Chinese Bitcoin Investors Are Happily Paying a Markup For Tethers
As Bitcoin price surged over 27 percent in the past week, traders in China are paying a markup for Tether stablecoins, which offer an easy way to buy cryptocurrencies. Tether Offers...
Chinese Billionaire, Zhao Dong, Says Get Bitcoin Now ‘While No...
Zhao Dong, Bitcoin billionaire and one of China’s biggest OTC traders, has taken to WeChat to opine on the industry. He predicts no thaw of crypto-winter this year...
VanEck’s MVIS Debuts First Ever Bitcoin OTC Index, Binance...
Over-the-counter (OTC) trading gained visibility and prestige this week as MVIS launched the first cryptocurrency OTC index and Binance Labs made fresh investments. Circle, Genesis...
‘We Are Against ICO’ – Interview With P2P Bitcoin...
Bitcoinist caught up with Max Keidun and Roman Snitko, CEO and CTO of HodlHodl, whose peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform and exchange just secured a private funding round from...
Hodl Hodl Launches First Non-Custodial OTC Bitcoin Trading Desk
The world’s first non-custodial OTC trading desk for Bitcoin has been launched by P2P cryptocurrency exchange Hodl Hodl. First Non-Custodian OTC Bitcoin Trading Desk Hodl Hodl...
Blockchain Could Track the Globe’s Gold Bullion by 2019
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) is to create a set of standards for blockchain-based gold tracking, as well as an oversight committee to approve and monitor technology...
Institutional Traders Haven’t Rescued Crypto Yet
Throughout 2018’s price slump, investors in digital assets hoped for an influx of institutional investors to rescue crypto prices. Retail investors pinning their hopes on large...
Square Cash Quietly Reveals It’s Avoiding Public Cryptocurrency...
In its recently published quarterly report, Square revealed it’s channeling Bitcoin trades from its Square Cash application to private brokers instead of public exchanges. Jack...
Coinbase Set to Offer OTC Crypto Trading Desk to Big Investors
Coinbase is starting to offer over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading services to clients. No official word has been provided by Coinbase yet, but a few unnamed sources who spoke...
Minimum Bitcoin Trade Sizes Double at Goldman Sachs-Backed OTC...
Trading volume for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may be down from its all-time highs, but the action for big-money, over-the-counter traders is starting to pick up. Big Money...
BitKan: Our Volume Grew ‘Twelve Times’ Since PBoC Halted...
Bitcoinist spoke with Leon Liu, the CEO of BitKan, a Chinese P2P Bitcoin trading service, to get a better idea on the current situation following the recent regulatory clampdown on...
Blockchain-Backed Platform Offers OTC Securities on the Cloud
Equibit’s system will allow for peer-to-peer trading platform that is faster, more secure, and provides transparent market activity. [Note: This is a press release.] Toronto-based...