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OKCoin Crashes Into FDIC's Wall Of Justice Over Titanic Insurance Scandal
Saturday, June 17, 2023 - 1:06pm | 401The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has accused cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin of making false and misleading claims regarding its insured status. This week, the FDIC sent a cease-and-desist letter to OKCoin, demanding the immediate correction of the claims. Allegations...
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EXCLUSIVE: Where Will The Next 1 Billion New Crypto Users Come From, Following FTX Disaster? Okcoin, CoinFlip Execs Have An Idea
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 12:08pm | 703Okcoin COO Jason Lau, CoinFlip CTO Rory Herriman and Columbia University Lab to Market Blockchain Accelerator advisor Art Malkov discussed the path to onboard the next one billion global cryptocurrency users at the Benzinga Future of Crypto Conference in New York on Wednesday. Herriman said the...
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Bitcoin To Eat Ethereum? This $165M Fund Bets It Will
Friday, March 11, 2022 - 12:39pm | 318Major cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin partnered with Stacks Accelerator and Stacks Foundation to launch Bitcoin Odyssey, a project aiming to bring the decentralized application (DApp) ecosystem that Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is known for to the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) blockchain. What...
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Randi Zuckerberg Sings Twisted Sister: Crypto Warcry Or Viral Cringe?
Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 3:31pm | 684NFT and cryptocurrency enthusiast Randi Zuckerberg has gone viral. What Happened: The sister of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released her song “We’re All Gonna Make It” on Feb. 28. The video has over 700,000 views on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR...
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Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Randi Joins Crypto Exchange To Help It Reach 50% Female User Base
Friday, December 3, 2021 - 10:25am | 315Randi Zuckerberg, a former spokesperson at Facebook and sister of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has joined cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin’s brand advisory council. What Happened: Okcoin was established in 2013 and is one of the world’s oldest crypto exchanges with...
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Fintech Focus For July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 5:36pm | 2089Quote To Start The Day: “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” Source: Sun Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Adena Friedman, president and chief executive of Nasdaq, says the firm sees a huge opportunity from spinning out Nasdaq Private Market into a...
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Dogecoin To List On OKCoin Next Week In A 'Testament' To Meme Crypto's 'Legitimacy'
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 6:07am | 624Dogecoin (DOGE) is all set to be listed on the OKCoin cryptocurrency exchange next week, which will give legions of followers yet another place to buy and sell the Shiba Inu-themed cryptocurrency. What Happened: Jason Lau, San Francisco-based OKCoin’s Chief Operating Officer, told...
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Stacks (STX) Crypto Has Surged 3792% In A Year — What Is Going On?
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 2:56am | 417Stacks (STX), the token for the namesake open-source network that aims to add functionality to Bitcoin (BTC), has risen 3792.56% in about a year since it touched an all-time low of $0.045 in March 2020. What Happened: STX traded 27.9% lower over 24 hours at $1.79 at press time and has risen 42...
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Institutional Cryptocurrency Exchange SeedCX Raises $15M Series B
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 9:00am | 371SeedCX, a startup cryptocurrency exchange licensed to offer spot market and CFTC-regulated derivatives, announced that it had closed a $15-million Series B funding round with participation from Bain Capital Ventures and OKCoin, another cryptocurrency exchange. What Happened SeedCX raised $15...
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From Businesses To Migrant Workers, OKLink Facilitates Instant Global Transactions
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 8:25am | 711It's almost that time of year. The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards is a competition to showcase the companies with the most impressive technology that are paving the future in financial services and capital markets. To get you prepared for this year's awards, Benzinga will profile each...