The crypto exchange is conducting a “risk management initiative” targeting some crypto projects with a relatively small market capitalization or whose tokens form lower-liquidity trading pairs.
SBI-Owned B2C2 Eyes European Expansion With Acquisition of Rival Trading Firm Woorton
London-based liquidity provider B2C2 has acquired French market making firm Woorton in a deal that will grants B2C2 access to licenses, allowing it to operate in the EU.
Top UK university partners with AI startup to analyze crypto market
Imperial College London announced a collaboration with AI startup FluidAI to tackle major issues in the crypto market such as liquidity aggregation.
Bitcoin, Ether price slump leads to crypto bloodbath with $1B in liquidations
The liquidation event saw one trader lose $55.9 million, while another saw $10 million worth of hedged positions get liquidated.
Huobi’s TVL drops to $2.5B amid rumors of insolvency, investigations in China
The exchange faces ongoing rumors about its stablecoins reserves and an alleged investigation by Chinese authorities.
Aave Chan founder proposes buying $2M CRV from Curve founder
The proposal drew mixed reactions from the community where some criticized the strategy for buying more CRV even as others are looking to shed exposure.
Protocol to identify ‘systemically important’ blockchain banks could help prevent a market crash: Study
After the collapse of Terra, the digital assets sector needed a way to identify critical nodes in the global DeFi community.
Abracadabra proposes hiking loan interest rate by 200% to manage Curve risk
The Curve Finance exploit has created a liquidity crisis in the DeFi ecosystem, with several lending protocols rushing to minimize their exposure.
Cex price feed prevents Curve price from collapsing amid $100M vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Vyper programming language widely used by DeFi protocols like Curve Finance led to exploit of multiple Curve liquidity pools on Sunday.
Bridge Protocol LayerZero Passes 50M Cross-Chain Messages
The milestone highlights the demand for crypto users to transfer liquidity between chains and conduct cross-chain token swaps.
Wormhole Launches New Bridge Connecting to any Cosmos Appchain
The Wormhole Gateway is designed to make it easier for developers and users to on-ramp liquidity into the Cosmos ecosystem.
Crypto Traders Flock to OTC Markets as Exchange Liquidity Dries Up Amid Regulatory Clampdown
crypto traders flock to OTC
DeFi options platform uses social logins, margin trading to draw in liquidity
Developers claim Synquote handled a trade of over $1 million of notional volume in its beta with no detectable slippage.
Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Secures 50 BTC on Newly Launched Liquidity Platform Block Green
Block Green aims to unlock liquidity from institutional investors for miners and incentivize green mining.
Bitcoin, Ether Trade at Premiums on Binance.US as Investors Flee Following SEC Actions
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was seeking to freeze assets on Binance.US after suing the exchange and its global sister-entity Binance, CoinDesk reported Tuesday.
Lightning Data Analytics Firm Amboss Launches New ‘Liner’ Index for Bitcoin Yield
The company says the new index dubbed Lightning Network Rate (Liner) could be like Bitcoin’s version of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a global reference rate for loans. Liner complements Magma, the Lightning liquidity marketplace launched by Amboss last year.
Solving Lightning’s ‘Inbound Liquidity’ Problem Is Focus of New Layer 2 Bitcoin Protocol, Ark
The new protocol’s 24-year-old creator says Lightning’s inbound liquidity requirement – requiring users to commit funds to the protocol even when they’re just receiving payments – “doesn’t make any sense.”
Bitcoin, Crypto Prices Brace for Downturn in Coming Liquidity Shock, Observers Say
Improving liquidity conditions so far this year has lifted risk assets such as cryptocurrencies, but the trend is poised to turn once the U.S. debt ceiling is lifted and the Treasury along with the Fed resumes tightening, analysts said.
Bitcoin price hangs in the balance — Friday’s $2.26B BTC options could result in more downside
Bitcoin bears benefit from the current macroeconomic uncertainty and are aiming for a $270 million profit if the BTC price falls below $25,000.
Fantom Foundation Removes $2.4M MULTI from SushiSwap Liquidity Pool
The Fantom Foundation – the team developing the Fantom blockchain – removed millions of dollars in liquidity from a trading pool for the native token of Multichain on Wednesday, compounding concerns over the cross-chain bridging protocol’s stability.