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Finance

Crypto Exchange Backpack Appoints Stripe, Banking Veteran as CFO

Backpack was founded by Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, alums of defunct trading company Alameda Research and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX respectively

Backpack CFO Oliver  Sleafer (Backpack)

Finance

Deutsche Boerse Starts Crypto Trading Platform for Institutional Clients

Deutsche Boerse will operate the trading venue, and Crypto Finance will provide settlement and custody services.

Deutsche Borse. (Wikipedia)

Finance

Solana Veterans Raise $17M for 'Backpack' Crypto Wallet, Exchange

Armani Ferrante's and Tristan Yver's startup raised the funds at a $120 million valuation.

Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Early Uniswap Whale Sold $1M Worth of UNI as Price Surged

The wallet in question still holds $10.6 million worth of UNI tokens.

Uniswap price (CoinDesk data)

Finance

BitForex Website Goes Dark Amid Reported $57M Outflow

The exchange's CEO stepped down in January.

(Kris/Pixabay)

Finance

Revolut to List Bonk, Distribute $1.2M of Meme Coin in 'Learn' Campaign

Bonk's proponents hope to increase the meme coin's user base by 500,000.

A BONK ad in Salt Lake City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana Trading Aggregator Jupiter Sees Trading Volumes Jump Ahead of JUP Issuance

The platform settled over $500 million in trades on Sunday, briefly becoming the biggest on-chain trading platform.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Finance

Crypto Exchange OKX's Token Suffers 50% Flash Crash Amid Liquidation Cascade

The exchange said that it will compensate impacted users within 72 hours.

OKB price flash crash (TradingView)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Upbit Gets Full Licensing in Singapore

Upbit said it is "poised to expand [its] range of offerings," having acquired a MPI license.

Singapore, view of Marina Bay with Gardens By The Bay manmade trees in the background (SoleneC1/Pixabay)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Catalyx Suspends Trading, Withdrawals Following 'Security Breach'

The Canadian exchange suffered a security break earlier this month, resulting in the loss of an unknown amount of customer funds.

Canadian regulators ordered a freeze on Catalyx recently.

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