#Exchanges

One of the world’s leading bitcoin exchanges Kraken has announced it raised significant funds during Series B investment round from a Japan-based currency brokerage company Money Partners Group. Parties did not disclose details of the deal, so the exact amount of the investment is unknown. Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell said in a statement: “This investment […]

These days the Finnish bitcoin scene mostly remains in the shadows, with only occasional news and a few startups being known to community. However, thanks to favourable bitcoin regulation and early bitcoin adoption, the homeland of Nokia can be also a great starting point for cryptobusinesses. We tried to figure out what’s happening in this […]

This week’s ForkLog overview features news from leading crypto-exchanges, the continuing battle for markets between various projects, and, most certainly, fintech news. Bitcoin Price As compared to last week’s achievements, Bitcoin’s price has dropped a bit to nearly $408 at the time of publishing. During the week, the cryptocurrency managed to reach as much as […]

As bitcoin industry in Ukraine continues rapidly evolving, there are dozens of interesting bitcoin and blockchain-oriented projects. When it comes to bitcoin exchanges, the general situation leads to a fierce competition, including that for the title of Ukraine’s first exchange. Here are some cryptocurrency exchanges positioning themselves as Ukraine-based projects in one way or another. […]

One of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges with Russian language support, BTC-e, has suddenly halted operations Sunday morning. Users have been unable to withdraw their funds for several hours now. At the moment of writing, the platform itself remains accessible, as well as the chat. However, any attempt to withdraw funds returns a database error […]

Following the announcement of Bitfinex launching ETH trading on March 14 yet another exchange, CHBTC, published a press release stating it will introduce ETH/CNY trading on the day of Homestead release. Thanks to Reddit user _el_psy_congroo_ we have translated version of the post: Comment from discussion Chinese Exchange Adding Eth For Trade on 14th Also. […]

Just before the Homestead release Bitfinex bitcoin exchange announced forthcoming Ethereum support. At noon on the Pi Day, March 14, ETH/USD and ETH/BTC trading pairs will be introduced adding more liquidity to the overall market.

Waves development team along with Cryptoasset.fund and Scorex framework developers has announced it launches a decentralized crowdfunding and virtual values trading platform. Initial coin offering of WAVES is scheduled for April 2016, while test net release is to happen this summer. The system is dedicated for issuance of proprietary values, including shares, and decentralized trading on […]