Huobi Global suspends derivative trading in New Zealand

Huobi Global suspends derivative trading in New Zealand

Crypto exchange Huobi Global announced the suspension of derivatives trading in New Zealand. The statement from Huobi said the new restrictions against derivative offers are in light of compliance with local regulations.  Users in New Zealand will no longer have access to derivative trading services, which include coin-margined futures and…

Crypto lender Hodlnaut seeks judicial management to avoid forced liquidation

Crypto lender Hodlnaut seeks judicial management to avoid forced liquidation

Singapore-based crypto lending platform Hodlnaut is seeking judicial management to manage its ongoing liquidity crisis and avoid the forced liquidation of assets in the current bear market. The crypto lender informed its users in a Tuesday announcement that they have applied to the Singapore High Court to be placed under judicial management. The…

Brazil brokerage giant with 3.6M clients launches BTC and ETH trading

Brazil brokerage giant with 3.6M clients launches BTC and ETH trading

Brazilian brokerage giant XP Inc has officially launched its crypto trading platform ‘XTAGE’ in Brazil, bringing a potential 3.6 million users to the crypto markets.  The news was broke in an Aug. 15 post by the Nasdaq Exchange Twitter account, noting that XP had rung the exchange’s “Opening Bell” to…

Fed to issue long-awaited guidelines for granting master accounts to crypto banks

Fed to issue long-awaited guidelines for granting master accounts to crypto banks

The United States Federal Reserve Board announced Monday that it had finalized its guidelines for the factors reserve banks are to consider when reviewing requests for Federal Reserve accounts and payment services. The guidelines create a three-tiered review framework with the level of due diligence to be provided, depending on…

Only 50 or so profiles out of 7,000 Binance employees on LinkedIn are real, says CZ

Only 50 or so profiles out of 7,000 Binance employees on LinkedIn are real, says CZ

According to a Sunday Twitter post by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, only about 50 out of 7,000 users claiming to be employees of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on Linkedin are real. The crypto executive lamented the lack of a real-ID authentication system on Linkedin, saying:…

Celsius Network coin report shows a balance gap of .85 billion

Celsius Network coin report shows a balance gap of $2.85 billion

A new bankruptcy coin report filed on Sunday shows that troubled crypto lender Celsius’ actual debt stands at $2.85 billion against their bankruptcy filing claims of a $1.2 billion deficit. The latest report shows that the company has net liabilities worth $6.6 billion and total assets under management at $3.8…

Pandas, cyborgs, dogs, koalas dominate BNB Chain Red Alarm flag list

Pandas, cyborgs, dogs, koalas dominate BNB Chain Red Alarm flag list

BNB Chain, a blockchain network created by crypto exchange Binance, identified over 50 on-chain projects that pose a significant risk to the users. A mix of crypto spin-offs resembling Dogecoin (DOGE) and Binance and others dedicated to pandas, cyborgs and koalas made the list as untrustworthy and high-risk projects. BNB…