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Finance

Crypto Prime Broker FalconX's Head of Trading Brian Strugats Has Left the Business

Strugats was based in New York and had worked for the crypto trading firm for more than three years.

(Paul Brennan/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Blasts Past $76K for First Time as Violent Crypto Rally Liquidates Nearly $400M Shorts

Crypto exchange Coinbase's shares closed the day 31% higher, leading gains among digital asset-related stocks.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Nov. 6 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance, FalconX and the Curious Case of 1.35M Missing Solana Tokens

Crypto prime broker FalconX didn't know who the SOL tokens belonged to until crypto exchange Binance came asking for them years later.

Mysterious transactions and reconciliation head-scratchers happen in traditional finance, too, but crypto could be uniquely prone to a situation of this sort. (Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Banking Platform OpenPayd Hires Two Senior Execs From Crypto Prime Broker FalconX

Lux Thiagarajah and Richard Usher will start at the business in London on Oct. 1.

Lux Thiagarajah, OpenPayd's director of growth (OpenPayd)

Markets

Bitcoin's Bottom in Price Could Be Near or Already In, the Coinbase Premium Index Suggests

Previous deeply negative readings occurred near local bottoms in price, with the most recent occurring just prior to BTC's rally between October and March to all-time highs, FalconX's David Lawant noted.

The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index has fallen to levels not seen since the FTX collapse (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Crypto Prime Broker FalconX Starts FX Desk With Hires From BCB Group

The offering will provide crypto trading firms, exchanges and brokers with access to 20 FX pairs.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Policy

FalconX Settles With CFTC for $1.8M Over Failure to Register as Futures Commission Merchant

In addition to paying monetary penalties, FalconX must stop providing U.S.-based customers access to crypto derivatives trading platforms.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Trader FalconX Unveils Institution-Friendly Custody, Trading and Credit Services

Derivatives exchange Deribit is the first to integrate FalconX’s Prime Connect.

FalconX Chief Executive Officer Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Markets

Bitcoin's Stall at $52K May Foreshadow Imminent Pullback Before Higher Prices: Swissblock

Bitcoin's uptrend is supported by strong trading volumes, a bullish sign for continuation, a FalconX report said.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 16 (CoinDesk)

Videos

Tornado Cash Devs Facing 'Scary Set of Allegations': Legal Exec

The crypto industry is grappling with Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov being charged with money laundering and sanctions violations. FalconX deputy general counsel Purvi Maniar says "it's very disappointing to see allegations that the benefits of the technology are being used in a negative way to violate U.S. law."

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