Crypto Trading


Finance

Crypto Market Maker Portofino Technologies Has Big Plans For 2025

The cryptocurrency trading firm is considering opening new offices in both New York and Singapore.

BlockFills' institutional-grade CD20 options are live. (AG-Pics/Pixabay)

Markets

Coinbase Q4 Earnings Expected to Show Best Volume Since 2021

The crypto exchange reports fourth quarter results after the close on Thursday.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy Discusses the Future of Crypto Trading

The algorithmic trading firm’s founder opines on AI’s growing role, the differences between Asian and Western markets, and liquidity fragmentation.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Adds AI-Powered Trader ‘George AI’ to Its Copy Trade App

Traders can copy “George AI” instead of the best humans on the copy trade leader board, or bet each week on who will win out of man versus machine.

Are human traders becoming obsolete? (Woo X)

Finance

FCA-Regulated Crypto Trading Firm Portofino Technologies Sees Staff Exodus

Co-founder Alex Casimo and CFO Jae Park were fired in July, which triggered a number of departures from the market making firm.

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Finance

Standard Chartered Is Building a Spot BTC, ETH Trading Desk

The new London-based desk will start operations soon and be part of the bank's FX trading unit.

Standard Chartered building (Chengting Xie/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin No Longer Trading at a Premium on Coinbase, Data Show

CryptoQuant's "Coinbase premium" indicator has flipped negative, signaling a weaker net buying pressure from U.S. investors.

Bitcoin: Coinbase premium index (SMA 7). (CryptoQuant)

Policy

China's Illegal Crypto Activities Are Taking Place in Laundromats and Cafes: WSJ

Physical trading is most popular in China's inland, as places further from the coast are generally poorer so local governments are preoccupied with other matters, WSJ reported.

Laundromat (Skitterphoto/Pixabay)

Tech

Sei, Blockchain Designed for Trading, Goes Live but 'Frustration' Mounts Over Airdrop

The buzzy blockchain project's SEI token saw a flurry of trading as it debuted on several crypto exchanges, but there was much confusion over the status of a promised token "airdrop" to early adopters of the network.

Sei Labs co-founder Jay Jog (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

As Crypto Grows, so Does CoinDesk’s Commitment to Keeping Pace

A new CoinDesk tool called the Bitcoin Trend Indicator can help traders spot where BTC is headed.

(Jonathan Chng/Unsplash)

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