Cryptopia update – Liquidator Says It’s Close To Returning Funds
The long, drawn-out process of returning customer funds continues for Cryptopia liquidators Grant Thornton - with the latest liquidators report being released on 12th June.
Best of 2020 – Cryptopia the movie – Bitcoin, Blockchains & the Future of the Internet
We’re revisiting some of the best Crypto Conversation podcast episodes of 2020. In this episode, we talk with Torsten Hoffmann, a documentary filmmaker. His new film Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet is now available online.
Cryptopia ruling favors cryptocurrency account holders over creditors
Account-holders of failed cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia have new hope following a judgment made by a New Zealand High Court that deems crypto assets are ‘property’, that was owned by individual account holders on the platform.
Cryptopia liquidator updates stakeholders
Liquidators Grant Thornton New Zealand have released an update for Cryptopia account holders and other creditors following the hacked exchanges receivership announcement in May.
Hacked Cryptopia exchange calls in liquidators
Almost two months after announcing in late March that it was “100% committed to reopening the exchange, bigger and better and to continue trading”, hacked exchange Cryptopia has decided instead to call in the liquidators.
New report makes case for greater regulatory oversight of crypto asset sector
A new report by blockchain intelligence firm CipherTrace provides insights into the state of the global crypto asset sector. The Q1 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report makes the case for increased regulatory oversight as the industry matures.
Cryptopia breaks silence – promises a ‘rebate’ for lost funds
After months of silence, compromised exchange Cryptopia has emailed its customer base with information about its January 14th breach, its current operational status, and its plan to compensate users who lost funds.
The curious case of QuadrigaCX
While the circumstances surrounding the failure of leading Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX have set a new benchmark for ‘weird’, it may well be that just like so many other crypto exchange mega-fails, the real culprit could once again be something as simple as incompetent management.
The importance of non-custodial decentralized exchange
The latest exchange hack on Cryptopia highlights again the need for trustless non-custodial trading. However, DEXs are still at a primitive stage and the few that can claim to be fully decentralized are slow and clunky and many hybrids forfeit some degree of decentralization for better functionality. The right balance of function and decentralization is still being worked out but building a DEX on sidechain technology is the latest innovation towards that goal.
