WazirX founder Nischal Shetty has responded to allegations that the company transferred $75 million worth of crypto assets to two major exchanges without informing users. The situation arose after the Indian crypto platform disclosed more than 240,000 wallet addresses as part of the requirements of a four-month moratorium granted to it by a Singapore court...Read More
KuCoin exchange’s research arm released a report on cryptocurrency performance in May, noting $1 billion in new investments – a slight decrease from April. The report highlighted that institutional investors predominantly favored Ethereum and EVM-focused platforms during this period. $1 Billion in Investment Earlier this week, KuCoin Research published a report indicating that in May...Read More
Binance, once banned by the Indian government, is set to make a comeback after agreeing to pay a hefty penalty of approximately $2 million. According to a report by ET, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is preparing to re-enter the Indian market under the finance ministry’s oversight of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Binance’s India...Read More
Crypto exchange KuCoin has seen its market share of daily trading volume decline by half in recent weeks, according to Kaiko, a blockchain research and analytics firm. The decrease comes days after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the company. KuCoin Daily Trading Volume Plunges Following the announcement...Read More
Major crypto exchange KuCoin, along with two of its founders, was alleged to have failed to implement anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) procedures. According to prosecutors, the absence of AML and KYC on KuCoin enabled the platform to be used to launder illicit funds from criminal proceeds. KuCoin and Founders Slammed With Charges In...Read More
Major crypto exchange KuCoin has reportedly settled with New York authorities to stop offering its services in the local market, along with a payment of $22 million. The settlement deal comes months after the New York Attorney General (NYAG) sued KuCoin for selling unregistered securities to users in the state. KuCoin Leaves New York According...Read More
In a bold move aimed at safeguarding consumers, the FCA added 145 digital asset companies, including major exchanges Huobi-owned HTX and KuCoin, to its warning list. This decision follows the FCA’s expansion of regulations to include cryptoasset service providers, regardless of their geographical location. Cracking Down on Crypto The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...Read More
KuCoin’s most recent report focused on the crypto trends in Turkey estimated that 52% of the locals aged 18 to 60 have already invested in bitcoin or alternative coins. The figure was 40% in November 2021, indicating that Turks have shown great interest in employing digital assets as a hedge against inflation in the past...Read More
The past two years have been nerve-wracking for employees of crypto trading platforms, as lawsuits by various regulatory bodies, declining profits, and other market conditions have unfortunately forced even the strongest to conduct layoffs. Binance, Kraken, and Coinbase have all been forced to dismiss employees numbering in the thousands. The biggest layoff spree was conducted...Read More
Kucoin is reportedly looking to reduce its staff, as revealed by anonymous sources. While the crypto exchange allegedly described the action as a “normal performance appraisal,” the layoff is said to be a result of the company’s new KYC policy. Chinese reporter Colin Wu indicated that Kucoin will let go of 30% of its staff...Read More
According to a KuCoin research, 49% of German crypto investors believe digital currencies could help them achieve long-term wealth accumulation plans. Every fourth thinks the asset class could serve as a store of value amid the current economic turbulence. Most German crypto investors fall in the Generation Y demographic group, also known as Millennials (those...Read More
Seychelles-based crypto exchange KuCoin is pushing for mandatory KYC upgrades as its competitors face regulatory challenges across various jurisdictions. In a bid to embrace global compliance requirements, KuCoin announced an upgrade of its KYC authentication rules and systems from next month onwards. Beefing Up KYC Measures The new rules mandate all newly registered users to...Read More
KuCoin’s Twitter account was briefly compromised, causing the platform’s users to lose over 22,000 USDT to hackers through fake activity. The crypto exchange was able to recover its account and promised to reimburse affected users. KuCoin revealed that hackers took over its Twitter account for 45 minutes to promote a fake activity on Monday, April...Read More
The digital asset markets have been shaky in the past year, but the blockchain sector continues to scale as demand intensifies from both crypto-native as well as traditional institutions eyeing to leverage the space. Decentralized smart contracts platform Injective is the latest to announce a new $150 million ecosystem initiative to spur the adoption of...Read More
Acala – one of the first Polkadot parachains – recently rolled out a yield-bearing liquidity pool for aUSD and a form of wrapped bitcoin, which contained a bug that was soon exploited by the hackers resulting in 1.2 billion aUSD being minted without collateral. This week, the protocol launched a report detailing the exploit along...Read More
