Category: Exchanges

Poland’s Largest Exchange Faces $350M Swindling Allegations

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Key Takeaways: Zondacrypto CEO Kral revealed the exchange lost access to a wallet holding 4,503 BTC. This revelation sparked huge withdrawals, draining 99% of Zondacrypto’s BTC reserves. The 2022 disappearance probe of Suszek continues as Kral hopes for a key transfer. Zondacrypto Faces Misappropriation Allegations Amid 4,503 BTC Misunderstanding Zondacrypto, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Poland, has put itself in a rough spot after it was known that it had lost access to a wallet containing over $350 million in bitcoin. Recently, Zondacrypto CEO Przemysław Kral published the…

Bitcoin enters disbelief phase as USDC exchange reserves push above $7.5B

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A negative Bitcoin funding rate and $7.5 billion in USDC reserves suggest traders may start positioning against the bearish trend. Will BTC price keep rising? Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied 30% since its 2026 low of $60,000, and stablecoin balances on exchanges suggest the market has entered a disbelief phase, with roughly $7.5 billion in USDC on Binance highlighting readily deployable capital that traders could start positioning soon. Data show that derivatives market positioning has not kept pace with the bullish price trend. Crypto analyst Darkfost tracked the 30-day cumulative funding…

TMX Moves to Acquire Cboe’s Canada and Australia Exchanges in $300 Million Deal

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TMX Group has agreed to acquire the Australia and Canada exchange businesses of Cboe Global Markets in a US$300 million deal. The transaction covers Cboe Australia and Cboe Canada and is subject to regulatory approvals in both countries. The two businesses are expected to close in separate transactions once approvals are completed. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!). The deal reverses Cboe’s earlier expansion into Canadian equities market infrastructure. The company built its presence through acquisitions including NEO and MATCHNow, positioning itself…

Kalshi and Polymarket Move Into Perpetual Futures, Taking On Offshore Exchanges

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Kalshi and Polymarket are simultaneously entering the perpetual futures market — a move that takes both platforms well beyond event contracts and into direct competition with the offshore crypto exchanges that currently dominate this space. Bloomberg reported that Kalshi plans to launch crypto perpetual futures in the coming weeks, citing a person familiar with the matter. Within hours, Polymarket announced its own offering. The near-simultaneous timing turned what might have been a quiet product launch into a visible race for market share in the most traded crypto derivative. We price…

Gold and Oil Drive Record TradFi Volumes Across Crypto Exchanges

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Gold has taken over retail futures trading on crypto exchanges in 2026, and fresh quarterly data from MEXC shows the flow has only become more concentrated. The Seychelles-based exchange said its tokenized gold product XAUT alone accounted for 71% of combined volume among its top 10 TradFi Futures in the first quarter, with silver adding another 22%. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!) Together, the two instruments absorbed 93% of top 10 activity between January and March, according to the company’s Q1…

Largest Bank of Russia Prepared to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading Services

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Key Takeaways: Sberbank readies crypto trading for its 110M clients, awaiting upcoming Bank of Russia regulations next. Following a December loan to Intelion, Sberbank plans to expand crypto-backed lending to more firms next. A December Bank of Russia draft caps retail buys at $4,000 yearly, paving the way for future market access. Sberbank Ready To Offer Crypto Services As Soon As Regulation Arises Cryptocurrencies are poised to make inroads into the Russian banking system as soon as a regulatory framework for these assets is established. Sberbank, one of the largest…

BTCC Exchange Launches SpaceX Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures Trading and Celebrates with Tesla Cyberbeast Giveaway

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April 17th, 2026 – Lodz, Poland BTCC, one of the world’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced the official launch of SPACEXUSDT perpetual futures, making SpaceX pre-IPO exposure available to retail traders globally on the BTCC platform. As one of the first exchanges in the market to list SpaceX perpetual futures, BTCC also delivers the deepest order book depth for SPACEXUSDT trading, which sets a new benchmark for price discovery in tokenized pre-IPO assets. SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, is widely regarded as the world’s most transformative private aerospace…

Sanctioned Exchange Grinex Hit by $13.7M Hack; Blames Foreign Intelligence Services

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Key Takeaways: Grinex halts operations after a state-level hack drains over 1 billion rubles in USDT from user wallets. The 2025 takeover of Garantex solidified Grinex as a primary target for ongoing U.S. sanctions. Law enforcement is reviewing logs from 54 wallets as Grinex seeks to recover 13.74 million USDT in stolen TRX. Allegations of State-Sponsored Interference Grinex, a crypto-ruble exchange serving Russian businesses and individual investors, has suspended operations after a sophisticated cyberattack. The breach resulted in the theft of digital assets valued at approximately $13.74 million (more than…

Sanctioned Crypto Exchange Grinex Pauses Operations After $14 Million Hack

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Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex said it has suspended trading after losing more than 1 billion Russian rubles ($13.7 million) to an attack bearing signs of involvement by foreign intelligence agencies. The exchange, which is registered in Kyrgyzstan but has been linked to Russia’s crypto ecosystem and alleged sanctions evasion, said on Thursday that the funds were taken from 54 addresses and that the digital footprint and nature of the attack indicate an “unprecedented level of resources and technology available only to entities of hostile states.” “Due to the attack, the…

Instant Crypto Exchange CCE.Cash Enables Fast Cross Chain Swaps With Low Fees – Press release Bitcoin News

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PRESS RELEASE. April 15, 2026 – The instant crypto exchange model is rapidly gaining traction as demand increases for faster and more efficient digital asset transactions. CCE.Cash is entering this growing segment with a platform designed to enable fast cross chain swaps, low fee transactions, and simplified crypto exchange execution across multiple blockchain networks. Instant crypto exchange built for speed and efficiency CCE.Cash operates as an instant crypto exchange that facilitates direct cryptocurrency swaps across multiple blockchain networks. By reducing the complexity associated with traditional crypto exchange workflows, the platform…