South Korea preparing ban
on cryptocurrency trading Cryptocurrencies ranging from bitcoin to ethereum and ripple were all down during the Asian trading session on Thursday, as...
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In 2015, the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC), which was beginning to crack down on unregistered firms that were trading cryptocurrency derivatives, determined that cryptos were commodities and thus within its regulatory jurisd
Trading Commission (CFTC), which was beginning to crack down
on unregistered firms that were
trading cryptocurrency derivatives, determined that cryptos were commodities and thus within its regulatory jurisd
trading cryptocurrency derivatives, determined that cryptos were commodities and thus within its regulatory jurisdiction.
The company
trades major
cryptocurrencies and bitcoin futures
on both CME and Cboe Global Markets.
Earlier this week Fortune had the scoop
on Circle, a Goldman Sachs - backed fintech startup, buying the
cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, where many of these projects» digital tokens
trade.
DUBAI, April 28 - Iran has developed an experimental local
cryptocurrency, a government minister said
on Saturday, days after the country's central bank banned
trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.
Johnson, who is «very bullish»
on the future of
cryptocurrency, has spearheaded research efforts in crypto at both Jump
Trading and Jump Capital to help understand the nascent market.
Bitcoin, the world's largest
cryptocurrency by market cap,
traded as low as $ 7,676.52
on Thursday, the lowest since February 8, according to CoinDesk data.
While news headlines and conversations might be dominated by
cryptocurrencies, he said, it's actually the blockchain technology that these digital tokens are
traded on that will endure into the future.
On its website, Verge is described as a
cryptocurrency which «improves upon the Bitcoin blockchain» and uses open - source software like Tor and I2P — both of which have been used in connection to the former
trading site for illicit goods, the Silk Road.
The crackdown
on Seoul - based operators of some of the world's busiest virtual currency exchanges comes as the government attempts to calm frenzied demand for
cryptocurrency trading in Asia's fourth largest economy.
Bitcoin Cash becomes the fourth
cryptocurrency available to
trade on Coinbase, along with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.
South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown
on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea
trade for higher than international levels.
In the past month, the
cryptocurrency is up more than $ 8,000 to
trade at $ 14,950.06
on the Coinbase exchange shortly before the beginning of futures
trading Sunday.
Even as China shutters Bitcoin exchanges and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signals heavier scrutiny of initial coin offerings, clients of
trading giant Goldman Sachs are still trying to get in
on the
cryptocurrency trade.
Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, a hedge fund that specializes in
cryptocurrencies, says his firm
trades on all the major online exchanges, but will turn to a
trading outfit, like Circle's, when the desk posts prices «at a discount to the market.»
In a separate hearing
on ICOs in Congress last week, Mike Lempres, chief legal and risk officer for
cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said the company does not
trade ICO tokens because it «can not take the risk of inadvertently
trading an asset that is later found to be a security.»
Then it called
on local exchanges to stop
trading in
cryptocurrencies and outlined proposals to discourage bitcoin mining — the energy - intensive computing process that makes transactions with the digital currency possible.
Crypto crackdown China, home to the world's biggest community of Bitcoin miners, is cracking down
on cryptocurrency activity, haling
trade of virtual currencies
on domestic exchanges and banning initial currency offerings.
LONDON — Revenue at
trading platform Plus500 jumped 284 % in the first quarter of the year, led by a surge in
cryptocurrency trading, the company said
on Tuesday.
April 6 - Billionaire investor George Soros's hedge fund is planning to
trade in
cryptocurrencies, according to a Bloomberg report
on Friday.
A report of a Commodity Futures
Trading Commission subpoena
on major
cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and an Securities and Exchange Commission emergency asset freeze
on an initial coin offering added to negative sentiment that day.
A head of the European Union's watchdog said a short - term strategy could be to focus
on applying anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules, warning consumers of the risk of
trading in
cryptocurrencies and preventing banks from holding them.
South Korea, which has become a
cryptocurrency trading hub after a market frenzy that attracted even housewives and students, has already imposed some regulations
on cryptocurrency trading.
«But, the government is still divided with many opinions ranging from an outright ban
on cryptocurrency trading to bringing the institutions that handle the currency into the system,» Hong said, adding that the government will thoroughly review the industry within global norms.
The state average of 9.87 cents per watt puts the average cost of mining at $ 3,224 per Bitcoin — substantially less than the over $ 16,000 the
cryptocurrency is currently
trading at
on the open market.
