Two Charged With Duping Investors Out of $5M With Bogus Bitcoin-Buying Brokerage
The pair allegedly left victim's funds in an escrow service that was actually their money laundering front. Source
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin in Space; Prime Brokerage Race; Nodes You Can’t Trace
The OCC is willing to work with banks interested in custodying crypto, a Russian bank approved a token-backed loan and bitcoin has been sent… from space! You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and
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Bequant, Now in Crowded Prime Brokerage Race, Adds Signature Bank Integration
Ferrari sells cars so it can go racing; Bequant built a crypto exchange to get into prime brokerage. That’s the analogy offered by the firm’s head of institutional services, Alex Mascioli, when asked about a new banking relationship with Signature’s blockchain-based payments platform, Signet, first revealed to CryptoX this week. Prime brokerage,
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Blockchain Bites: Google Validates Theta, Coinbase and BitGo Eye Crypto Prime Brokerage
Top ShelfBase-Layer TechGoogle is teaming up with Theta Labs to help the video delivery network onboard users through Google Cloud. As part of the partnership, the tech giant is assisting Theta with its Mainnet 2.0 launch, and will become the platform’s fifth validator. Polkadot is now live following the mining of its first “chain
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Dutch Brokerage Platform Launches Crypto Trading Across Europe
In response to the growing demand for cryptocurrency trading, Dutch retail brokerage platform BUX launched its commission-free cryptocurrency trading platform BUX Crypto.In a statement published April 8, the company announced that BUX Crypto is now available across 25 European countries.BUX stated that its new offering aims to bring new
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Coinbase Denies Report of $150M Acquisition of Tagomi Brokerage Firm
Coinbase, a major American cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service, has not acquired digital currency brokerage firm Tagomi.On Nov. 29, sources told CoinDesk that Coinbase acquired Tagomi for $150 million that morning, following purported negotiations between the firms last month. According to The Block, Tagomi’s lending and borrowing services made
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Binance.US Now Provides Institutional Liquidity to Crypto Brokerage Firm Tagomi
Binance’s cryptocurrency trading platform for United States-based users, Binance.US, has partnered with crypto brokerage firm Tagomi to provide institutional liquidity for its users.The partnership was announced in a Nov. 21 press release, detailing that Binance.US will now offer institutional liquidity for Tagomi’s users, including quant funds, venture funds, family
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Crypto Exchange Coindirect Launches OTC Brokerage in South Africa
Cryptocurrency exchange Coindirect launches an over-the-counter (OTC) brokerage in South Africa.As industry news outlet CoinInsider reported on Sept. 27, the platform creates a vast liquidity pool by integrating with global platforms, allows for Bitcoin (BTC) price locks after a confirmation and for instant processing with no fees or slippage. Aimed
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Arab Bank Switzerland to Offer Bitcoin Custody and Brokerage Services
According to a report published by swissinfo.ch on September 19, 2019, Arab Bank Switzerland has joined the list of established banks which offer access to digital asset products. A New Bank in the Crypto Sphere Arab Bank Switzerland, a bank specializing in private banking and trade financing, has partnered with blockchain technology
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Brokerage Firm Tagomi Enables Quick Short Positions of Bitcoin and Ethereum
The New York-based cryptocurrency brokerage and trading platform Tagomi has solved one of the biggest challenges associated with trading cryptocurrencies: how to short Bitcoin(BTC)trade and Ethereum (ETH)trade with ease. As reported by Bloomberg Quint, the firm is aiming to make cryptocurrency shorting easy and address the key issues faced by
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