Category: Exchanges

Russian Crypto Exchange Garantex Halts Services As Tether Targets Sanctioned Wallets

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Sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex is announcing the suspension of its operations after Tether blocked its platform’s wallets. In a new Telegram announcement on Thursday, the Russian exchange says that Tether has blocked Garantex’s wallets, which contained over 2.5 billion rubles, about $28 million. “Dear users! We have bad news. Tether has entered the war against the Russian crypto market and blocked our wallets worth more than 2.5 billion rubles. We are temporarily suspending all services, including cryptocurrency withdrawals, while our entire team solves this problem. We are fighting and…

Virtu Financial Introduces VTS for Sell-Side Brokers Following Tokyo Stock Exchange Integration

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Russian Exchange Garantex Halts Services as Tether Freezes $28M in USDT Tokens 

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Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer, has immobilized roughly $28 million in USDT tokens on Garantex, a cryptocurrency platform based in Russia. This measure corresponds with the European Union’s sanctions against Garantex, which allege ties to Russian governmental entities and illicit networks, particularly amid Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. Garantex Warns Users: ‘All USDT in Russian […] Source

AI Altcoin Jumps As South Korea’s Largest Crypto Exchange Announces Trading Support

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One artificial intelligence (AI)-focused altcoin is surging after going live on South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit. The information finance (InfoFi) protocol Kaito (KAITO), which is built on the Base network, soared by more than 45% amid the Upbit listing news. Kaito was trading at a low of $1.49, before surging to a high of $2.17. KAITO has since stabilized and is trading for $1.76 at time of writing. With a market cap of $426.8 million, the altcoin is the 168th largest crypto project. Last month, top US crypto exchange…

Tether freezes $27M USDT on sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex

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Stablecoin operator Tether has frozen $27 million in USDt on the sanctioned Russian Garantex crypto exchange, forcing the platform to halt operations. “Tether has entered the war against the Russian crypto market and blocked our wallets worth more than 2.5 billion rubles [$27 million],” Garantex wrote on its official announcement channel on Telegram on March 6. The exchange said it has temporarily suspended all services, including withdrawals, with its website currently under maintenance. The news comes shortly after the European Union sanctioned Garantex as part of the 16th package of…

Bitwise files to list a spot Aptos ETF — the 36th largest cryptocurrency

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Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed to list a spot Aptos exchange-traded fund in the US — a token created by a team led by two former Facebook (now Meta) employees in 2022. Bitwise filed an S-1 registration statement to list the Bitwise Aptos (APT) ETF on March 5, eight days after Bitwise indicated it would make such a filing when it registered a trust linked to the Aptos ETF in Delaware on Feb. 28. The Aptos filing adds to the list of altcoins currently in the line to win…

Sygnum adds off-exchange crypto custody to Deribit with Fireblocks tech

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Cryptocurrency banking firm Sygnum is partnering with crypto derivatives exchange Deribit, providing its off-exchange custody platform, Sygnum Protect. On March 5, Sygnum announced the expansion of Sygnum Protect, its off-exchange custody platform, to include Deribit, one of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges in crypto. This integration enables institutional Deribit traders to hold their assets in Sygnum’s institutional-grade custody while accessing Deribit’s broad trading offering and liquidity. “This integration provides institutional traders with both the capabilities and security assurances they require to trade any of Deribit’s leading products comfortably,” Deribit CEO…

AUSTRAC Tightens Screws on Crypto Exchanges, Warns of Enforcement Action

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The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has announced that peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanges will be required to capture user information starting March 31, 2026. Reporting Suspicious Transactions The Australian financial agency responsible for monitoring transactions has said virtual assets services providers such as peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanges and custody service providers will be required to capture […] Source

Ripple’s Chris Larsen Holding $7,180,000,000 in XRP, Sent $109,000,000 Worth to Exchanges in January: ZachXBT

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Ripple co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen still controls over $7 billion in XRP tokens, according to on-chain investigator ZachXBT. Posting in his Telegram channel, ZachXBT lists seven addresses on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) that he says were activated by Larsen and are still active today. The on-chain sleuth also says that Larsen sent over $109 million worth of XRP to crypto exchanges in January alone, presumably to sell on the open market. “With the announcement of the US Crypto Reserve here’s your reminder that XRP addresses activated by Chris Larsen…