• Japanese regulator Huobi Token
    Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation

    In a first, Japanese FSA approves Huobi Token

    After an ‘arduous journey,’ the global exchange token has become the first of its kind deemed compliant with cryptocurrency regulations by the country’s Financial Services Agency

    Cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives platform Huobi Group said its Huobi Token is the first global exchange token to win regulatory approval by Japan’s tough Financial Services Agency.

  • Huobi targets money laundering
    Regulation,  Technology

    Huobi targets money laundering, fraud

    New Star Atlas analytics tool will allow the cryptocurrency exchange to automatically detect and trace fraudulent or illegal transactions

    Huobi Group announced today that it has launched Star Atlas, a new analytics tool designed to monitor on-chain transactions and activities “in real time to identify and flag suspicious or problematic transactions" such as money laundering, fraud, illegal dark web sales, and even price manipulation.

  • Huobi Perpetual swaps ‘exploit market volatility’
    Bitcoin

    Huobi perpetual swaps ‘exploit market volatility’

    Huobi DM pitches new perpetual swaps futures contracts as a way to profit from extreme price swings

    In the wake of Black Thursday, Huobi Group’s derivatives platform launched a perpetual swaps product it says can help cryptocurrency traders profit from market volatility, and also hedge against it.

  • Huobi DM putting brakes on margin calls
    Cryptocurrencies,  Technology

    Huobi DM putting brakes on margin calls

    The new feature should slow or stop borrowers’ assets being automatically liquidated after sudden price crashes, which can cause “extensive user losses”

    Derivatives trading platform Huobi DM has announced a new feature designed to “minimize user exposure during times of severe market volatility” in digital assets. Its solution is to unveil a new mechanism that performs liquidation gradually.