Exchanges

OKX lost its head of global compliance after six months in post. (Shutterstock)
OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months
Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.
OKX lost its head of global compliance after six months in post. (Shutterstock)

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KuCoin Withdrawals Spike to $1B in Crypto Amid U.S. Regulatory Clampdown
The surge occurred as U.S. federal prosecutors charged the exchange and two of its founders with violating anti-money laundering laws on Tuesday.
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OKX Quietly Settled Regulatory 'Failings' With Malta Financial Services Authority
The 304,000 euro ($329,000) “goodwill” settlement with MFSA related to OKX’s Okcoin Europe subsidiary.
Malta (Nick Fewings / Unsplash)

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Coinbase Upgraded to Neutral as Goldman Sachs Ends Bearish Stance
The bank lifted its rating on the stock after bitcoin hit record highs and the crypto exchange’s trading volume reached levels not seen since 2021.
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Wellington, New Zealand (Wolf Zimmermann/ Unsplash)
Bankrupt Cryptopia Exchange to Return Crypto to Some Creditors
The New Zealand exchange went offline in 2019 following a cyber attack that saw millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen.
Wellington, New Zealand (Wolf Zimmermann/ Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Rally May Slow as Order-Book Imbalance Hints at Profit Taking
The gap between liquidity on the ask and bid sides of the order book within 2% of the market price has widened to nearly five times is usual value, according to data tracked b...
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Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)
Nigeria Detains Binance Executives as It Investigates the Crypto Exchange: Reports
The detentions are not necessarily arrests, a National Security spokesman told Bloomberg.
Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

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Mt. Gox: What We Still Don’t Know 10 Years After the Collapse
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the collapse of bitcoin exchange MtGox, Mark Hunter, author of “Ultimate Catastrophe: How MtGox Lost Half a Billion Dollars and Nearly K...
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Coinbase Analysts Turn More Bullish on Crypto Exchange After Earnings Beat; Shares Climb
Higher crypto prices will have a positive effect on the exchange’s revenue, the analysts said.
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Coinbase Upgraded to Neutral Ahead of Earnings at JPMorgan as Shares Surge
The bank lifted its rating on Coinbase stock to reflect rising crypto prices following the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S.
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