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Tech

Platform Allowing Trading of Crypto in Custody Completes First $100K Transaction

The platform provides a solution that allows trading of digital assets which they remain in secure custody.

Leor Tasman, SettleBit CEO speaking at DIA Amsterdam 2017, courtesy of SettleBit

Finance

Uphold Introduces Commission-Free Trading for Users

The move to commission-free cryptocurrency trading was based on Uphold’s ability to net trades at a lower cost after gaining more liquidity providers, said Uphold CEO JP Thieriot.

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Policy

Israel’s Securities Regulator Asks Private Sector for DLT Proof-of-Concepts

Israel’s chief securities regulator Anat Guetta says DLT has “transformative potential” for the startup nation’s capital markets. Now she wants to see a proof-of-concept.

Israel's securities regulator thinks DLT may hold the key for a new generation of capital markets. Credit: Shutterstock

Markets

ErisX Adds New Trading Features With Etale Partnership

The partnership will provide clients with machine learning-based order execution.

ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Anchorage Moves Into Crypto Trading With New Brokerage Service

Crypto custodian Anchorage is launching a brokerage for its institutional clients, supporting the effort with new analysis and risk modeling capabilities after acquiring data startup Merkle Data.

Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Uphold Opens Crypto Trading to Users With UK Bank Accounts

Trading platform Uphold has added pound sterling support, in beta for now

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Tech

Crypto Trading Privacy Gets a Boost as $15M of Tether Moves to Liquid Sidechain

Innocuous at first glance, the transfer of $15 million worth of USDT from ethereum to Liquid has big implications for the tether market and digital asset trading more broadly.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Markets

Binance Invests Undisclosed Sum in Crypto Derivatives Platform FTX

Crypto exchange Binance has invested in derivatives platform FTX as part of a strategic partnership between the firms.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. (Credit: Binance)

Markets

Crypto Exchange OKEx Launching Options Trading Later This Month

The Malta-based exchange is adding cryptocurrency options to its existing offerings during the winter holiday.

OKEx image via CoinDesk archives

Finance

Crypto Lender BlockFi Rolls Out Zero-Fee Trading for Bitcoin, Ether, GUSD

BlockFi, the cryptocurrency lending service, is expanding into trading with an unusual, zero-fee model.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince