OKEx, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has delisted 30 altcoin trading pairs.
Cryptocurrency fever may have abated a bit from the massive bitcoin bull run of late 2017, but that doesn’t mean that crypto isn’t finding ways to become a part of our daily lives. However, crypto fever led to a massive explosion in the number of coins, and there are now over 2,000 different cryptocurrencies, according to CoinMarketCap. The reality is that this means there are lots of coins that have little to no trading volume, which leads to exchanges having to prune their listings from time to time.
OKEx Cutting Some Dead Weight
Hong Kong-based OKEx recently that they were delisting 30 altcoin trading pairs from the exchange. The announcement states:
“To create a robust trading environment and offer the best trading experience to our users, we will delist several TRADING PAIRS with weak liquidity and trading volume according to the OKEx Token Delisting / Hiding Guideline.”
DELISTING OF TRADING PAIRS: We will delist several TRADING PAIRS with weak liquidity and trading volume according to the OKEx Token Delisting / Hiding Guideline.
— OKEx (@OKEx)
The altcoin trading pairs getting the ax are:
FirstBlood (1ST) / USDT
Micromoney (AMM) / USDT
ATLANT (ATL) / ETH
Aventus (AVT) / BTC
Bread (BRD) / ETH
Change (CAG) / USDT
CommerceBlock (CBT) / BTC
Carinet (CIT) / BTC, ETH, OKB
Datum (DAT) / BTC, ETH, USDT
DENT (DENT) / BTC, ETH, USDT
EncrypGen (DNA) / USDT
district0x (DNT) / USDT
Everex (EVX) / ETH
Genaro Network (GNX) / USDT
Iconomi (ICN) / USDT
Selfkey (KEY) / USDT
LAToken (LA) / ETH
Leverj (LEV) / BTC, ETH, USDT
Maggie (MAG) / USDT
Metal (MTL) / BTC, ETH
Merculet (MVP) / BTC
NAGA (NGC) / BTC
OAX (OAX) / USDT
Simple Token (OST) / BTC
Qvolta (QVT) / USDT
Raiden Network Token (RDN) / BTC
Republic Protocol (REN) / ETH, USDT
Request Network (REQ) / ETH
OneRoot Network (RNT) / BTC
Santiment Network Token (SAN) / USDT
Show (SHOW) / BTC
SingularDTV (SNGLS) / BTC, ETH
Sportyco (SPF) / USDT
SubStratum (SUB) / BTC
Travel (TRA) / USDT
Unikoin Gold (UKG) / ETH
BLOCKv (VEE) / ETH
Worldcore (WRC) / USDT
In addition, the following altcoins have been fully purged from the exchange: VEE, LEV, AVT, CBT, WRC, QVT, MTL, DNA, DNT, OAX, 1ST, CAG, UKG, BRD, SAN, ICN, ATL, SUB, REQ, NGC, AMM, LA, DENT, CIT, DAT, and MAG.
Lots of Activity
There’s been a fair amount of activity associated with the exchange recently. Back in October, the exchange added four new stablecoin pairings for users to take advantage of. This was followed by being delisted.
Early in November, OKEx won the award at the Malta Blockchain Awards. However, not everything was turning up roses for the exchange. The recent changes made to the terms associated with derivatives caused many traders to sustain substantial losses, leading to a .
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