Kaiko Research: Monthly Market Report January 2021

The exchange has increased the trading options for Singapore users, including several DeFi tokens.Jan 26, 2021 at 9:29 a.m. UTCGemini Exchange Adds Local Currency, DeFi Tokens in Singapore ExpansionGemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss brothers, is expanding its Singapore operation with new listings, features and hires.The U.S.-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange and custodian said it's…

Jan 16, 2020 at 20:09 UTCUpdated Jan 16, 2020 at 20:10 UTCDavos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDeskThis is part of a series of op-eds previewing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CoinDesk will be on the ground in Davos from Jan. 20–24 chronicling all things crypto at the annual gathering of the…

Ripple's sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts, but the institutional sale of the tokens did violate federal securities laws, a New York court ruled on Thursday.The court published the conclusions in an order partially granting a motion for summary judgment in the ongoing case against the blockchain…

Several ethereum miners and developers have come forward with the goal of stopping specialized mining hardware from effectively operating on the network. Underway since April, the controversy surrounding application-specific integrated circuits (or ASICs) on ethereum rose after news broke last Thursday of a new line of specialized mining hardware that claims to generate more than six times…

Discussions about accelerating adoption of crypto often focus on improving user experience. (UX). The popular thinking goes: Web3 products lag behind from a user experience perspective, onboarding poses multiple points of friction, and technological concepts come with learning curves. Web3 is missing a seamless experience for apps that will unlock greater adoption.While improving crypto UX

The battle to scoop up investors' money for newly approved bitcoin ETFs is shaping up to be a fierce one among BlackRock, Fidelity and other financial firms.If the newcomers want to take a giant leap forward, experts say they could consider buying the incumbent in bitcoin investing: Grayscale.The crypto asset manager earlier this month got

Arbitrage opportunities exist in traditional finance and in crypto, but in the latter they are more pronounced due to the visibility of pending transactions and slow settlement times. Although less prominent than on Ethereum, MEV on Bitcoin is emerging through practices like "sniping" Ordinal inscriptions, mining empty blocks, and miner cartelization. MEV emerging on Bitcoin

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:45 UTCUpdated Apr 16, 2020 at 12:36 UTCBitcoin Price Spikes Above $7.1K, Liquidating $23M on BitMEXBitcoin's price jumped close to $500 early on Thursday, triggering liquidations worth millions on crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX. The top cryptocurrency by market value picked up a bid around $6,650 and rose to a high of…

news In a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission-led case, a court has fined another cryptocurrency investment scheme for fraud and misappropriating client funds. According to a CFTC news release from Friday, the district court for the Eastern District of New York ordered a fine of $4.25 million against Blake Harrison Kantor and Nathan Mullins plus four…