Crypto expert, arbitrage trader and investor
Crypto expert and hands-on crypto arbitrage trader, investor and software developer with over 20 years of experience. On the P2P.Army blog he covers exchange news, P2P and cross-exchange arbitrage.
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Antonio Merkle is a crypto expert and hands-on crypto arbitrage trader, an investor and a software developer with over 20 years of experience.
On the P2P.Army blog he covers crypto exchange and P2P platform news and writes reviews, ratings and arbitrage courses — based on official sources and P2P.Army data.
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The payment method on P2P is not a detail: it determines price, speed, limits and risk. We look at the criteria for evaluating any method in any country, and at which methods lead in the 15 most active P2P currencies.
Before looking for setups, you need to understand the market for your currency: which exchanges trade it, where there are more ads and live trades, and why prices on different platforms differ by several percent.
P2P arbitrage means earning on the price difference of the same asset on P2P platforms. We look at how a trade works, where the price difference comes from and why it is mostly the maker, not the taker, who earns it.
On the evening of October 29, 2026, attackers gained access to Binance hot wallets and took about $6.3 billion — the largest hack in crypto history. The exchange has named a preliminary cause, about $3 billion is frozen, $6.34 billion is reserved to cover losses, and withdrawals are to return in phases. Here are the confirmed facts, the timeline and what matters to users.
On October 29, 2026, KuCoin announced it is discontinuing services for users in Russia and Belarus — immediately and across all of its products. There is no common deadline: affected accounts receive notices with deadlines and closure instructions. After Bitget and MEXC, it is the third major exchange to announce a discontinuation of services for Russian users in October.
The HTX User Agreement lists Russia among jurisdictions whose users are prohibited from using any of the exchange’s services. HTX published no separate announcement: the media spotted the change on October 23, 2026. Here is what the document says, how the exchange responded and what users should expect.
On October 20, 2026, crypto exchange MEXC announced that it is discontinuing services for users in Russia and Belarus. There is no single public deadline: each affected user gets individual timelines for closing positions and withdrawing assets. Here is what is officially confirmed, which dates appear in the notices, and where Kazakhstan fits in.
On October 17, 2026, Bitget announced it is discontinuing services for “certain users” in a one-off exercise, with deadlines sent individually. The exchange did not say which accounts are affected, but its Terms of Use list Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan among prohibited countries. Here is what Bitget said officially and what comes from inference and user reports.
