Approximately 50 users of Beribit, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange, recently tried to storm the company’s Moscow offices to demand their digital assets. Beribit’s management has attributed the delay in processing withdrawal requests to an audit initiated following the discovery of discrepancies in the exchange’s balance sheet. Balance Sheet Discrepancies About 50 users of the Russian […] Source
The former Head of Crypto Ops at Revolut, Ruslan Fakhrutdinov, has launched a crypto exchange with an investment of $6.5 million. Tioga Capital, Semantic Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Starkware, and Cyber Fund are some investors in the new exchange dubbed X10. Self-Custody and On-Chain Settlement According to the press release, executives from Revolut and the Founder of Lido, Konstantin Lomashuk, have invested in the crypto exchange. X10 combines aspects of a centralized exchange and a decentralized finance platform. It promises full self-custody of digital assets and on-chain settlement of transactions. “With…
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At least 32 individuals connected to the now-defunct Taiwan-based cryptocurrency exchange, ACE Exchange, have been indicted on fraud charges. Prosecutors have recommended 20-year jail terms for the founder, David Pan, and his business partner, while a 12-year jail term has been proposed for Chairman Wang Chen-huan. Token Prices Plummet Taiwanese prosecutors recently indicted at least […] Source
Earlier this month, Australia-based Monochrome Asset Management applied for a spot bitcoin ETF with the global listing exchange, Cboe Australia, CoinDesk reported. Cboe Australia is a smaller rival of ASX. At the time of the announcement, Monochrome said it selected Cboe Australia because of its expertise across Asia and broader investor access, among other aspects. Source
Authorities in Taiwan are reportedly accusing crypto exchange executives and dozens of others of running a multimillion-dollar crypto scam. According to a new report by the Taipei Times, prosecutors are charging 32 people with fraud allegedly related to the ACE crypto exchange, recommending 20-year sentences for the four operators of the trading platform. Those arrested include David Pan and Lin Keng-hong, the founders of the ACE crypto exchange platform, and Wang Chen-huan, the chairman of the firm. The Taiwanese government says that the scheme defrauded about 1,200 out of $24.56…
Prosecutors in Taiwan have proposed lengthy prison sentences for ACE Exchange’s founder, David Pan, and former executives as main suspects in an alleged fraud and money laundering case. This development came after the Taiwanese authorities initiated a fresh round of charges against the exchange founder and several others. ACE Exchange Defendants Face Potential Lengthy Jail Term On Friday, April 26, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office indicted 32 individuals involved in an alleged money laundering and fraud scheme. Among those indicted are Pan, his business partner Lin Keng-hong, and attorney Wang…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. The foremost crypto token, Bitcoin, continues to dominate and direct the market movement. Since the halving, investors have renewed interest, anticipating a price explosion like the one that occurred shortly after the last halving in 2020. While several investors expect their holdings to explode, tokens such as Fezoo have shown every sign of price explosion right from presale with expectations of 20X return. How is the crypto market responding…
Crypto asset manager Pantera Capital has reportedly won a bid to purchase discounted Solana (SOL) from bankrupt crypto exchange platform FTX. According to a new report by Bloomberg, an anonymous person familiar with the matter says that Pantera won a bid to purchase a discounted stash of the Ethereum (ETH) rival. Though the details of the deal haven’t been made public yet, the person says that 2,000 SOL tokens were sold this week. Earlier in April, FTX sold about 66% of its $2.6 billion trove of SOL at a discounted…
Cboe Global Markets plans to close its cryptocurrency exchange in the third quarter of 2024. Cash-settled Bitcoin and ether futures contracts will move from the Cboe Digital Exchange to the Cboe Futures Exchange in the first half of 2025. According to the press release, John Palmer, the President of Cboe Digital, will head US Derivatives Market Development. Consolidating Crypto Futures Cboe aims to consolidate all its US futures products into one exchange to enhance efficiency for clients globally. By leveraging its global derivatives franchise, the options exchange aims to support…