Russia is apparently becoming a more attractive market for cryptocurrency firms as another major crypto platform is adding Russian language support. Poloniex, a popular crypto exchange originally based in the United States, has begun adding the Russian language on its platform just three months after leaving the U.S. market. Announcing the news in a Feb. 13 blog post, Poloniex said that it had started introducing a “partially localized” version of Poloniex for Russian speaking users. The exchange noted that the currently presented Poloniex interface in Russian is just a starting point as the team has translated just a small part …
Binance.US — the United States-focused wing of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance — announced that its customer's dollar deposits are eligible for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance coverage. FDIC insures deposits up to $250,000 In a blog post on Oct. 18, Binance.US announced that the exchange holds its U.S. dollar deposits in pooled custodial accounts at different banks that are insured by the FDIC, which is a United States government agency designed to protect consumers and the U.S. financial system. Binance.US explained: “The pooled custodial accounts are maintained in a manner that provides access to pass-through FDIC insurance coverage up …
From the outside looking in, the United States seems to present a host of amazing financial opportunities. However, when it comes to launching cryptocurrency exchanges or altcoin trading platforms, these possibilities start to dwindle and fade quite rapidly. In this regard, over the past few years, the U.S. regulatory landscape has seemed so hostile toward the crypto industry that a number of prominent exchange operators have preferred not to serve U.S. citizens at all — a case in point being Bancor, a decentralized liquidity network, that recently decided to block American citizens from using its website to convert its tokens. …
Customers of the United States-based branch of major crypto exchange Binance, Binance.US, can now purchase cryptocurrencies using their debit cards. In a blog post on Nov. 1, Binance.US announced that the exchange will now offer its customers the possibility to purchase cryptocurrencies with a debit card, joining existing U.S. dollar on-ramp and off-ramps, including the automated clearinghouse (ACH) and bank wire. Binance.US also announced that in its first 30 days since launching, the exchange jumped to $15 million in daily trading volume, while increasing its token listings from seven to twenty-four tokens, bringing a total of 40 trading pairs to …
The United States-based branch of major crypto exchange Binance, Binance.US, will add support for Dogecoin (DOGE), according to a blog post published on Oct. 24. Binance.US’s users will be able to trade the DOGE/USDT pair from 09:00 p.m. EST on Oct. 24, while they can already start depositing the coin in advance of trading. Withdrawals will become available following the trading launch. Binance.US gradually expands its offerings Binance.US launched on Sept. 24, initially offering trading for fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-crypto trading pairs. The trading pairs included major digital currencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), …