On Monday, South Korea introduced legislation on new rules to rein in speculative cryptocurrency investing, restricting trading to real - name bank account
On Monday, South Korea introduced legislation
on new rules to rein in speculative cryptocurrency investing, restricting trading to real - name bank account
on new rules to rein in speculative
cryptocurrency investing, restricting
trading to real - name bank accounts.
South Korea said
on Wednesday it will take firm action against illegal and unfair acts in
cryptocurrency trading after a petition with 280,000 signatures was sent to the presidential Blue House.
«Discussions will focus
on anti-money laundering steps and consumer protection, rather than how
cryptocurrency trading could affect the banking system,» one of the officials said.
Autonomous NEXT recorded a record high of 226 global hedge funds focused
on trading cryptocurrencies, up from 110 global hedge funds as of October 18.
The U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission joined other regulators sounding the alarm
on «pump - and - dump»
cryptocurrency investing schemes.
The Ontario Securities Commission said
on April 6 that it is gathering information
on several
cryptocurrency trading platforms after it received a number of complaints.
A strategist at Deutsche Bank says retail investors have shifted to
trading cryptocurrency after not profiting
on foreign exchange
trades.
[Coinbase's] impenetrability has earned it a reputation as the safest place to buy Bitcoin, helping it attract more than 9 million customers who store at least $ 3 billion in
cryptocurrency there, and who have
traded $ 25 billion to date
on its retail brokerage as well as its institutional exchange, GDAX.
At least 3.5 million people were
trading cryptocurrency on Japan's 17 domestic exchanges as of the end of March this year, according to Coindesk's translation of statistics from the country's Financial Services Agency (FSA).
LONDON — Online
trading platform Plus500 raised its profit forecasts for the year
on Wednesday, saying it has benefitted from the booming popularity of
cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
South Korea,
on the other hand, has implemented rules that allow
cryptocurrency trading only from real - name bank accounts.
Now, the most popular U.S.
cryptocurrency exchange will let you buy Bitcoin and other top
cryptocurrencies listed
on Coinbase through a new fund, rather than
trading them directly
on the exchange.
The index fund, which will invest in the same
cryptocurrencies traded on Coinbase and its institutional exchange GDAX — currently including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin — will be available only to U.S. accredited investors, or those who have annual income of at least $ 200,000 or a net worth of at least $ 1 million.
Bitcoin.co.id, an Indonesian online
cryptocurrency exchange, said
on its website that bitcoin was
trading at 217.44 million rupiah ($ 16,288) per unit.
China cracked down
on cryptocurrencies in September 2017, with authorities banning bitcoin
trading and initial coin offerings after the People's Bank of China said such activities could pose major financial risks to the world's second - largest economy.
April 6 - George Soros's $ 26 billion hedge fund is planning to
trade cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg reported
on Friday, months after the billionaire investor called the virtual currency a bubble.
Bitcoin was 10.47 percent lower at $ 13,332.24
on the Luxembourg - based Bitstamp exchange after South Korea's government said it plans to ban
cryptocurrency trading.
China cracked down
on cryptocurrencies in September 2017, with authorities banning bitcoin
trading and initial coin offerings
It's only a matter of time before China lifts its ban
on cryptocurrency exchanges, according to the entrepreneur behind what was once China's longest - running bitcoin
trading operations.
The entrepreneur explain that he «got out» of the Chinese bitcoin exchange business, and now instead focuses ambitions
on an international
trading platform, a mining and minting operation and a
cryptocurrency wallet called Mobi.
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) sent a subpoena
on Dec. 6 to both Bitfinex, a
cryptocurrency exchange, and Tether, a company that issues a virtual currency, the person said, wishing to remain anonymous because the matter is private.
The entrepreneur explain that he «got out» of the Chinese bitcoin exchange business, and now instead focuses ambitions
on an international
trading platform, a mining and minting operation and a
cryptocurrency wallet
Once the sale is over, the company's coin can be
traded on cryptocurrency exchanges and could theoretically increase in value if there is enough demand around a certain project.
Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina said
on Thursday that it would stop all
trading from Sept. 30, setting off a further slide in the value of the
cryptocurrency that left it over 30 percent away from the record highs it hit earlier in the month.
Based
on Nikkei's report, the regulator said the
cryptocurrency exchange has made it possible for users to start
trading immediately after submitting a photocopy of their ID cards, while the platform has yet to fully confirm and verify users» information.