The upgrade for one of the world's
largest digital asset exchanges was supposed to last for only two hours, but the website remained down for well over 24 hours.
Korean officials have visited the premises of three
digital asset exchanges where staff are suspected of illegally taking possession of customer funds in order to buy virtual currency for themselves.
Coinbase's professional trading platform Global
Digital Asset Exchange GDAX announced it has implemented Segregated Witness (SegWit) support for Bitcoin transactions in a blog post published Friday, Feb. 23.
Despite accepting over 45 currencies through a partnership with
leading digital asset exchange ShapeShift, the full token sale amount was invested into the Aragon platform in Ether due to the speed of the sale.
«ShapeShift is one of the easiest to use
digital asset exchanges in the entire Blockchain ecosystem, built by true pioneers in this space, now with Tether's digital cash, ShapeShift users have the benefits of both Fiat and digital currencies, instantly.»
It's also worth noting that if Ripple somehow knew that the XRP price would fall in the near future (e.g., because of its inability to get XRP listed
on digital asset exchanges like Gemini and Coinbase), the company could have decided to maximize its tax deduction by making the charitable contribution ahead of the decline.
The CEO
of digital asset exchange ShapeShift Erik Voorhees, stated that «the reason ripple is surging so much is it's a bubble.
A self - regulatory organization proposed by the Winklevoss twins (owners of the
Gemini digital asset exchange) is also part of the discussion in the US cryptocurrency regulatory arena.
«With respect to growth and outreach, we will continue to partner
with digital asset exchanges for listings and mostly importantly... it is really all about payments and in this quarter, you will see some very interesting developments with respect to our partnership in payments, with respect to XRP in particular,» Vias told CNBC.
Most recently, Gemini, the New York - based
digital asset exchange founded by investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss added ether to their platform, making it the only digital asset offered alongside bitcoin.
Gemini is a
licensed digital asset exchange headquartered in New York City that allows both individual and institutional investors to buy, sell and store Bitcoin and Ether.
Bitcoins experienced a drop below $ 10,000 after the Security and Exchange Commission had intimated that it may
require digital asset exchanges for it to be capable of registration with the urgency
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, the CEO of
Indonesia Digital Asset Exchange (INDODAX) claims the crypto trading platform is on track to attain 1.5 million users by the end of 2018.
SBI Holdings has been promoting the development of cryptocurrency - related businesses by establishing SBI Virtual Currencies Co. and preparing for the launch of
new digital asset exchange based in Hong Kong, in an effort to expand into cryptocurrency exchange service.
The newly
released digital asset exchange, owned by SBI Holdings, is designed to streamline cryptocurrency trading for its institutional customers and individuals in Japan.
Hong Kong - based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced today it will launch Ethfinex and with it the vision of a customer - centric and highly
liquid digital asset exchange platform.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which is the country's central bank, has no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading at the moment, though MAS does intend to eventually
regulate digital asset exchanges and other entities to ensure AML / CFT compliance.
Due to the burgeoning growth of virtual currencies in East Asia, Gemini founders, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, hope that this expansion will set a new milestone for Gemini and will help them achieve their goal of being the «next
generation digital asset exchange.»
QUOINEX is one of the first Financial Services Authority licensed cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan, and is one of the most liquid
Japanese digital asset exchanges ranked by daily trading volume.
According to Dash, QUOINEX is described as one of the first Financial Services Authority licensed cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan and is one of the most liquid Japanese
digital asset exchanges ranked by daily trading volume.
Citizens from Indonesia can purchase bitcoins from Bitcoin.co.id, the country's most
used digital asset exchange, as well as Localbitcoins, Coinmama, and Luno.
Overall, Lightspeed has made an interesting investment in an array of bitcoin and blockchain companies either directly or through its subsidiaries, backing BlockScore,
digital asset exchange Melotic and China - based bitcoin exchange BTC China.
This week the well known
Canadian digital asset exchange, Coinsquare announced its plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) hoping to raise $ 150 million CAD...
«There is a growing demand for Blockchain solutions from all types of firms from listed companies requiring their own blockchain - based loyalty programs, to companies wanting to manage their
own digital assets exchange, without the burden of hiring a large team to maintain their operations.»
In February 2017, the
Venezuelan digital asset exchange SurBitcoin announced that its bank account was being closed and urged users to withdraw their holdings from the platform.
On February 4, a PBoC - linked publication revealed that the country would use its «great firewall» to prevent citizens from accessing
offshore digital asset exchanges and investing in foreign ICOs.
Banks, payment providers and
digital asset exchanges process and provide liquidity for payments on RippleNet, creating new, competitive cross-border payments services for their customers.