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Digital Asset Research Announces April 2024 Crypto Exchange Vetting Results

In an industry where reliability and trust are as volatile as the assets traded, the role of meticulous vetting in cryptocurrency exchanges cannot be overstated. Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading authority in crypto asset data, has unveiled the results of its comprehensive April 2024 vetting of over 600 centralized crypto exchanges. This initiative is…

April 25, 20240Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

Markets

Lead-up to BTC halving excites investors, brief mempool overload, exchanges barely holding on

BTC saw an unusual spike in activity yesterday, April 29th. In the past, 24 hours Bitcoin has risen up by 18.66 %, the mempool was briefly overloaded, and some exchanges were barely keeping up with the activity. Let's start with the price. But before that, I just want to let you know that this is not…

April 30, 20200Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

Technology

bitHolla to provide 10x cheaper exchanges with new product

Edit: We reached out to bitHolla, and they explained that their HEX system still requires custom onboarding, configuration, and cooperation. They expect to have a DIY version of the exchange kit by next month, which is going to be a full client with open source code. bitHolla, a South Korean company released an "open" exchange kit…

September 23, 20190Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

Opinion

Curated cryptocurrency and blockchain news – Week 8 ’19

Welcome to the eighth edition of our weekly curated news article where we provide you with the widest possible overview of the most important events that have transpired in cryptocurrency and blockchain developments. We've made sure to analyze all of the news reports available on the internet and reviewed them for relevancy. This article is…

February 27, 20190Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

News

Over $700 Million Stolen from Exchanges. Can We Prevent It?

As reported by CipherTrace, a blockchain security firm, an equivalent of around $730 million in cryptocurrencies was stolen off exchanges in the first quarter of 2018. This is incredibly huge and has raised concerns among an array of investors and potential users of different ventures, particularly because these figures seem to be growing every year.…

July 20, 20180Comments

ByAzeem Saifi

Markets

Bitfinex Exchange Offline After DDoS Attack

Cyber attacks and website downtimes are very regular events for cryptocurrency related service. One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitfinex, suffered a cyber attack on Tuesday morning, 5th June. Bitfinex used Twitter to provide updates for their users. The first tweet read as following: Trading and funding is currently paused whilst we undergo unplanned maintenance. All…

June 6, 20180Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

News Opinion Technology

NASDAQ Considers to Become a Crypto Exchange

NASDAQ, the largest stock market in the world, came out to CNBC for an interview a couple of days ago, saying they are strongly considering becoming a full-fledged crypto exchange. They are planning on undertaking this move following the maturity and movements of the market. The expectation is to have them start with the most popular…

May 1, 20180Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

Bitcoin

What fork? BTC as usual in Southeast Asia

Almost two weeks have passed since the “hard fork”, one of the most significant events in recent times for the Bitcoin network. It was a partial culmination of years of fierce debate surrounding contentious network scaling attempts. Citing loss of confidence in a majority decision to reach compromise via the Segwit2x proposal, a group decided to…

August 13, 20170Comments

BySojourner

Bitcoin

Australian Government shows its support for digital currencies

Not long ago, bitcoin has managed to once again break its all-time high, after it managed to trade at above $1,600. The recent spikes in the value of the digital currency is bringing about a lot more attention from governments, which are trying to deal with the change, and quickly find how digital currencies will…

May 5, 20170Comments

ByDaniel Dob

Bitcoin Exchanges

Bitcoin exchanges and just cryptocurrency exchanges in general are an integral part of how bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies got the exposure and the trading volume that they have today, so it's good to understand how they work and how to use them. Even if you're just new to crypto or haven't heard of exchanges yet, they're…

October 20, 20160Comments

ByKewl