Kraken Opens Trading For Japanese Users, Becoming 1st Exchange to Enter Japan Organically Kraken, one of the leading crypto exchanges based in the United States, has relaunched its trading services for Japanese customers under its expansion plan in the Asia Pacific region. Japanese

Anchorage And Tokensoft Collab to Bring Wrapped Coins to Ethereum; Zcash (ZEC) Is Up First As wZEC The growing popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) has attracted many other digital assets to Ethereum, including Bitcoin, in a wrapped layer one solution. The latest to join the league is the

Square’s Cash App Seeks Bitcoin Operations Manager to Forge ‘New Revenue Lines’ Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Square continues to delve deeper into Bitcoin. After a $50 million investment in the leading digital asset, creating an entire crypto division, and forming COPA, Square&

Crypto Options Exchange, Deribit, Mandates ID Verification for All Users Before the Years End The largest cryptocurrency option exchange in trading volumes, Deribit, will start mandatory government ID verification to maintain KYC/AML compliance rules. Panama-based cryptocurrency options

Kraken’s Crypto Bank Is “An Accident Waiting to Happen,” says Bank Policy Institute The structure of Kraken Financial is “prone to the same types of run risks as medieval banks and so-called “shadow banks,” said a non-partisan advocacy group representing the nation&#03

Top 20 Global Investment Firm Franklin Templeton & VC Illuminate Finance Invest in Curv Crypto Wallet Series A The global investment firm Franklin Templeton and Illuminate Financial, a Fintech venture capital firm, join Curv, an institutional cryptocurrency wallet solution, as investors – joining Curv's J

Ripple Shortlists A Move to Asia and Europe Should it Leave the US Due to Regulatory Clarity Ripple Labs considers Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE, and the UK as possible jurisdictions should the blockchain patent services company leave the US amidst a lack of regulatory clarity, said

CFTC’s Swaps Division Releases Advisory Note To Futures Merchants On Holding Virtual Currencies The short announcement published on October 21, 2020, from the swaps division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO),

Bitcoin Overtakes Disney & Netflix After Beating BoA to Become 23rd Largest Asset by Market Cap Bitcoin is enjoying a bullish this week as the price sets a new 2020 high. As the leading digital currency surpassed $13,000 for the first time since early June 2019, Bitcoin's market cap also ju

The Market Series – Part 6: How to Spot Bad Markets   In our Markets Series we’ve covered concepts essential to understanding crypto market structure. We started off by defining a market, explained the structure of an orderbook, looked at the different types of orders, defined a trade, and discussed the various types of orders. Using…

Fund your account in minutes with SEPA Instant transfers (EUR only)   We know that quick and efficient asset transfers are crucial in the fast-moving crypto industry.  With this in mind, we are excited to announce the recent addition of SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Instant) to the EUR funding methods available to our clients in…

Blockchain in Retail Vol.1: Wearable Markets Blockchain enters the mainstream. Fashion and wearable markets as well as other vital real-world industries are going to migrate to blockchain.

Bitcoin’s Correlation with S&P 500 Drops by 90% as a New 2020 High is Made Bitcoin spiked to a new 2020 high of nearly $13,300, a level last seen in early July 2019 after Paypal announced it would allow its customers to use cryptocurrencies. The leading cryptocurrency jumped

Ethereum Finally Catching Up to Bitcoin; DeFi Meanwhile Hits a New Record This week, Bitcoin is flying, having surged 16.6% in value to hit a new 2020 high. While the leading cryptocurrency has been enjoying an uptrend, altcoins have been either flat or in losses. That has

Voyager Merges With French Institutional Crypto Investment Firm, LGO, to Enter The European Market European institutional cryptocurrency exchange, LGO announces partnership with Voyager Digital, a leading cryptocurrency agency broker based in the U.S. The strategic partnership between the two

Paul Tudor Jones: Bitcoin Rally in its “First Inning,” Compares it to Investing in Apple & Google “I like bitcoin even more now than I did then,” said billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones who made a bullish bet on Bitcoin this year in May with an investment of 1-2%, calling it

The Digitally Native Financial System Is Being Built Right Before Our Eyes Listen now (6 min) | To investors, The United States financial system has long enjoyed a position of global leadership due to the clear regulatory environment, deep liquidity, strong economy, large asset management firms, and advanced technology. You can see the leadership highlighted in the US dollar’s global reserve status, the US stock exchanges, and the flow of capital to US investors and companies.

PayPal support spurs on crypto market surge Today’s edition of OKEx Insights’ Crypto Market Daily covers Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins and DeFi.

