Tag: Exchange

Crypto Exchange Woes Continue: Kraken Reportedly Shutters Regional Headquarters As Bittrex Lays Off 83 Employees

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A new report finds that crypto exchanges Kraken and Bittrex are downsizing amid the continued turmoil in the digital asset space. Bloomberg reports that San Francisco-based Kraken shuts down its Abu Dhabi office less than a year after receiving a license to operate a regulated exchange platform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The third-largest crypto exchange is laying off 30% of its global workforce as a result of the crypto winter. A spokesman says Kraken already dismissed the majority of its team focused on the Middle East and North…

Overstock-funded tZERO Crypto exchange will shut down March 6

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The tZERO Crypto exchange, whose majority owner is Overstock, will shut down on March 6, the company announced via Twitter on Feb. 3. The company says that it will continue to focus on its regulated securities products after the shutdown, as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators clarify the legal status of crypto assets. Today, tZERO Crypto informed its customers that it will be ceasing operations on March 6, following an orderly withdrawal of assets by the customers, which continue to be held by the…

Bitcoin Won’t Be an Effective Currency, Store of Value or Medium of Exchange, Says Hedge Fund Legend Ray Dalio

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In a new interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, hedge fund veteran Ray Dalio says Bitcoin (BTC) is getting more attention than it deserves. The founder of asset management firm Bridgewater Associates says that what Bitcoin accomplished in the last 12 years is amazing, but investors still have better choices than putting their money on the benchmark cryptocurrency. “It’s a tiny thing that gets disproportionate attention. You know the value of Bitcoin is less than a third of the value of Microsoft stock. You can go into industries. Biotech and many…

Shiba Inu (SHIB) Army Petitions Binance To List Shibaswap (BONE) on World’s Largest Crypto Exchange

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The community of Dogecoin (DOGE) competitor Shiba Inu (SHIB) is petitioning Binance to list a crypto asset that was recently designated as the governance token of its upcoming decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. In a new petition on Change.org, the SHIB army is asking the world’s largest crypto exchange platform by volume to list Bone ShibaSwap (BONE), the network’s utility token. “This petition is designed to kindly request of Binance to please list Bone Token to trade… BONE is a governance token of Shibaswap ecosystem which will allow the Shib Army…

Binance Invests in Crypto Exchange GOPAX Years after South Korea Exit

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has injected capital into distressed South Korean crypto exchange, GOPAX, two years after it shut down its subsidiary in the country due to low patronage. Bloomberg reports that the crypto exchange purchased a majority stake in GOPAX. At the start of the month, Finance Magnates reported that Binance was making plans to acquire GOPAX CEO Lee Jun-Haeng’s 41.2% majority shares in the crypto exchange. However, in a blogpost published on Friday, Binance only disclosed investing in GOPAX without stating the amount of injected capital.…

Binance severs ties with Indian crypto exchange WazirX

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The debacle between the global cryptocurrency exchange Binance and Zanmai, the operator behind the Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, continues in a new blog post from Binance banning the latter from utilizing its services. On Feb. 3, Binance released a post that acknowledged the ongoing “public debate” with Zanmai over its claims of Binance involvement in running WazirX. Binance said on Jan. 26 it gave WazirX the ultimatum of retracting its statements and continuing using Binance wallet services or terminating its usage. According to the announcement, Zanmai made no retraction and…

Binance re-enters South Korea with GOPAX exchange

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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is coming back to South Korea with a new acquisition of the local crypto trading platform Gopax. Binance has acquired a majority stake in the troubled crypto exchange Gopax, re-entering South Korea after exiting the market two years ago, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 3. The funding for the transaction reportedly came from a Finance-initiated investment project known as the Industry Recovery Initiative, to which Binance pledged $1 billion. Binance chief business officer Yibo Ling said that Binance has acquired a “meaningful” equity position at Gopax without…