Seychelles-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to major nonfungible token (NFT) assets like Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). KuCoin’s NFT ETF Trading Zone went live on Friday, the firm announced. The new investment product is launched in collaboration with NFT infrastructure provider Fracton Protocol. The KuCoin NFT ETF is a Tether (USDT)-dominated product that marks particular underlying NFT assets like Bored Ape Yacht Club. BYAC is one of five NFT ETFs that KuCoin is launching. Trading under the symbol hiBAYC, the asset is an ERC-20…
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Crypto Exchange CoinFLEX Slashes Team Amid Cost-Cutting Push
CoinFLEX’s rough month continues with the decision to “right-size” a business down to its core. Source
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Schwab Asset Management to List Crypto ETF on New York Stock Exchange
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KuCoin Claims Bragging Rights as First Exchange to Offer NFT ETFs
The ERC-20 tokens contained within KuCoin’s NFT funds represent 1/1,000,000 ownership of the BAYC collection, for example, denoted by a hiBAYC token. To start, KuCoin’s “NFT ETF Trading Zone” will first list 5 NFT ETFs covering hiBAYC, hiPUNKS, hiSAND33, hiKODA, and hiENS4 as underlying assets as a beginning, the company said in a press release. Source
Crypto Exchange Zipmex Files for Bankruptcy Protection in Singapore
Zipmex, a cryptocurrency exchange focused on Southeast Asia, has filed for bankruptcy Bankruptcy Bankruptcy or insolvency constitutes a legal term and refers to being unable to repay debts. A business and a person can declare bankruptcy. When a person or company claims bankruptcy, it is described as a voluntary bankruptcy, and when your debtors force you into bankruptcy, it is referred to as involuntary. A voluntary bankruptcy occurs when the debtor or borrower, the party that owes the money files with the courts. Involuntary bankruptcy happens when your credits file…
Crypto Exchange Kraken Under Investigation for Allegedly Allowing Iranian Sanction Evasion: Report
Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly under federal investigation for allegedly violating a US sanction against Iran. The US has imposed restrictions on activities with Iran following the hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. As a result, US-based businesses are not allowed to buy or sell goods to anyone in the Middle Eastern country. Kraken is reportedly suspected of violating this sanction. Citing unnamed people affiliated with the exchange or who are familiar with the matter, The New York Times reports that the Treasury Department’s Office of…
After weeks of rumors, Thai crypto exchange Zipmex files for debt relief in Singapore
In a document dated Wednesday, July 27, Thai cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex said that its solicitors in Singapore, Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC, filed five moratorium applications, or legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment, under Section 64 of Singapore’s Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 on behalf of the company. Zipmex seeks to protect itself against third party actions, claims, and proceedings for a period of six months while the filing is active. The announcement came just one week after its CEO and co-founder Marcus Lim publicly denied the firm was facing…
Crypto Exchange FTX.US Opens Stock Trading to Users Nationwide
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Mysterious Crypto Whales Accumulating Polygon and $271,000,000 Worth of Ethereum-Based Exchange Altcoin
Several of Ethereum’s biggest whales are loading their bags in a major way as the markets try to stabilize after a rocky week of trading. According to the transaction aggregator WhaleStats, a number of cryptocurrency wallets with the root name of “BlueWhale” have been splurging hundreds of millions of dollars on discounted altcoins. The wallet with the handle BlueWhale0117 spent $4.2 million to acquire 5,192,453 tokens of the layer-2 scaling solution Polygon (MATIC). BlueWhale0117 is currently ranked #79 among rich whales, with a wallet currently worth more than $160 million.…