Tag: Exchange

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Crypto Exchange 100% Committed to the US Despite Regulatory Crackdown

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the firm is confident it can pull through the current anti-crypto regulatory crackdown that is stirring uncertainty across the industry. During Coinbase’s first quarter earnings call, Armstrong says the exchange remains completely committed to making things work at home in the US.  Coinbase recently received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warning of a potential coming enforcement action against the company for alleged violation of securities laws. “So let me be clear, we’re 100% committed to the U.S. I founded…

Coinbase CEO Says Exchange Would No Longer Exit US amid Regulatory Scrutiny

The SEC served Coinbase with a Wells Notice in March to signal an upcoming enforcement action against the exchange.  The CEO of top American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Brian Armstrong has hinted that the exchange will not bow to pressure from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Armstrong, who has been openly critical of SEC and its chair Gary Gensler, made more accusations on Monday. In a bare-it-all interview with CNBC on Monday, Armstrong suggested that Gensler leads some form of personal campaign against crypto. He says: “There’s kind of…

Coinbase Shares Jump 18% After Brian Armstrong Says Exchange Had ‘Turning Point’ First Quarter

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Coinbase (COIN) shares surged by more than 18% on Friday after the company’s chief executive, Brian Armstrong, said in an earnings call on Thursday that the exchange had a “turning point” quarter to kick off 2023. Armstrong notes that the company experienced 22% net revenue growth in 2023 Q1 compared to the final quarter of last year, according to a transcript of the call. Coinbase also witnessed a 24% decrease in operating expenses quarter-over-quarter. Says the CEO, “Q1 marked a real turning point in our financial performance. Revenue was up…

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Rolls Out Official Trading Support for Ethereum-Based Cross-Chain Bridge Altcoin

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Top US crypto exchange Coinbase is rolling out trading support for an under-the-radar cross-chain bridge altcoin built on Ethereum (ETH). The exchange’s customers can now trade Multichain (MULTI), a cross-chain protocol that aims to be “the ultimate router for Web 3.0.” Formerly known as Anyswap, the project launched in July 2020 and has processed $103.45 billion in total volume. It currently supports 92 different chains. Multichain currently ranks third among all cross-chain bridge projects in terms of total value locked (TVL), with $1.8 billion at time of writing, according to…

Israel Has Seized 190 Crypto Exchange Binance Accounts With Alleged Terrorist Ties Since 2021: Reuters

According to those documents, the NBCTF confiscated in January an undisclosed amount of crypto from two accounts with alleged links to Daesh, a terrorist group based in Syria and Iraq. Other government records, dating as far back as 2021, allege more than 100 of the seized Binance accounts had ties to Hamas, an armed Palestinian group that has often clashed with the Israeli Defense Forces. Source

Decentralized Exchange DEX SushiSwap Rolls Out V3 Liquidity Pool on 13 Chains

The version (v)3 concentrated liquidity pools will become available on popular chains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Polygon, BSC and Avalanche. The launch aims to expose liquidity providers to larger trading volumes and liquidity while reducing exposure to financial risks. The pools are designed to offer greater flexibility to traders, SushiSwap business development lead Alex Shefrin told CoinDesk. Source

OKX Exchange Faces Technical Issue With SUI Token, Compensates Affected Traders

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On May 3 at 18:40, the OKX exchange opened the spot selling of the SUI/USDT pair. Unfortunately, traders experienced a technical issue with canceling orders to buy SUI. This was announced on Twitter by the founder of OKX, Star Xu. The platform could not rectify the problem immediately, causing inconvenience to traders who were affected. Following the technical issue with the SUI token trading on the OKX exchange, customers who had placed orders to buy SUI tokens at a price exceeding 1.3 USDT could not cancel their trades. In response,…

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Faces Legal Action Over Biometric Data Collection – Exchanges Bitcoin News

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The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been accused of “wrongfully” profiting from its users’ facial and fingerprint scans. “Coinbase collects, stores, possesses, otherwise obtains, uses, and disseminates its users’ biometric data to, amongst other things, further enhance Coinbase and its online ‘app-based’ Platform,” a proposed class action lawsuit details. Coinbase ‘Wrongfully Profits’ From Users’ Facial and Fingerprint Scans A proposed class action lawsuit, filed Monday in the Northern District of California, alleges that the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) illegally collects face templates and fingerprints of its customers in…