Category: Platforms

October 08, 2024 BY Sam Boughedda

FTX Plan of Reorganisation Approved By US Bankruptcy Court

FTX's high-profile collapse in November 2022 sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency industry. It resulted in the criminal conviction of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud earlier this year. The United States Department of Justice states on its website that "Samuel Bankman-Fried orchestrated one of the largest financial…

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Robinhood
October 01, 2024 BY Sam Boughedda

Robinhood Crypto Launches Crypto Transfers in Europe

The feature allows users to deposit and withdraw over 20 cryptocurrencies, including major players like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). “With the launch of crypto transfers in Europe, we’re making self-custody and entering DeFi simpler and more accessible for our customers,” commented Johann Kerbrat, VP and GM of Robinhood Crypto. “Support for deposits…

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Coinbase crypto exchange expands custodial services in Asia market
February 16, 2024 BY Simon Mugo

Coinbase Stock Rallies After Returning to Profitability on Bitcoin ETFs

The latter half of 2023 saw a surge in investor interest in major cryptocurrency tokens, spurred by expectations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of spot bitcoin ETFs. This anticipation contributed to a 57% increase in bitcoin's price in the fourth quarter, which enhanced Coinbase's trading fee revenue. Despite concerns that the…

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December 22, 2023 BY Simon Mugo

Bitget Unveils Plan To Serve the Bitcoin Ecosystem Better

The strategic plan of Bitget Wallet is expansive, covering a wide array of services specifically tailored to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Platform users can look forward to robust BTC asset management, seamless cross-chain swaps, support for both EOA and MPC wallets, compatibility with Taproot, and efficient asset transfers for BRC-20 tokens and NFTs. Additionally, Bitget Wallet…

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LMAX Group partners with SIX
November 23, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

LMAX Group granted a Recognised Market Operator Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore

Clients can now hedge their FX exposure against non-convertible currencies on a Central Limit Order Book (CLOB). Transparent price discovery, efficient market structure, firm limit order market data, deeper liquidity and streaming real-time will now be available to all participants. LMAX intends to create a more diversified offering for institutional investors. That results from a…

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Robinhood
June 12, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

Robinhood to End Support for Cardano, Polygon, and Solana

While the decision to end support for Cardano, Polygon, and Solana comes as part of the company's regular review, it also follows the three tokens being named as securities in the recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. Currently, Robinhood offers users the ability to buy and sell 18 cryptocurrencies. However,…

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Integral Digital
January 19, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Integral introduces crypto platform Integral Digital

According to the official announcement, Integral Digital is offered on a subscription basis and can integrate with in-house and third-party providers via FIX and Rest APIs. Additionally, the newly launched platform offers a fully integrated Prime Brokerage solution providing direct market access to multiple exchanges and market makers via a single account, which maximizes netting…

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B2C2 introduces electronic OTC options trading product for crypto markets
November 28, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

B2C2 expands use of KX’s real-time analytics software, deploys visualisation tool

Nicola White, Group CEO B2C2 commented: We are pleased to be working with KX, which supports B2C2 in delivering real-time data-driven trading insights and decisions to digital assets markets. KX is recognized and respected for its industry-leading technology across the world's major financial institutions and working with them aligns with our clients' and counterparties' capabilities.…

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