EToro warns users it's running out of crypto to trade due to 'unprecedented d...
Exchange platform eToro is struggling amid surging demand for crypto, sending an email to all users warning of possible trading limitations this weekend. Israel-based exchange platform eToro is struggling to keep up with the demand from crypto traders according to an email sent to users earlier today.“The unprecedented demand for crypto, coupled with limited liquidity, presents challenges to our ability to support BUY orders over the weekend.”As a result, the platform is warning of “possible limitations to crypto BUY orders” and that “spreads on crypto assets may also be much wider than....
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Etoro, a trading and investing platform, has warned its customers to brace for possible limitations on their buy orders this coming weekend. The company says it might be forced to take this and other steps if the anticipated and unprecedented surge in demand for cryptos occurs. Unprecedented Demand and Limited Liquidity The Israeli company’s warning follows its curb of European investors’ “ability to trade cryptocurrencies on margin” in the past week. The company had reportedly made this decision in “response to soaring risks in the market.”....
eToro, the social trading and assets brokerage firm which offers complicated and highly risky CFDs that do not hold the underlying assets, has added Ethereum to its trading platform. Yoni Assia, co-founder and CEO of eToro, told Finance Magnates: “We are very proud to add Ethereum to our platform, as a regulated financial institution we have to make sure there is sufficient liquidity and pricing for every asset we add to the platform, and today with a market cap of over 1B USD we see more and more interest from our traders worldwide to trade and invest in Ethereum.” Six million users trade....
Asset-trading platform eToro today launched bitcoin trading for its three million registered users. With the launch, the platform hopes to target investors who are new to the cryptocurrency. Communications manager Nadav Avidan said: "If you want to invest in bitcoin and you're not a computer geek, you don't really know where to start. We're providing a simple way for people to get involved." According to Navidan, almost 5% of eToro's active user base (about 200,000 users) have open bitcoin positions at the moment. Users from South America, the UK and Germany are currently the top bitcoin....
Yesterday, eToro, the multi-asset platform with over 14 million registered users globally, announced that it is launching its new staking service. eToro’s staking service will initially be for Cardano (ADA) and TRON (TRX). Cardano staking is a new addition to the crypto space, and eToro is delighted to be one of the first to support this. eToro CEO and Co-founder Yoni Assia commented, “eToro has a large and active crypto community and our goal is […]
Yonni Assia believes that unprecedented retail investor interest will push regulators to be more proactive about crypto regulation. Crypto-friendly trading platform eToro is expecting regulators to ratchet up their oversight of the crypto industry, given the increasingly high levels of participation by retail traders and smaller investors. In comments for the Financial Times, the Israel-based company's CEO, Yonni Assia, said:“We are seeing a significant increase in the interest of retail investors and traders in the crypto market. As a part of that growth we should expect also regulators....