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Bittrex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced the future addition of XRP and Ethereum Classic trading pairs against the US dollar. The move is part of the company's “phased approach” to building out dollar trading on its cryptocurrency platform. The changes will take effect on August 20, 2018.
The American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced some changes to its trading policies. The platform plans to increase the daily trading limit and allow “instant trading”.
Over the past two months, the first officially regulated institutional Bitcoin derivatives exchange, LedgerX (New York), recorded a record amount of trading.
US trading app Robinhood has announced the addition of Ethereum Classic (ETC). ETC is now available for investing alongside traditional stock investments.
One of India's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Zebpay will allow users to trade, store and withdraw Trueusd (TUSD) coins. The dollar-pegged “stablecoin” TUSD is expected to replace fiat funds in the trading process, which was made impossible by the ban by the Central Bank of India.
The hacked cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox no longer needs to sell Bitcoin to return lost funds to customers. Lenders are preparing to recover lost BTC and BCH assets.
In its latest quarterly report, Square said its payments app now trades Bitcoin through “private brokers” rather than “public cryptocurrency exchanges.” This means that the majority of Bitcoin trading will come from private over-the-counter (OTC) brokers rather than open public exchanges.
Coinbase is currently considering adding more than 40 new altcoins to its Coinbase Custody service. These assets will potentially be added for storage purposes only and will not be traded on the exchange itself.
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