DFSRegulated
United States Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Strike
Regulated in United States
Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Basic Information
Country/RegionUnited States
Exchange AbbreviationStrike
Operating Period--
Websitehttps://strike.me/en/
Influence
BRating
Main Affected Regions
CNADRegulated
Salvador Crypto Asset Exchange Service (EXS)
- License No.
- PSAD-0017
- Licensed Entity
- E4, SA. De CV.
Exchange Overview
Exchange Overview
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Bitcoin and Russia–Ukraine Energy Ceasefire Claims: What Was Confirmed on Oct. 11
Bitcoin rose during Sunday, October 11 reporting after President Donald Trump claimed an immediate Russia–Ukraine “energy ceasefire” and Kyiv offered conditional support for a reciprocal halt to attacks. The political announcement and the markets reaction were real. Whether an enforceable bilateral ceasefire had actually begun was not confirmed. President Donald Trump posted that both sides had agreed to stop attacks on energy infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to refrain from striking Russian energy facilities if Russia made the same commitment, but requested details from Washington and continued to report Russian attacks. Reuters said Moscow had not confirmed the arrangement at the time of its coverage. The key status is therefore claimed agreement / Ukrainian conditional support / no confirmed Russian acceptance, not “the war has ended” and not “peace deal finalized.”Why a ceasefire headline can move cryptocurrency Energy infrastructure has been a significant channel through which the conflict affects oil and fuel supply expectations. Investors can quickly translate news of possible de-escalation into assumptions about energy prices, inflation pressure and interest-rate expectations. Crypto trades during the weekend even when U.S. equities and much of the conventional commodity market are closed. CoinDesk reported that bitcoin was initially little changed after the
Coinbase Deribit Integration Explained: Options, Unified Margin and U.S. Access
Crypto derivatives may be entering a new phase of consolidation: not merely combining brands, but bringing spot, perpetual futures, dated futures and options closer to a shared liquidity and risk infrastructure. On October 7, Coinbase announced the completed integration of Deribit and named the combined platform Coinbase Global Exchange. Coinbase International Exchange accounts, balances and positions had been migrated to Deribit on October 1, according to the companys migration documentation. Coinbase says its platform connects to a market with more than $30 billion in Bitcoin options open interest, measured September 30, while Deribit processed more than $1 trillion in trading volume in the previous year. Those are company-provided reference figures, not new trading generated by the October 7 announcement. The deeper change is the companys plan to route eligible U.S. institutions toward that derivatives liquidity through Coinbase Financial Markets, its CFTC-regulated intermediary. Options access through Coinbase Prime, spot margin and unified portfolios are planned for the coming weeks. Eligible retail rollout follows a staged timetable, not an immediate blanket opening to every user. That timing distinction is central to understanding the development.Why Deribit Matters More Than Another Trading Interface Deribit built a large options-focused derivatives business. Crypto options have different infrastructure needs from spot trading:
DeFi Is a Major Target for Hackers — Your Funds May Flee Faster Than the Project Team Can React
In the first half of 2026, a total of 344 security incidents occurred in the Web3 ecosystem, with cumulative losses amounting to approximately 1.32 billion US dollars. Although this figure represents a 46.8% decline year-on-year compared to the same period last year, excluding the impact of the $1.45 billion loss from Bybit, the scale of losses in the first half of this year actually rose by around 28% year-on-year. In other words, there has been no substantial improvement in the overall security environment of the industry. In the first quarter alone, Web3 projects lost $464.5 million across 43 incidents, with phishing and social engineering attacks inflicting the heaviest losses. Wallet theft was the costliest attack vector, causing $445 million in losses via 33 incidents in the first half of the year; phishing led to $366 million in losses through 63 incidents. The latest case involves DeFi platform Summer. fi (formerly Oasis. app), which was exposed to an attack on July 6,2026, with approximately 6 million US dollars siphoned off. Security firm Blockaid detected that the vulnerability bypassed existing protection measures. In June, crypto platforms lost 75.87 million US dollars in 40 hacking attacks, and the vulnerability of Humanity Protocol was the largest single
