According to a new study, the total trading volume of cryptocurrency derivatives has increased dramatically by over 300%. At the same time, BitMEX’s leadership position in the field has been challenged by Huobi, OKEx, and Binance. Derivatives On The Rise And amid the most apprehensive days of uncertainty prompted by the eventual aftermath of the...Read More
Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts have multiple assets stored across exchanges and trading platforms. OKEx now provides an option to convert smaller balances to OKB balances, giving users even more flexibility. Converting Smaller Balances to a Useful Asset Enthusiasts who frequent cryptocurrency exchanges will have built up a growing portfolio over the years. Several parts of that...Read More
A significant number of Bitcoin investors transferred extensive quantities of their holdings to exchanges during the most notable price slumps in mid-March. Ultimately, most of their panic sales were at a loss, according to the Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) indicator. Bitcoin Investors Rush To Sell In Panic The popular cryptocurrency monitoring resource, TokenAnalyst, studied...Read More
This past Friday, top cryptocurrency trading platforms Bitfinex and OKEx were both subjected to malicious Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS) aimed at disrupting the platforms’ operational efficiency by overwhelming the targeted servers with a flood of fraudulent traffic. Although both platforms successfully thwarted the attacks and have since re-established normal performance, the OKEx CEO is now...Read More
While it is hard to cyber-attack Bitcoin and other crypto asset networks, you can more easily cyber-attack companies in the space. This was proven true over the past 48 hours, with two exchanges recently revealing that they’ve been subject to a denial-of-service attack, suggesting some shenanigans going on in the backdrop of the crypto market....Read More
In the headlines today, the OKB token’s price, the native coin on the OKEx trade platform, jumped up an impressive 40% as the company launched the test net of its new decentralized exchange. The buzz first started late last year when OKEx first announced plans for launching its proprietary blockchain known as OKChain in 2020,...Read More
So far, 2020 has been a remarkably positive year for Bitcoin. Not only has the price of Bitcoin increased by 30%, but the Global Bitcoin Futures market open interest has noted a massive 60% growth as well. In the meantime, BitMEX and OKEx are still the most widely-used Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, with over 50%...Read More
During yesterday’s turbulent price movements, most cryptocurrency exchanges recorded notable 24-hour Bitcoin on-chain flows. The Chinese-based Huobi stands above all in terms of inflow with $157M and only $78M out. Huobi’s Impressive 24H Inflows The popular monitoring resource, TokenAnalyst, examined the 24-hour Bitcoin on-chain inflows and outflows of eight of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges....Read More
OKEx Exchange native token $OKB has been listed on the leading cryptocurrency payment technology payment provider, Alchemy Global Payment Solutions. Alchemy payment solutions provide hybrid fiat and crypto payment systems. The payment solution provider now makes OKB available for offline payments. OKEx team got onto Twitter to announce this latest development of the token. The...Read More
The last five years have been a test phase for bitcoin derivatives, which began tentatively when Bitmex eased into life in 2014. Now, as the cryptoconomy prepares to enter a new decade, derivatives products will play a pivotal role in price discovery. 2020 will be a big year for bitcoin and for the futures markets...Read More
Binance continued its growth this year by completing a strategic investment in the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX. By working together and delivering mutually beneficial products, the community wonders if both companies can actually be disrupting the dominance established by other exchanges on the futures market. Binance Invests In FTX The largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume,...Read More
The state of the blockchain space in November shows long-running trends establishing themselves. Bitcoin (BTC) was still the leader in multiple metrics, and China was the focus as activity flowed to local markets, shows the latest Longhash report. China Emerges as Leader in Trading Activity November’s Blockchain Data Report focused on China, basing its conclusions...Read More
Malta-based digital asset exchange OKEx is introducing Tiered Maintenance Margin Ratio System for Spot Margin Trading. The spot margin trading will go live from 07:00-08:00 Dec 9, 2019 (UTC). This spot trading will lower the leverage risk and increase borrowing limits claims OKEx exchange. Full description of how this new maintenance margin ratio is different...Read More
The South Korean division of Malta-based digital asset exchange OKEX has suspended the delisting of two privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies due to new regulatory guidelines released by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The planned suspension of Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH) is currently being reviewed, according to a blog post on OKEx’s official website. OKEX first...Read More
The crypto community spotted some massive funds movement from OKEx and got scared that the cryptocurrency exchange was hacked. However, CEO Jay Hao called for calm. Hundreds of Millions in BTC Move From OKEx On Wednesday, Twitter user Whale Alert sounded the alarm, saying that at least 24,000 BTC moved from OKEx to unknown wallets....Read More
Noted cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbns, is in the news after it announced yesterday that traders in the UAE would be able to buy and sell on the platform using AED (United Arab Emirates Dirham). We know you all have been waiting for this moment for so long; so have we. Today, our efforts have come to...Read More
Currently employed methods used by traditional financial system make it difficult for the system to maintain records effectively and efficiently. In light of the same, OKEx aims to simplify the entire process by integrating the platform with blockchain technology. OKEx aims to fill the gap in a cost-effective way. With a wider user base, OKEx...Read More
One of the top cryptocurrency exchanges, OKex announced to introduce stop-limit orders. This new offering that enables traders to achieve trading targets and optimize their exit strategies. We’ve launched several algo orders on the #PerpetualSwap market last week. What are stop-limit orders and when to place them? Here’s a detailed analysis to help you better...Read More
Crypto exchange OKEx believes the bitcoin price will surge 34% to $14,000 this year, thanks to a little help from the Federal Reserve. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Crypto exchange OKEx isn’t concerned that the bitcoin price appears to have hit a wall just above the $10,000 mark. In fact, the industry giant believes...Read More
Coincheck, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, revealed on Thursday, its intention to launch an initial exchange offering (IEO) platform. This is basically to raise funds through utility tokens. Coincheck suffered a $530 million hack in January 2018. Also, the Japanese online brokerage Monex Group acquired it for $33.5 million in April of that year. IEO is gaining...Read More