Early this week, KuCoin released a survey regarding the new developments in India’s blockchain and crypto space – Into The Cryptoverse Report India, which revealed the number of crypto investors in the country to be in the range of 115 million as of June 2022. These people have either traded or held crypto assets in...Read More
While many top-tier crypto exchanges have given up on India given the regulatory uncertainty and bear market, KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu is bullish on the local market for the long run. In a recent interview, he talked about “a welcoming market” and the availability of “expertise” as the two key reasons for his optimism for...Read More
The crypto exchange KuCoin denied the rumor that it had joined some competitors in massively trimming staff size amid weakened market conditions. Instead, the CEO Johnny Lyu revealed his company will keep hiring in the coming months. In the wake of exchange giants such as Coinbase, CryptoCom, and Bybit imposing a significant cut on headcounts...Read More
The past few weeks have been particularly detrimental for the cryptocurrency industry as major market participants experienced massive challenges. One of the largest centralized lending platforms – Celsius – still hasn’t unpaused withdrawals, whereas leading cryptocurrency hedge fund – Three Arrows Capital – filed for bankruptcy. Amid all this, rumors are running rampant on a...Read More
KuCoin Ventures, the exchange’s VC arm dedicated to crypto investments, and its NFT marketplace Windvane are putting out $100 million as a “Creators Fund” to support and incubate early-stage NFT projects, according to a media release issued by KuCoin. The announcement came after Coinbase’s earlier statement of launching its NFT marketplace soon and the Japanese...Read More
KuCoin’s first IGO Pikaster’s round one presale for the Origin Eggs sells out in minutes. The 3000 Original Mystery Eggs sold out within minutes after going live earlier today, April 11th, at 12 PM UTC. The good news is, if you’re looking to get in on the hype, you still have time to join the...Read More
Mainland Chinese users of KuCoin will have to withdraw all their funds and close their accounts by the end of the year, said the exchange earlier today. This is a direct consequence of the latest crackdown from the People’s Bank of China. Citing the regulatory pressure from the Chinese authorities, KuCoin announced earlier on October...Read More
Months after suffering one of the worst hacks in crypto history, the popular exchange KuCoin has announced it had successfully recovered all stolen funds. The company’s CEO reassured that no customer has sustained any financial loss following the event. KuCoin Recovers Stolen Funds As reported back in September 2020, a group of unknown attackers exploited...Read More
XRP holders are eligible for the upcoming SPARK token airdrop. Below is everything you need to know about it and the exchanges that have announced support for it. The XRP community is getting excited about the SPARK (FLR) token airdrop as the date draws near. Only users who hold XRP are eligible for the airdrop,...Read More
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin aims to enter the non-fungible token market as its liquidity trading platform Pool-X will open deposits of NFT assets starting November 16th. Pool-X will launch an exchange platform designated for NFT tokens in the upcoming months. KuCoin To Launch An NFT Exchage According to the announcement from earlier today, the...Read More
Over a month after being hacked and drained for nearly $300 million worth of various cryptocurrencies, the popular exchange KuCoin has recovered 84% of all funds. The company’s CEO also indicated that they will resume full service for all tokens by November 22nd. KuCoin Recovers 84% Of All Stolen Funds As CryptoPotato reported in late...Read More
According to a tweet by Whale Alert, part of the funds stolen during the KuCoin Hack last month are now moving around again. The blockchain tracking platform reported that 1,814 ETH ($665,980) of the aforementioned funds were moved from the wallet in question, a wallet dubbed ‘Kucoin Hack 2020,’ to an unknown wallet earlier today....Read More
In an official announcement earlier today, popular exchange KuCoin revealed that it will be launching USDT-Margined Polkadot (DOT) and EOS (EOS) Perpetual Futures at 16:00:00 on 12 October 2020 (UTC+8), supporting 1-50x leverage. Polkadot, an open-source project founded by the Web3 Foundation, is a sharded protocol that enables blockchain networks to operate together. After its...Read More
Major cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has resumed deposits and withdrawals of some cryptocurrencies after the platform recently suffered a substantial hack. BTC, ETH, and USDT Withdrawal and Deposit Services Now Available According to an official announcement on October 7, KuCoin revealed that it reopened deposit and withdrawal functions for crypto tokens Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and...Read More
After losing more than $250 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a security incident on September 26, KuCoin may have found new evidence to identify those responsible for the hack. It’s been exactly one week since Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin suffered what would be the third-largest hack in the history of crypto. And now, the exchange...Read More
