“The ongoing DOJ and SEC cases vs. Binance may have dissuaded market makers from trading on Binance, explaining parts of the decline,” K33 Research senior analyst Vetle Lunde said. “Some market making has probably leaked to other exchanges, but it’s still almost certain that Binance’s woes negatively impact market volumes,” he added. Original
A crypto surveillance firm says that billions of dollars in fake market volume are flowing through decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Ethereum (ETH). In a new report, Solidus Labs says crypto token deployers and liquidity providers have wash traded at least $2 billion worth of crypto assets on Ethereum-based DEXs since 2020. Wash trading involves entities buying and selling an asset at the same price from themselves to artificially inflate the trading volume and attract more investments and liquidity According to Solidus, 67% of the roughly 30,000 DEX liquidity pools it…
Hong Kong police has arrested a social media influencer, Joseph Lam Chok this morning (Monday) for his involvement with the cryptocurrency trading platform, JPEX, which is facing allegations of fraud, according to the South China Morning Post. The arrest came hours after the troubled exchange confirmed the suspension of trading activities following a probe by Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). “Due to the unfair treatment by relevant institutions in Hong Kong towards JPEX, a cryptocurrency trading platform, and a series of negative news, our partnered third-party market makers…
Per the Metcalfe law (ML), the value of the network is directly linked and proportional to the square of the number of users it has. Ether enables users to transact on the Ethereum blockchain, earn interest, and participate in network security through staking, store non-fungible tokens and much more. Thus, ether’s value proposition has long been closely tied to Ethereum’s network usage. Source
The bankrupt crypto lender Genesis announced that it would cease all of its crypto operations for spot and derivatives trading, for institutional players as well. Bankrupt crypto group Genesis Global has ceased all of its crypto trading activities. As a result, the Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary will stop offering crypto spot and derivatives trading through its British Virgin Islands unit. In its statement on Thursday, September 14, the bankrupt crypto lender said: “Genesis has decided to stop offering digital asset spot and derivatives trading through GGC International, Ltd. (GGCI).…
75% of all fiat volume in Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by client count, is dominated by the Turkish Lira (TRY). At this rate, Kaiko, a blockchain analytics firm, confirms that the Turkish Lira is the most preferred currency, pointing to a shift in the global dynamics, especially regarding crypto adoption. Turkish Lira Popular Fiat In Binance As of September 14, 75% of all fiat volume was in Turkish Lira, ahead of the Euro and Brazilian Real (BRL). In the past three years, an unidentified cryptocurrency has gained popularity over traditional fiat…
Crypto lending firm Genesis, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), will stop offering spot and derivatives trading for crypto assets through its British Virgin Islands unit. According to a Sept. 14 statement from a Genesis spokesperson, the firm will “voluntarily and for business reasons” wind down its digital asset trading services through all of its entities. Genesis had been offering trading services through its GGC International arm in the British Virgin Islands. The move followed Genesis Global Trading — a firm also affiliated with DCG but not subject to…
“Genesis has decided to stop offering digital asset spot and derivatives trading through GGC International, Ltd. (GGCI),” the statement reads. “This decision was made voluntarily and for business reasons. With this termination of services from GGCI, Genesis no longer offers trading services through any of its business entities.” Source
Forex trading, commonly referred to as foreign currency trading, entails buying and selling other currencies to increase one’s financial gain. Forex trading involves trading fiat currency pairings and is open 24 hours a day during weekdays — i.e., closed on weekends — with trading sessions in major financial hubs, such as London, New York, Tokyo and Sydney. The first currency in the pair is known as the “base currency,” and the second currency is referred to as the “quote currency” or the “counter currency.” For instance, the United States dollar…
“We believe the future of finance is on-chain,” said Markus Maier, a co-founder of Mauve. “The foundation is our programmable compliance infrastructure, Violet, which we purpose-built for the needs of RWA issuers and institutional buyers,” he added, referring to real-world assets. Source AssetsCompliantDEXLiveMauveRealTradingVioletsWorld CryptoX Portal