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The US stock exchange Nasdaq revealed its plans to debut its digital currency storage platform in September. However, as Nasdaq Vice President Tal Cohen said to reporters the day before, the same company does not currently have plans to establish an exchange for dealings involving virtual assets. ...

In connection with a money laundering probe, six cryptocurrency exchanges' operations have been under scrutiny since last Thursday by Brazilian law officials. The nation's officials claim that both people and businesses might use digital currency to legitimate illegal earnings and avoid paying...

In November 2021, the Israeli authorities introduced mandatory licensing of crypto companies. Blockchain startups and bitcoin exchanges must register with the Capital Markets Authority database to operate legally on the domestic market. The first crypto exchange received a license from the Israeli...

Until the end of 2022, the Indonesian authorities want to launch their bitcoin exchange. For the first time, the government announced plans to create a national cryptocurrency platform last year. This year, the authorities want to implement the project, but the timing will be adjusted in case of...

Samsung's security company based in South Korea will release its crypto exchange in 2023. According to local media, it will team up with several other securities companies in the country to establish a virtual asset firm. The companies started to obtain licenses from financial regulators in the...

Cryptocurrency exchanges must obtain licenses by September 24 to operate legally on the South Korean market. According to the Financial Services Commission (FSC), 16 foreign marketplaces operate in the country without licenses. If they do not complete registration within the deadlines set by the...

In Portugal, commercial banks have begun to close accounts owned by cryptocurrency exchanges. Credit institutions motivate their decision by the fact that investments in digital assets are associated with high risks. The Central Bank of Portugal has not yet reacted to the information received,...

The restriction of withdrawals was notified by the Zipmex cryptocurrency exchange in Thailand last week. Local regulators then made the trading platform's problems public and began interacting with the customers who had been harmed by the outage. Information on the impacted traders is being...

US officials arrested a former officer at Coinbase for conducting insider trading. According to a release by the US Department of Justice, there are three charges in the first crypto insider trading tipping plot. The document says the former employee Ishan Wahi together with his brother Nikhil...

The increasing interest of institutional investors in bitcoin is evidenced by data on the reduction of the cryptocurrency exchange balance. CryptoQuant analysts estimate that the recent transfer of 30,000 BTC from the Coinbase platform to offline storage confirms the commitment of the big players...

The fall of bitcoin to its lowest levels since mid-March provoked another large-scale position in the futures market. Liquidations amounted to just over $430 million in the last 24 hours. The exchange cancels the trader's position in case of partial or complete loss of his initial margin....

European leading department store, El Corte Inglés plans to launch its cryptocurrency exchange for the customers. Reportedly, the company partners with Deloitte for technological solutions. According to the Spanish news provider El Confidential, Deloitte will develop a platform via which El...

Leading crypto exchange Coinbase announced blocking over 25,000 addresses that belong to Russian users. The company believes that the users were engaged in illegal activities. An article by the Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, Paul Grewal, states that the platform is committed to complying with...

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX will expand its global presence through the development of the European market. The company created a division of FTX Europe, having received a license from the financial regulator of Cyprus. “As we continue to grow, we are constantly looking for opportunities to...

The largest altcoin, Ether (ETH), has fallen over 12% in the last 24 hours. Cryptocurrency capitalization for the week decreased by almost 20% to $284.169 billion. Amid a market crash triggered by tensions in Europe, exchanges liquidated more than $400 million worth of positions on February 24. The...

Coinbase and Binance continue to lead the ranking of cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of the number of visits. The Block Research division published a study in the middle of the week devoted to an in-depth analysis of exchange traffic. It says that traffic to marketplace websites fell by more than...

Crypto derivatives platform BitMEX presented its native ERC-20 token BMEX, which has a max supply of 450 million tokens. BitMEX distributed 1.5 M tokens to the users of the platform via airdrop. This way, the customers of the platform became the first holders of the coin. According to an...

Crypto trading platform Crypto.com detected unauthorized activity on the platform on Jan. 17, after which it stopped deposits and withdrawals for some time. The team was investigating suspicious activities during the pause. Crypto.com stated that all funds were unaffected. The exchange implemented...