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Meet in the Middle: Crypto Companies and Banks Are Evolving Together

Kraken’s move to become a bank in Wyoming is more about getting traditional finance to adapt to the crypto industry than the other way around.

ATM with cash

Finance

Cryptopia Users Can Claim Assets From End of 2020, Says Hacked Exchange's Liquidator

Grant Thornton said the process of repatriating $100 million worth of crypto assets from the now-defunct Cryptopia exchange will begin later this year.

Cryptopia

Markets

Binance, Huobi, OKEx Have FOMO for DeFi

DeFi FOMO is driving centralized exchanges including Binance, Huobi and OKEx to prepare for a potential new crypto trading landscape where decentralized exchanges dominate.

Centralized exchanges get DeFi FOMO, as decentralized exchanges challenge their dominance in crypto trading.

Markets

Bitstamp Integrates Nasdaq's Matching Engine for Faster Order Executions

According to research by Bitstamp and crypto market data provider Kaiko, the new engine enables order matching up to 1,250 times faster than with the previous system.

Bitstamp CEO and founder Nejc Kodrič

Markets

Binance Launches Fiat-Crypto Exchange for Turkish Market

The new exchange, offering Turkish lira trading pairs, will be owned by Binance but operated by a locally registered company.

Istanbul, Turkey image via Sabino Parente/Shutterstock

Finance

DCG Enters Retail Crypto Market With Acquisition of Luno Wallet

Blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group has acquired Luno, a retail-focused cryptocurrency exchange with over five million customers.

DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Most New Customers at Japanese Exchange BitFlyer Are in Their 20s

More than 30% of new customers at bitFlyer, a major Japanese crypto exchange, are in their 20s, the exchange said.

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Finance

Diginex Raises $20M Ahead of SPAC Listing on Nasdaq

Diginex, the firm behind the newly launched EQUOS.io crypto exchange, has raised $20 million ahead of an anticipated Nasdaq listing later this month.

(Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Policy

European Crypto Exchange Falls Victim to $1.6M Hack

Slovakia's Eterbase said early on Tuesday that hackers had managed to steal a total of $1.6 million in various cryptocurrencies.

Bratislava, Slovakia's capital (Pudelek/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Bithumb Exchange's Offices Raided Again by Korean Authorities: Report

Local officials are said to have raided Bithumb's offices for the second time in a week as part of a fraud investigation.

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