Launching more traditional investment offerings and showcasing the increasing connection between crypto and traditional finance (TradFi), the cryptocurrency firms and exchanges are increasingly moving into Wall Street territory.
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Launching more traditional investment offerings and showcasing the increasing connection between crypto and traditional finance (TradFi), the cryptocurrency firms and exchanges are increasingly moving into Wall Street territory.
According to Gracy Chen, the CEO of Bitget, the world’s sixth-largest crypto exchange, “There’s a growing synergy between traditional financial investments and the emerging crypto space.”
“Crypto players are now checking out traditional finance as they see the opportunity to bridge it,” Chen told Cointelegraph.
“The lines are blurring — investors want flexibility, and products that can straddle both worlds are naturally attractive,” Chen said. “Some players see TradFi as a safety net; others, like Bitget, see it as a launchpad for broader adoption.” She added:
“In a volatile market, integration is smarter than isolation.”
For South African users, Binance is set to implement new compliance measures, which require sender and receiver information for all crypto deposits and withdrawals.
This came in an announcement on April 23, the largest exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies said the move comes in response to local regulatory demands.
From April 30, South Africa Binance users will be prompted to provide additional information when transferring crypto.
For deposits, it is required that the users must disclose the sender’s full name, country, and, if applicable, the name of the originating crypto exchange. Similarly, withdrawals will be required to fill in beneficiary details before processing.
The update will not have an impact on the trading and other platform features unaffected.
A man has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors as they allege he created a crypto scheme that swindled 90,000 people out of $200 million in the hopes of earning returns from Bitcoin and forex trading.
On April 22, the SEC said, that it had charged Ramil Palafox, a dual citizen of the US and the Philippines, claiming he misappropriated over $57 million in investor funds gained through his company, PGI Global, between January 2020 and October 2021.
According to the Cointelegraph, the regulator alleged Palafox of using a multilevel marketing model to execute a “Ponzi-like” scam until the company’s collapse in 2021. The SEC said he lured investors through “false claims of crypto industry expertise and a supposed AI-powered auto-trading platform.”
The SEC also accused Palafox of hosting lavish events in Dubai and Las Vegas to recruit new members who were offered referral bonuses to recruit others and used investor funds to pay other investors to further promote the scheme, as well as to line his own pockets.