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Crypto Exchange OKEx Launching Options Trading Later This Month

The Malta-based exchange is adding cryptocurrency options to its existing offerings during the winter holiday.

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Markets

Bitcoin Volatility Is Up, Liquidity Stagnant

If stability and liquidity are part of bitcoin's road to becoming a mature asset, 2019 has been a period of arrested development.

"Beached Whale," 1598, image via Metropolitan Museum of Art

Markets

Four Insights on Crypto Liquidity From Binance US and FTX

Missed our webinar on crypto exchanges? Read the takeaways from CoinDesk Research's chat with Binance US CEO Catherine Coley and FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried.

"The Great Wave" by Hokusai, image via Library of Congress

Markets

Ethereum's Top DEX Is Rebooting With New Scaling Features

IDEX is launching a new DEX built on a layer 2 scalibility protocol made possible through Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork.

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Finance

Huobi Russia Announces Ruble Gateway and Token Launchpad Service

Huobi Russia now accepts ruble deposits and will soon have its own exchange token listing service for the Russian market.

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Finance

Correction: Coinbase and Tagomi Deny Acquisition

A prior report that Tagomi had been acquired by Coinbase was incorrect, according to spokespeople at both companies.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

Little-Known Crypto Exchange With Ties to a Shanghai Firm Halts Services, Says CEO 'Missing'

IDAX says its unnamed "global CEO has gone missing" and asked customers to stop using its services.

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Markets

Upbit Is the Seventh Major Crypto Exchange Hack of 2019

These seven major hacks remind us: not your keys, not your crypto.

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Crypto Exchange Upbit Confirms Theft of $49M in Ether

342,000 ether have been taken from the wallets of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, the firm's CEO says.

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Markets

Another Crypto Exchange Is Dropping Privacy Coin Monero Over Compliance Risk

BitBay exchange is the latest to delist the privacy-focused monero cryptocurrency over AML concerns.

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