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Today, April 20th, EU Parliament voted in a December agreement by 574 votes to 13 votes (with 60 abstentions), which proposed tighter regulation for digital currencies in attempts to prevent the coins from being used for money laundering and terrorism financing. The agreement will also permit EU citizens...
The New York Attorney General office launched a fact-finding inquiry to discover how the cryptocurrency exchanges work and what they’re doing to fight bots, money laundering, and market manipulation. Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift, and Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken, denounce the “questionnaire” as hostile to cryptocurrencies and business, in general. Kraken CEO Slams New York Attorney General...
Huobi, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in China, is set to expand its business outside of Asia. The company, who is headquartered in Singapore and has recently opened a subsidiary in South Korea, has announced a plan to set up an office in London. Huobi Exchange Plans...
Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea with a daily trading volume of about $476 million, is holding $6 billion on behalf of its customers as of 31 December 2017, according to its published audited accounts. South Korea’s Bithumb Stores $6 Billion On Behalf of Customers South...
Japan is quickly becoming a global center for blockchain ventures and cryptocurrency firms. Despite the region’s colorful history–involving Mt. Gox, for example–the local authorities see merit in these new technologies in the global cryptocurrency industry. Major local conglomerates have begun to enter the sector, with some of them...
Huobi, a Chinese cryptocurrency exchange, has launched Huobi Korea, its South Korea-based subsidiary, on March 30 with 100 coins listed. Huobi Exchange Enters South Korean Market The existing trading platform is now being marketed in the South Korean market through the company’s new subsidiary Huobi Korea. The exchange...
Over the past six months we’ve seen numerous high-profile cyber-attacks hitting online cryptocurrency exchanges around the globe. To better protect their digital and fiat assets — in a market that’s volatile enough as it is —an increasing number of traders are looking for alternatives. Enter: the over-the-counter (OTC)...
CryptoMKT, one of only three cryptocurrency traders operating in Chile, was told late last week that state lender BancoEstado was closing its account within 10 days. The news comes after other commercial lenders Scotiabank and Itaú CorpBanca made similar account closure announcements and the country’s other banks declined to accept traders as clients. Santiago-based CryptoMKT —...
DB Insurance — one of South Korea’s four biggest property and casualty insurers and the company that holds South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Youbit‘s policy — has denied a claim that the exchange filed after a hack in December of last year drained it of “about 17% of [its] total assets.” Youbit claimed that the insurance...
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a big role in people’s lives. These service providers can effectively make or break someone’s personal life. It seems evident OKEx may have some explaining to do in this regard. One of their customers claims the company liquidated his large Bitcoin stash in an illegal...
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