Japanese government considers relaxing strict coin listing rules

The Japanese government is considering a proposal to make it easier for registered crypto exchanges to list digital assets in the local retail trading market. Sources quoted in Bloomerg said that if the new rules are passed, exchanges that have registered with the Financial Services Agency (FSA) would be able to list certain assets without […]

BREAKING: Liquid exchange hacked to the tune of $80 million

Japanese exchange Liquid has been hacked with about $80 million in digital assets moved off the platform. The exchange confirmed the security breach in a tweet that exposed the wallet addresses implicated in the breach. The following assets had been transferred to hacker’s following addresses (Further investigation to come):BTC: 1Fx1bhbCwp5LU2gHxfRNiSHi1QSHwZLf7qETH/EWT: 0x5578840aae68682a9779623fa9e8714802b59946TRX: TSpcue3bDfZNTP1CutrRrDxRPeEvWhuXbpXRP: rfapBqj7rUkGju7oHTwBwhEyXgwkEM4yby — Liquid […]

Blockstream expands Liquid Federation, but LBTC adoption remains slow

Blockstream has added six more members to the federation that governs Liquid, the firm’s Bitcoin sidechain for inter-exchange settlement network. The six new Liquid Federation members include Bitcoin web wallet Coinos, crypto custodian Komainu, network privacy firm Nym, blockchain development company Vulpem Ventures, broker Watchdog Capital, and Liquid Network settlement platform Sideswap. The #LiquidNetwork Federation […]