Bakkt Launch
Introduction On September 23rd, Bakkt, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) (owners of the New York Stock Exchange), launched the much anticipated bitcoin futures contract. What makes the Bakkt offering unique is that it is the first contract to …
SEC Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Assets
On July 8, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement regarding the complexity around digital assets and the broker-dealer relationship. The SEC did not put forth new rules or guidelines. Rather, they articulated some of the issues under …
Aligning Exchange Incentivizes Using Lightning
Lightning is an extremely powerful technology to align incentives for digital resources such as APIs. Last June, BitMEX — one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges — announced that data was dropped from their websocket api because of system overload. …
Crypto Exchange API Update: Euro Trading Pairs
We are excited to announce support for Euro trading pairs on our Crypto Spot Exchange API Service. Euro trading pairs are some of the most liquid and popular assets for traders. With this update, we now offer a total of …
Lightning 101 For Exchanges: Conclusion
Over the past couple of months, we have put forth ideas on why cryptocurrency exchanges should consider adopting Lightning technology for their platforms. We have highlighted the benefits to both exchanges and their customers. But we have also attempted to …
Lightning 101 For Exchanges: Routing Nodes
We have written previously about the advantages Lightning gives exchanges and their customers. In particular; lower fees, faster transactions, and additional security. In this post we want to discuss why crypto exchanges should consider operating a routing node on the …
Lightning 101 For Exchanges: Managing Fees With Lightning
Last week we discussed how Lightning can help Exchanges create a better user experience by helping to create liquidity (link to post) for custom deposits and withdrawals. In that post, we mentioned the impact of on-chain fees. In this post, …
Crypto Exchange API Update: EOS Support
We are pleased to announce the addition of EOS to the Suredbits Crypto Spot Exchange API and Crypto Futures Exchange API. EOS has an approximately $4.8 billion market cap and averages roughly $90 million 24 hour trading volume on our represented exchanges. …
Lightning 101 For Exchanges: User Experience – Liquidity
Crypto exchanges can improve customer experience on their platform’s via Lightning technology by providing greater liquidity while offering enhanced privacy protections. In this post, we will focus on the matter of liquidity; its importance to traders and how both exchanges …
Crypto Exchange API Update: Ripple Support
We are pleased to announce the addition of Ripple (“XRP”) to the Suredbits Crypto Spot Exchange API and Crypto Futures Exchange API. Ripple has an approximately $13.5 billion market cap and averages roughly $85.2 million 24 hour trading volume on our represented …