $8.5M #Tron and $291K in #Polygon Possible causes: access control violations, private key leakage, rug pulling, insider job https://t.co/Wzw84azM9M pic.twitter.com/2bqHmE18Sr — Cyvers Alerts (@CyversAlerts) September 12, 2023 At approximately…

PayPal enables US users to sell cryptocurrency via MetaMask wallet

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Global payment giant PayPal continues expanding its digital asset services, integrating new methods to sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). PayPal on Sept. 11 officially introduced new on and off ramps for Web3 payments, allowing users in the United States to convert their crypto to USD directly from their wallets into their PayPal balance. According to the announcement, PayPal off ramp feature is immediately available to wallets, decentralized applications and nonfungible token (NFT) marketplaces and is live on MetaMask. The new on off ramp features are designed to enable customers to…

Could AI Hold the Key to Help Revolutionize Cryptocurrency Trading?

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Widespread consumer and organizational adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has caused quite public and now more recently, governmental outcry to pause further development of AI-based models and tools, as experts warn of the potential danger these technologies can hold for humanity. Since the public launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT onto the consumer landscape in November last year, machine learning technologies and language processing models have skyrocketed in popularity, finding a place in nearly every economic sector. Now, as organizations find themselves at the brink of the AI revolution, using digital systems…

Is Coinbase Leaving India? The Crypto Exchange Stops New Signups

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Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) is limiting its services in India with supposed full or partial termination of its services. The exchange has already suspended new signups for Indian users, redirecting them to download Coinbase Wallet, a self-custody crypto wallet, Finance Magnates verified. Discover StealthEX.io – the future of cryptocurrency. Swap instantly across 1000+ coins, no sign-up, secure, and private. Dive into the new age of crypto! A TechCrunch report today (Monday) revealed that Coinbase plans to cease all services for its Indian users. The exchange even sent emails to its customers…

Crypto Liquidity Becoming More Concentrated Within Top Exchanges, Says Analytics Firm Kaiko

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The top crypto exchanges in the world are eating up a bigger and bigger share of the industry’s trading volume, new data suggests. Crypto insights firm Kaiko says in a new report that the eight biggest exchanges in the world account for over 91% of market depth and 89% of all volume. As it was several years ago, Binance still leads the pack. Says Kaiko, “Liquidity is concentrated and has become more concentrated over time. In 2023, the top exchange, Binance, has accounted for 30.7% of global market depth and…

Court Hands 11,196-Year Prison Sentence to CEO of Exchange That Collapsed With $2,000,000,000+ in Crypto: Report

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The chief executive of a collapsed crypto exchange has reportedly been handed a staggering prison sentence of over 11,000 years. According to a new report by Euronews, Faruk Özer, the CEO of Istanbul-based crypto exchange Thodex, has been given 11,196 years in jail for stealing $2 billion worth of crypto assets from customers. Thodex suddenly went offline in April 2021, leaving 400,000 customers without access to their funds, while Özer fled Turkey. He was caught in Albania in 2022 after Interpol issued a red notice for him. Interpol’s red notice…