Settlements

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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.
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Instant Settlement Needed to Compete With Crypto, India's Markets Regulator Says
If traditional regulated markets cannot also offer tokenization and instantaneous settlement, investors could move to crypto, SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch said.
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CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at a press conference on Nov. 21, 2023. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Binance, Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Handing Over Record $1.35B Fine in CFTC Settlement
The company's CFTC penalties, which were paired with an agreement to give back a separate $1.35 billion to wronged customers, are a big piece of the $4.3 billion in total cash...
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at a press conference on Nov. 21, 2023. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Kraken CEO David Ripley (Kraken)
Kraken Agreed to Shutter US Crypto-Staking Operations to Settle SEC Charges: Source
The SEC is meeting in a closed-door session on Thursday.
Kraken CEO David Ripley (Kraken)

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Fireblocks Deepens Payments Push With Checkout.com USDC Settlement
Merchants will be able to settle transactions through USD coin with Fireblocks’ payment technology.
Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitfinex Seeks to Attract Institutional Investors With Off-Exchange Settlement
The integration will let investors make deposits and withdrawals more quickly, as well as mitigate counterparty risk.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (center)
Coinbase Settles With CFTC for $6.5M Over Old Trading Practices
Coinbase will pay a $6.5 million fine to settle allegations it self-traded cryptocurrencies between 2015 and 2018.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (center)

Seed CX CEO Edward Woodford (Credit: Seed CX)
Seed CX to Close Exchange, Focus on Settlements in Company Shift
Crypto derivatives platform Seed CX will be axing its exchange arm to focus solely on settlements, while also teasing additional funding from Bain Capital.
Seed CX CEO Edward Woodford (Credit: Seed CX)

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Prime Trust Launches Instant Settlement Network for Crypto-Fiat Trades
Nevada-based Prime Trust has launched a real-time settlement service for crypto and fiat transfers among clients.
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