OKCoin

DeFi

Okcoin Integrates With Polygon to Reduce Users’ Ethereum Gas Fees

Benjamin PowersJun 3, 2021

The move lets users skip depositing to an ETH wallet, saving the associated fees.

Lightning Network

OKCoin Toasts Its Bitcoin Lightning Network Launch With New Developer Grant

Colin HarperMar 4, 2021

OKCoin joins roughly half a dozen exchanges that support the scaling technology.

OKCoin

Okcoin Awards $100K Grant to Bitcoin Development Non-Profit Brink

Benjamin PowersJun 10, 2021

The grants allow more developers to maintain and support Bitcoin’s codebase.

OKCoin

OKCoin Delists Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV to Avoid ‘Misleading’ New Bitcoin Clients

Colin HarperFeb 19, 2021

It became a choice between protecting Bitcoin’s open-source ethos or championing free-market fundamentals. In the end, community won out.

Lightning Network

OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1

Colin HarperJan 22, 2021

The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month's time.

OKCoin

OKCoin

OKCoin to Suspend XRP Trading and Deposits on Jan. 4

David Pan

OKCoin became the latest exchange to suspend XRP trading and deposits as of early next year.

DeFi

OKCoin Debuts CeFi-DeFi Mashup With Portal for Stablecoin Deposits

Nate DiCamillo

OKCoin is allowing users to invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications through its site without paying gas fees.

Blockstack

OKCoin Agrees to List Blockstack’s STX Token in US Following New Network Launch

Muyao Shen

OKCoin announced it will become the first U.S.-based crypto exchange to list Blockstack PBC’s stacks token (STX).

Developers

OKCoin Exchange Awards Grant to One of Bitcoin Core’s Most Active Developers

Alyssa Hertig

The grant from OKCoin will allow Bitcoin developer Marco Falke to continue the maintenance work he's done since 2016, like reviewing proposed code changes.

OKCoin

OKCoin Joins Coinbase in Supplying Oracle Feed for DeFi Project Compound

Paddy Baker

OKCoin says its regulated status and liquidity mean users will be able to trust that its data feed will be accurate and reliable.

Podcasts

Here’s How to Expand Who Contributes to Bitcoin Core

Nathaniel Whittemore

A Bitcoin Core dev and her exchange partner discuss Bitcoin and privacy and how to incentivize more developers to contribute to the protocol.

Bitcoin Core

OKCoin, BitMEX Sponsor Bitcoin Core Developer Amiti Uttarwar

Leigh Cuen

OKCoin and BitMEX just sponsored another Bitcoin Core developer, Amiti Uttarwar, who is focused on privacy tech and education.