Kazakhstan Shuts Down Crypto Exchange That Transferred $34 Million Through Binance

Authorities in Kazakhstan have busted an illegal crypto trading platform, seizing over $350,000. The exchange allegedly processed almost $34 million in transactions through wallets on Binance, two of which have been blocked during the ongoing investigation. Digital Asset Exchange Making Millions in Turnover Closed Down in Kazakhstan A platform illegally trading cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan, ABS … Read more

Several Crypto Exchange Websites Taken Down in Kazakhstan

Financial authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted at least five online platforms exchanging cryptocurrencies outside the law. Documents, computer equipment, and cryptocurrency wallets have been seized during searches in the northern part of the country. Kazakhstan’s Financial Watchdog Goes After Unlicensed Crypto Exchange Services The Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) of the Republic of Kazakhstan has dismantled … Read more

The Daily: Coinbase Launches Investment Fund, Cointext Enters New Markets

In this edition of The Daily, we look at Coinbase’s decision to create a new investment vehicle for institutions in partnership with asset manager Wilshire Phoenix. We also cover the expansion of bitcoin cash SMS wallet service Cointext into four new markets. Also, New Zealand’s financial regulator has issued a warning against a platform offering … Read more

Exchanges Round-Up: Spotware Launches “Out-of-the-Box” Platform, Huobi to Rebrand Hadax

In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, Spotware has announced the launch of an “out-of-the-box” cryptocurrency exchange platform, Huobi has announced that it’s Autonomous Digital Asset Exchange will be rebranded to “Huobi Next” before merging with Huobi Global, and Liechtenstein’s financial regulator will hold off on introducing legislation governing the operations of crypto-to-crypto virtual currency … Read more

Liechtenstein Bank to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency Backed by the Swiss Franc

Union Bank AG, a bank in Liechtenstein that offers corporate banking services mainly to companies based in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Middle East, has announced that it will be launching its own security tokens in alignment with Liechtenstein’s regulatory authority, FMA, and subsequently its cryptocurrency, “Union Bank payment coin,” which is fully backed by … Read more

Austria Shuts Down Alternative Investment Fund Linked to Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency mining can be a very lucrative business under the right circumstances. However, there are also a lot of concerns regarding this particular business model, as some governments don’t take kindly to the idea of mining Bitcoin or altcoins at this stage. In Austria, one major mining operation was shut down earlier this week. INVIA GmbH … Read more