Claim and Stake Your Flow (FLOW) on Kraken   Note: In order to claim FLOW you must have purchased it in the ICO on CoinList or via the private sale. This is not a token giveaway or free airdrop. We are pleased to announce that you can now claim your Flow (FLOW) on…

Kraken Daily Market Report for October 21 2020 Overview Total spot trading volume at $444.6 million, as Bitcoin crossed the $13000 mark. Bitcoin began a positive streak towards the end of yesterdays session and continued through most of the day. Total futures notional ($270.8 million) also over double its weekly high of $117.3 million. In a day of great returns, Filecoin zagged with -14% returns over USD. Otherwise, it was all positive: Gnosis +25%, Link +10%, Litecoin +13%, and Waves (+8.5%). October 20, 2020  $244.7M traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD XBT $11930. ↑1.4% $150.4METH $368.66 ↓2.9% $41.3MUSDT $1.0009 ↑0.03% $24.5MLINK $9.8473 ↓9.8% $12.1MDOT $3.9059 ↓2.1% $4.14MXMR $118.40 ↓5.9% $3.46MXRP $0.2434 ↓0.9% $2.94MBCH $240.93 ↓3.6% $2.71MADA $0.1023 ↓5.7% $2.33MXTZ $2.0541 ↓6.1% $2.09MLTC $46.934 ↓2.2% $1.87MUSDC $1.0000 ↓0.01% $1.68MATOM $5.0233 ↓8.7% $1.43MTRX $0.0259 ↑0.22% $1.22MXLM $0.0808 ↓5.1% $1.22MZEC $57.784 ↓9.8% $1.02MDASH $70.779 ↓5.5% $973KFIL $31.267 ↓8.5% $896KDAI $1.0088 ↑0.04% $622KOXT $0.2269 ↓6.1% $593KOMG $3.1295 ↓7.1% $578KYFI $13028. ↓4.9% $548KWAVES $2.8670 ↓2.4% $526KEOS $2.5279 ↓2.1% $498KALGO $0.2870 ↓5.4% $403KUNI $2.8589 ↓9.9% $350KCOMP $94.634 ↓8.0% $338KNANO $0.8797 ↑5.0% $331KSNX $3.7074 ↓0.4% $304KKSM $27.814 ↓4.0% $294KKAVA $1.8111 ↓7.8% $286KICX $0.3550 ↓5.1% $263KMLN $17.448 ↓4.4% $263KCRV $0.3585 ↓14% $257KXDG $0.0025 ↑0.07% $252KSC $0.0025 ↓8.8% $236KBAT $0.2084 ↓2.6% $230KETC $5.4664 ↓1.5% $219KREP $13.124 ↓4.2% $187KPAXG $1919.5 ↑0.4% $177KSTORJ $0.3715 ↓7.7% $173KGNO $49.295 ↑6.5% $131KQTUM $2.1465 ↓3.1% $128KKNC $0.8628 ↓5.2% $119KLSK $1.0717 ↓3.1% $85.6KREPV2 $13.001 ↓4.5% $48.0KBAL $12.340 ↓7.0% $29.4K

German Central Bank Official: Digital Euro Proposal is More of a Political Strategy than Technical Decision A popular figure in the German central bank has said the decision to launch a digital Euro is more politically motivated than the technical value proposition. Burkhard Balz was speaking at the Europe

Decentralized Exchange IDEX Launches v2.0 With A Heavy Focus on Enhancing User Experience A popular figure in the German central bank has said the decision to launch a digital Euro is more politically motivated than the technical value proposition. Burkhard Balz was speaking at the Europe

Immature Bitcoin Market Data Is ‘Garbage’ But It’s Sign of ‘Being Early’ – MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor Since first announcing bitcoin purchase in August and again in September, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor had become a very vocal bitcoin supporter, a big change from seven years back when he thought

Zcoin Launches Lelantus Testnet, Leveraging Burn-and-Redeem Model for Enhanced Privacy Zcoin, the privacy-focused crypto project, has launched Lelantus testnet as it looks to increase the anonymity features within its ecosystem. The testnet launched on October 20 leverages a burn-and

$1.3M in Chinese Digital Yuan Were Spent In The Largest DCEP Test Run in Shenzhen Province Zcoin, the privacy-focused crypto project, has launched Lelantus testnet as it looks to increase the anonymity features within its ecosystem. The testnet launched on October 20 leverages a burn-and

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) is now available on Coinbase Starting today, Coinbase supports Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can…

Ethereum Classic & IOHK Team Up to Find Solutions to Prevent 51% Attacks On The Blockchain An announcement from the ETC lead development team, ETC Coop, the company has collaborated with IOHK “to provide Ethereum Classic stakeholders and the broader community with the knowledge and

Coinbase and Circle Consortium’s USDC Stablecoin is Now Integrated on Solana Blockchain The Center announced today Solana blockchain as an official Chain for its USDC stablecoin. As an expansion of the “fully-reserved and regulated digital dollar stablecoin,” the Coinbase and C

SEC Proposes $5 Million Settlement in Kik’s $100 Million Initial Coin Offering (ICO) for KIN Kik Interactive, the embattled Canadian messaging startup, seems to have finally reached a settlement deal with the SEC regarding its illegal ICO back in 2017. Since the summer of 2019, the two

OKEx Exchange Resumes P2P Fiat Trading for Chinese Yuan, Indian Rupee, & Vietnamese Dong Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced on Wednesday that it is resuming peer-to-peer (P2P) trading for CNY, INR, and VND fiat pairs from today at 12:00 pm (UTC). Buy Crypto fiat gateways are also