Coinsquare chief operating officer shares thoughts on being the first regulat...
The past actions of bad actors has forced the country's regulators to take a tough stance on crypto exchanges. It's a story that still haunts the early generation of Canadian crypto users to this day. Four years prior, Gerald Cotten, co-founder of Canada's then-largest cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, died under mysterious circumstances in India. But, before his passing, Cotten took virtual keys for digital wallets and moved them into cold storage, leading to the permanent loss of $190 million in user funds.The incident triggered a crisis of confidence in the country's emerging crypto....
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The additions to the board follow the confirmation of a new CEO, CCO, and COO in August. Coinsquare, a crypto exchange that has been under the scrutiny of Canadian regulators following allegations of wash trading, said it will be adding two new members to its board of directors.In a Nov. 25 announcement, the exchange said Nicholas Thadaney and Wendy Rudd are joining its board. Thadaney was President of the Toronto Stock Exchange and Rudd is currently a board member for the Canadian Regulatory Technology Association.The new appointments follow a major change in leadership mid-year. In July,....
All crypto exchanges must register with IIROC if they want to operate in Canada, and there is currently a backlog of applications. Coinsquare, Canada's longest-operating crypto asset trading platform, announced on Oct. 12 that the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) had approved its dealer registration and IIROC membership. This regulatory status will now position Coinsquare as the first crypto-only IIROC-registered investment dealer and marketplace member in Canada. The Coinsquare team wrote:"In dealing with an IIROC registrant, Coinsquare clients now have the....
One of Canada's largest crypto exchanges has launched a new mobile application designed to streamline the buying and selling of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Coinsquare, the Toronto-based digital currency platform, has announced a new mobile trading application designed to simplify the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies in Canada. Quick Trade was officially unveiled Monday, allowing commission-free transactions of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BTC). A total of 15 trading pairs are available at launch, with “many more digital assets to be onboarded over the....
CoinSmart reported $16.7 million in gross revenue in 2021 as retail trading volumes soared during the Bitcoin bull market. Canada’s crypto exchange landscape appears to be consolidating after Coinsquare, one of the largest digital asset trading platforms in the country, acquired CoinSmart for an undisclosed amount. On Thursday, Coinsquare announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all issued and outstanding shares of CoinSmart’s wholly-owned subsidiary Simply Digital. Once the deal becomes final, CoinSmart will hold a roughly 12% ownership stake in Coinsquare on....
We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Harumi Urata-Thompson, chief financial officer and chief investment officer of CelsiusHarumi Urata-Thompson is the chief financial officer and chief investment officer of Celsius. Additionally, she is the founder of Hut Consulting and the former chief operating officer for the CFA Society New York, for which she completed a successful turnaround during her tenure. Urata-Thompson held multiple....