Steven Walgenbach

Crypto spot trading activity on major centralized exchanges (CEXs) has rebounded over 30% in the third quarter after a sharp drop in the first half of the year. According to a report by TokenInsight, the top 10 CEXs saw $4.7 trillion in activity collectively. Binance Leads The Way In Spot Trading Activity Rebound Binance, the […]

JPMorgan Chase is planning to allow its institutional clients to use their holdings in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as collateral for loans by the end of the year.  According to a Bloomberg report that cited sources familiar with the matter, the program will be offered globally and will rely on a third-party custodian to […]

Meteora and co-founder Ben Chow are accused in an amended class-action complaint of running a fraudulent scheme involving the LIBRA and MELANIA meme coins. In the amended complaint, the plaintiffs claimed that Meteora, Chow, and associates “borrowed” credibility from recognizable figures such as US First Lady Melania Trump and Argentina President Javier Milei.  “These faces […]

India-based crypto exchange WazirX will resume trading operations tomorrow, bringing an end to 16 months of closure following a crypto heist that drained $230 million from the platform. The exchange’s co-founder Nischal Shetty confirmed the re-launch on X.  “Your support helped us achieve the impossible task of restarting,” he said. “Now we have next step, […]

US crypto prime broker FalconX has agreed to acquire 21Shares, the $11 billion manager behind some of the world’s largest digital-asset ETFs. The deal will see 21Shares combine its distribution and ETF experience with FalconX’s $2 trillion trading and primer brokerage infrastructure and over 2,000 institutional clients.  “Together, we’ll pioneer solutions that will meet the […]