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Binance to Launch Korean Support Center Following Investment in Local Startup

Binance has made its first direct investment in a South Korean startup as part of a deal to launch a support center in the country.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Markets

Upbit Exchange Resumes Ether Services Months After $49M Hack

Upbit said users will need to create new wallet addresses to resume trading.

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Markets

CME Takes Its Bitcoin Options Live, Competing With ICE's Bakkt

The Chicago exchange has announced its highly-anticipated bitcoin options are now open for trading.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Cobinhood Announces Shutdown, Claims It Will Audit User Accounts

Troubled crypto exchange Cobinhood has announced it is shutting down – but just temporarily, it seems.

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Markets

Binance Adds Near-Instant UK Pound Payments in Latest Fiat Expansion

The Malta-based exchange has added new direct fiat funding options, including Faster Payments for U.K. pounds-bearing customers, as well as euros and Australian dollars.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Policy

Law Enforcement Data Requests Rose by Almost 50 Percent in 2019, Says Kraken

The exchange's CEO said the cost of responding to law enforcement requests for user data was over $1 million.

Kraken co-founder and chairman Jesse Powell

Policy

South Korean Presidential Committee Wants to Bring Crypto Into Mainstream Finance

Financial institutions should be allowed to launch cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, according to a government advisory body.

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Markets

We Still Don't Know Bitcoin's Real Volume

CoinDesk Research analyst Galen Moore unpacks the differences in reported trading volumes from three major data aggregators.

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Markets

Korea's Tax Agency to Withhold $70M From Crypto Exchange Bithumb

South Korea's National Tax Service will withhold tax worth $70 million from the country's largest crypto exchange Bithumb.

Korean won and bitcoin

Policy

Crypto Custodians Grapple With Germany's New Rules

While a grandfather clause allows crypto custodians to keep serving German customers without being penalized, those same companies are waiting on financial regulator BaFin to release final regulations around the law.

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