Crypto Exchange Voyager to Suspend Trading of XRP

Crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate native tokens, VGX and LGO, will also merge. The deal grants Voyager, a Canadian Securities Exchange-listed (CSE) firm, access to the European retail market through LGO’s Virtual Asset Service Provider licence held with the French financial regulator, industry media reports. LGO will cease to concentrate on institutional investors on Oct. 31, as it simultaneously assumes the Voyager....

The cryptocurrency exchange filed a notice of default to Singapore-based Three Arrows Capital earlier in the week, but promised it would continue operations. Cryptocurrency exchange Voyager Digital announced Friday that it was temporarily suspending trading, deposits, withdrawals and loyalty rewards. “The failure of a borrower, Three Arrows Capital, to repay a substantial loan from us makes this the right path forward,” Voyager Digital CEO Stephen Ehrlich said on Twitter soon after the service suspension went into effect. “This decision, while far from optimal, will give us time to work to....

Coinbase plans to suspend trading for the token on Jan. 19 but added it "may be halted earlier as needed." Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will suspend trading for XRP in response to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission taking legal action against Ripple.According to a blog post published today by Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal, the exchange will fully suspend XRP trading starting on Jan. 19 at 10:00 am PST. Coinbase clarified that “trading may be halted earlier as needed” to maintain the exchange’s market health metrics. In addition, the suspension will....

LGO exchange is a gateway for Voyager to access Europe. Crypto broker Voyager has teamed up with LGO, a European digital asset exchange focused on institutions. "LGO and Voyager will merge their services and offering under the Voyager brand, to offer a premium experience to retail cryptocurrency investors, in the US and in Europe," LGO CEO Hugo Renaudin told Cointelegraph. "European clients will be able to access the Voyager app using the LGO regulatory setup in Europe, and both LGO and VGX tokens will be merged into a new token."As a crypto broker, Voyager facilitates trades for customers....

Crypto lender Voyager Digital is the latest domino to fall in the tumultuous market for digital assets. Voyager Digital disclosed on Wednesday that it filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The bankruptcy petition comes a week after the company froze withdrawals, trading, and deposits as […]