Canada


Policy

Canadian Self-Regulatory Agency Approves First Crypto-Native Investment Dealer

Coinsquare has also been granted a license to operate as a regulated alternative trading system, allowing it to match large, illiquid crypto trades between institutional investors.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Ledn to Acquire Canadian Fund Manager Arxnovum

With the deal, Ledn will be able to offer more types of investments.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Trading Platform Provider WonderFi to Offer Equities Next Year Through Bitbuy Unit

WonderFi purchased Bitbuy in January for $161.8 million in cash and shares.

Bitbuy President Dean Skurka, WonderFi strategic investor Kevin O'Leary and WonderiFi CEO Ben Samaroo (WonderFi)

Finance

Canadian Digital Asset Brokerages Coinsquare and CoinSmart to Merge

The combined company will have more than $350 million in assets and and north of 1 million customers.

Coin Metrics is teaming up with Two Sigma to make crypto trading easier for institutions. (marchmeena29/Getty Images)

Markets

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Attacks Opposition for Recommending Bitcoin as Inflation Hedge

Earlier this year, Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, said he supports bitcoin as an inflation-beating asset.

Canadian regulators are working with their U.S. counterparts in investigating crypto lender Celsius Network. (Chris Robert/Unsplash)

Policy

The Conservative Party of Canada Elects Pro-Bitcoin Leader Pierre Poilievre as Party Head

Pierre Poilievre won the leadership race by a landslide and plans to make Canada the “blockchain capital of the world.”

Canada's Parliament (Flickr/Reading Tom)

Finance

Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinberry Files Lawsuit Against 50 Users After Losing 120 BTC

A software error involving Canadian dollar transfers allowed users to siphon 120 bitcoins without paying in 2020.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Finance

Canadian Crypto Marketplace WonderFi Files for Nasdaq Listing

The move is part of the Canadian company's plan to expand globally by making its shares available to wider group of investors.

The WonderFi team, including a cardboard cutout of Kevin O'Leary, at the firm's recent uplisting to the Toronto Stock Exchange. (WonderFi)

Policy

Canadian Bank Regulator Details Crypto Liquidity, Backing Rules

Canada joins U.S. and European authorities in explaining how its supervised entities can engage with crypto.

(Jason Hafso/Unsplash)

Finance

Canadian Pension Giant Caisse Writes Off $150M Bet on Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius

Quebec-based Caisse said Wednesday it had acted "too soon" in entering the sector.

Thermometer (Getty Images)

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