New Non-Custodial Crypto Exchange ‘Brings Bitfinex Liquidity to EOS’

Decentralized exchange Hodl Hodl calls its non-custodial, anonymous, bitcoin-backed lending platform “a true Bitcoin DeFi product.” The post Hodl Hodl Brings Non-Custodial, Bitcoin-Backed Lending Service To U.S. appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

Comment added from Zane Tackett, BitFinex's director of community and product development. Bitcoin's price fell 14% in a period of just 30 minutes following a 'flash crash' on exchange Bitfinex yesterday night. The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index had been holding steady between $250 and $255, but dropped to a low of $214.36 just before midnight (UTC). In the same period, the Bitfinex price sunk 29% to $179.35. Bitfinex, which claims to be the most liquid exchange in the world, told CoinDesk the 'flash crash' was triggered when several leveraged positions were forcibly closed in close....

In a press release sent out today, Bitcoin trading platform BTC.sx has unveiled a partnership with Bitfinex. The partnership will allow BTC.sx traders to enter leveraged BTC-USD positions on Bitfinex's order book. Deeper integration is planned for the future. BTC.sx is a Bitcoin-only trading platform headquartered in London's Silicon Roundabout. Bitfinex, based in Hong Kong, is one of the largest exchange in the world for USD/BTC trading. Josh Rossi, Vice President of Business Development at Bitfinex, said: "We love being able to empower innovative startups, like BTC.sx, to do what they do....

New research asserts that EOS and ETH were wash-traded on exchanges to manipulate prices during EOS’s multi-billion dollar ICO. New research has shed more light on the crypto industry’s largest-ever token sale, alleging that foul play may have been afoot during EOS’s initial coin offering (ICO) four years ago.Researchers from the University of Texas have raised fresh concerns regarding Block.one’s record $4.362 billion ICO for the EOS blockchain in 2017 and 2018. The highly-anticipated project was backed by industry heavyweights including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel alongside billionaire....

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has asked its Ontario users to withdraw their funds since they will no longer have access to any services offered by Bitfinex in March. Bitfinex Stops Providing Services to Ontario Customers Crypto exchange Bitfinex announced Friday that it is making changes to the services it provides to Ontario customers. Effective immediately, the firm said that “Ontario customers who do not have balances on the platform will have their accounts closed.” In addition, those who do not have open positions in the....