Tag: Markets

dYdX raises margin requirements in some markets, bans “highly profitable trades”

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Decentralized crypto exchange dYdX has disclosed new measures to mitigate trading-related risks after burning $9 million of its insurance fund on Nov. 17 to cover users’ losses. According to an announcement on X (formerly Twitter), the exchange increased margin requirements on several “less liquid markets,” affecting tokens such as Eos (EOS), 0x Protocol (ZRX), Aave (AAVE), Algorand (ALGO), Internet Computer (ICP), Monero (XRM), Tezos (XTZ), Zcash (ZEC), SushiSwap (SUSHI), THORChain (RUNE), Synthetix (SNX), Enjin (ENJ), 1inch Network (1INCH), Celo (CELO), Yearn.finance (YFI), and Uma (UMA). dYdX triggered its insurance fund…

Tether credits USDT growth surge to ETF excitement, emerging markets

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Tether (USDT), the largest stablecoin by market value, has been breaking new records throughout 2023, with its market capitalization adding at least $20 billion so far this year. According to data from the blockchain data provider Whale Alert, Tether has minted 22.75 billion USDT so far this year, with at least 4 billion USDT being issued in the past four weeks. After starting the year with a market cap of roughly $66 billion, Tether USDT has been steadily gaining momentum, with its market value surpassing $80 billion in April 2023.…

LATAM fiat ramp partners with Finery Markets to launch institutional OTC desk

Transfero, a major fiat onramp provider in Latin America, has partnered with the cryptocurrency trading technology company Finery Markets to launch an institutional over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency trading desk, Finery Markets announced Friday. Per an announcement shared with crypto.news, the partnership will allow Transfero — which operates the Brazilian Real and Argentine Peso-pegged stablecoins BRZ and ARZ — to employ Finery Markets’ trading software FM Liquidity Match. This will give Transfero access to global OTC liquidity sources and automated trade execution to facilitate large-scale cryptocurrency trades for institutional clients. OTC cryptocurrency…

Mango Markets’ exploiter to face trial in April, and Coinflux shuts multichain: Finance Redefined

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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The exploiter behind the $116-million theft of assets from Mango Markets will face trial in April next year after the accused convinced the judge to postpone the fraud trial to April 8, 2023. The Aave protocol had to pause multiple markets earlier after reports of a feature-related bug. The Coinflux multichain protocol called ShuttleFlow is all set to wind down its services…

Aave pauses several markets after reports of feature issue

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave paused a number of markets on Nov. 4 after receiving reports of an issue affecting “a certain feature,” according to a post on X (formerly Twitter).  The pause affects multiple networks, including Aave V2 Ethereum Market and certain assets on Aave V2 on Avalanche. In addition, certain assets on Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism have been frozen. “Today we received a report of an issue on a certain feature of the Aave Protocol,” Aave announced, adding that After validation by community developers, the guardian has taken…

Fraud trial of Mango Markets exploiter behind alleged $116M theft pushed to April

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Lawyers representing the $116 million Mango Markets exploiter have convinced a judge to postpone the fraud trial until April 8, 2023. Avraham Eisenberg’s fraud trial was set to commence on Dec. 4 but several circumstances impacted his trial preparations, according to his lawyers, who filed a successful motion for a continuance to District Court Judge Arun Subramanian on Nov. 2. “As discussed in today’s conference, the motion for continuance is GRANTED. Trial in this case will begin on April 8, 2024,” Subramanian stated in a Nov. 3 court filing. U.S.…

Bitcoin disappoints while Markets Pro delivers 88% gains in 29 hours

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2023 was anticipated to be the comeback year for Bitcoin (BTC). Experts predicted that the King of Crypto would soar to $50,000 or more, but it has only bounced back to about $26,000 since the bear market started in late 2021. Cointelegraph Markets Pro, despite the bearish trends ruling the space, has sent investors more than 150 winning alerts so far this year.  Smart investors are not sitting on the sidelines and waiting for legacy coins to pop. Instead, they rely on Markets Pro — the breakthrough AI-powered crypto trading…

Citadel, Fidelity-backed EDX Markets delists Bitcoin Cash

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Institutional crypto exchange EDX Markets removed Bitcoin Cash from its website after listing BCH at launch. EDX Markets, an institutional crypto exchange backed by Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital Assets, Charles Schwab Corporation and others, has removed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from its website, first noted by crypto reporter Colin Wu. In an interview with Digital Assets, Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto, Chief Strategy Officer of EDX Markets, confirmed the removal, saying that “EDX is not currently supporting BCH,” without going into details. As of press time, spokespersons for Bitcoin Cash made no public statements…