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August 26, 2024 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global crypto exchange and digital asset innovator Binance has received a letter of appreciation from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB) of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). The letter was in recognition of their assistance in a kidnapping case. According to the letter signed… Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Corn, a platform that claims to be the first super yield network built around Bitcoin. Corn is an Ethereum Layer 2 network focused on establishing a decentralized finance (DeFi) hub for Bitcoin…. Read More

August 18, 2024 @ 4:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in MyShell through Labs Incubation Season 6. MyShell is a decentralized AI ecosystem converging “an AI model layer that allows everyone to build, share, and own AI Apps.” MyShell was launched in April… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has reportedly achieved its 19th global regulatory milestone with registration in India. As part of their ongoing efforts to uphold regulatory standards, Binance says it is pleased to announce that firm has “registered as a reporting entity with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).” This… Read More

August 15, 2024 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform built for open and equitable AI. Sahara AI is building a collaborative AI economy “that prioritizes the sovereignty and provenance of AI, ensuring security, equity, and accessibility for… Read More

August 13, 2024 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Solayer, a restaking network on Solana. Their aim is to empower on-chain decentralized applications (dApps) with “improved network bandwidth while securing the L1 at the same time.” Built natively on Solana, Solayer… Read More

August 8, 2024 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance is reporting that it has reclaimed more than $73 million in funds pilfered by hacks. The Binance security team is said to have recovered the funds as of July 31st, topping the $55 million recovered in 2023. Binance touts that it has partnered with… Read More

August 5, 2024 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Particle Network, the L1 solution for unifying all chains via Universal Accounts, addressing user and liquidity fragmentation in Web3. The number of blockchain networks is rapidly increasing, “with a growing proliferation of… Read More

July 31, 2024 @ 6:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in aPriori, a project focused on Miner Extractable Value (MEV)-powered liquid staking solutions on Monad, a high-performance Ethereum-compatible L1 smart contract platform. aPriori’s mission is to “decentralize Monad’s network and enhance the user… Read More

July 30, 2024 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be withdrawing its charges against third-party crypto tokens like Solana’s SOL as well as Polygon’s MATIC. These digital tokens have been part of the regulator’s lengthy case against crypto exchange Binance, Breaking: #Solana $SOL is no longer… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Research has examined key Web3 developments in June 2024 to provide an overview of the ecosystem’s current state. Binance Research analyze the performance of crypto, DeFi, and NFT markets. Despite a strong start to the month of June, the market “encountered major sell-offs and… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On Friday, June 28, 2024, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia appeared to have struck a major blow to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s “regulation-by-enforcement” campaign being carried out against secondary crypto-asset… Read More

June 30, 2024 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Infrared, a protocol focused on giving users access to Berachain’s Proof of Liquidity (PoL) mechanism in one click. Infrared’s mission is to maximize value capture “within the Berachain network by offering user-friendly… Read More

June 24, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital currency exchange Binance is reportedly assisting in investigating a recent attack carried out against Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk, with more than $5 million in pilfered funds now having been frozen. This, according to social media update from Binance CEO Richard Teng. Teng noted that… Read More

June 20, 2024 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Rango, a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) and bridge aggregator. Rango’s interoperability enables easy transacting “across diverse blockchain ecosystems to drive DeFi growth.” With its expansive capabilities and support for major blockchains including… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Zircuit, a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security. Zircuit is a new Layer 2 (L2) network that “introduces a novel approach to on-chain security.” The network safeguards users “with sequencer-level security and… Read More

May 23, 2024 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Aevo, a high-performance Layer 2 (L2) built on top of the OP Stack that allows perpetual trading, pre-launch futures, and options, all on the same platform with a single margin account. Its… Read More

May 14, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Zest Protocol, an on-chain bitcoin lending infrastructure enabling users to lend or borrow native BTC with transparent yields in a permissionless way. Existing solutions have been largely “dependent on centralized entities with… Read More

May 11, 2024 @ 5:19 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Indian government has granted Binance and Kucoin, offshore cryptocurrency exchanges, the approval to register and operate as virtual asset service providers in India. This pivotal decision allows them to engage in a broad array of digital asset services,… Read More

May 10, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FINTRAC announced that it has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Binance Holdings Limited, also operating as Binance Holdings (IE) Ltd., Binance.com, Binance Global and Binance. This foreign money services business was “imposed an administrative monetary penalty of $6,002,000 on May 7, 2024 for non-compliance… Read More