Australia a is a significant growing market for FTX. The company highlighted that the launch of FTX Australia shows the its long-term commitment to the local market and represents the natural next step in the FTX's global expansion. Last week, FTX announced obtaining a license to establish and operate its Virtual Asset Exchange and Clearing…
Read moreESMA further explained the risks behind trading crypto-assets. Many of them are are subject to sudden and extreme price movements and are speculative as their price relies solely on consumer demand. These products are often aggressively advertised to the public with market information that often can be unclear, incomplete, inaccurate or even purposefully misleading. The…
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Javier Hernani, Head Securities Services, SIX, said: This is a major milestone for SIX from several perspectives. We are making substantial progress according to our digital asset clearing strategy and are expanding our portfolio of cleared asset classes. At the same time, we have the opportunity to bring our Swiss and Spanish infrastructure strengths together…
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FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, commented: FTX is proud to be the first licensee under Dubai's prudential supervision regime. It's an honor to be one of the first approved applicants in such a specialised category and we are excited to be able to introduce complex crypto-derivatives products with centralised counterparty clearing to institutional markets. FTX receiving…
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Bitcoin, however, is unlikely to follow suit as it has no other reason to switch to PoS. The committee voted to add cryptocurrencies that use PoW to the EU sustainable finance taxonomy which decides whether something can be labelled environmentally friendly by the end of 2024. Last year, the Swedish FI called for ban of…
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Reed entered his guilty plea yesterday and will be sentenced by the US District Court. The other two co-founders of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, plead guilty for the same offense in February 2022. As part of their plea agreements, both Hayes and Delo each agreed to pay $10 million criminal fine. Background Established…
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Currently headquartered in Switzerland, FTX Europe has an additional regional headquarter in Cyprus. The company noted that it will devote “significant resources” in developing strong relationship with the regulatory authorities. Patrick Gruhn, Head of FTX Europe, concluded: We're excited to bring FTX's innovative offerings to the European markets and that CySEC officially approved our domain.…
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The discussions in EU come as officials in US and UK also raise concerns hat crypto transactions could become a way to bypass the recently imposed sanctions on Russia and undermine the efforts to isolate the county’s economy. North Korea regularly uses cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges as a revenue source to fund its nuclear missile…
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US Attorney Damian Williams said: As cryptocurrencies and technologies designed to facilitate their trade proliferate, companies engaged in the virtual currency economy have become critical gatekeepers in efforts to ensure that U.S. markets are fair, efficient, and secure. The opportunities and advantages of operating in the United States are legion, but they carry with them…
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Dmitri Galinov, 24 Exchange CEO and Founder, said: This BMA license for 24 Exchange Broker Ltd. enables us to bring spot cryptocurrency trading onto our institutional-grade platform, making it more available, accessible and standardized. We are pleased to continue to drive the institutional adoption of crypto products trading at the best available rates and with…
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