Source: Adobe/Sergey Ryzhov Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. ____ Crypto adoption news Major crypto payment processor BitPay announced the first large international furniture brand to go live, Beliani, a Europe-based web-only international seller of furniture and […]
Arthur Hayes. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, CfC st. Moritz The normally outspoken CEO of major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, has gone quiet after a short-lived crash occurred in the exchange’s XRP derivatives market, which may have led to large losses for some traders on the platform. (Updated on February 17: updates in […]
Source: iStock/NicolasMcComber South Korean cryptocurrency exchange platform Bithumb has aborted its attempts to list an altcoin called Popchain (PCH), after angry customers complained the exchange was trying to drive up speculation in the market. Critics have claimed that Popchain is a de facto monopoly, as per data retrieved from Ether Scan, only 50 people currently […]
Source: Adobe/prima91 South Korean market-leading crypto exchange Bithumb is coming under pressure to delist monero (XMR) cryptocurrency as public outrage over the Telegram Nth room sexual exploitation and rape video case continues to dominate headlines in the country. Per a report from Sisa Journal, the pressure is now intensifying after rival trading platform Huobi Korea […]
Source: Adobe/prima91 Leading South Korean exchange Bithumb’s own holdings are higher than the sum total of its customer holdings, per a due diligence report. According to Sports Seoul, the report was part of a recent audit completed by Seoul-based auditor Jungin Accounting. The auditor found that the sum total of both Bithumb’s own fiat (KRW) […]