ErisX Wins BitLicense, Bitcoin Trading Booms on Silvergate & Square + More News

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Exchanges news

• TD Ameritrade and other investors-backed ErisX crypto exchange has won a BitLicense operating permit in New York, per an official release from the state financial regulator. Other ErisX investors include Pantera Capital and Nasdaq Ventures, and the move marks a further expansion into the United States market for the Monex Group, the Japanese operator of the TradeStation exchange, as well as Japan’s Coincheck platform.
• Binance Korea will join a major decentralized ID (DID) alliance, whose members include the likes of electronics giants Samsung and LG, major South Korean banks and telecoms providers – becoming the first non-Korean company to do so. The platform will be used to provide digital authentication on mobile devices, and is being co-developed by the…