Tagged: binance us

June 22, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US, the US-facing version of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has announced it has cut trading fees on Bitcoin to zero.  The promotional move should help to drive new users to the crypto marketplace in a industry that tends to charge relatively high fees… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 11:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage, a federally chartered digital asset bank, has revealed an “industry-first” of having their custody exchange integrated with Binance.US. Anchorage said that 4 other platforms have committed to the service as well including CoinList, Blockchain.com, Wintermute, and Strix Leviathan. In a blog post, Anchorage explained… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US, the USA-facing crypto marketplace owned by Binance Global, has raised a $200 million “seed round” at a valuation of $4.5 billion, according to a company statement. Binance.US said that investors included RRE Ventures, Foundation Capital, Original Capital, VanEck, Gaingels, Gold House, and Circle Ventures,… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly looking into the relationship between the US division of Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, and two trading companies with alleged ties to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao or “CZ”, according to sources familiar with the… Read More

October 10, 2021 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US announced on October 8, 2021 (Friday) that Brian Shroder has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Shroder was appointed President of Binance.US in September of this year and has been assisting with leading the firm’s strategy and execution, fundraising, business and corporate development “as well… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Former acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks has announced his exit as CEO of Binance.US. Brooks has only been the Chief Executive of Binance.US since April 2021. Binance.us is a subsidiary of Binance – the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. At the time… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital asset marketplace Binance.US is adding mobile phone-based technology to its user verification and onboarding processes. The multi-year agreement is with Prove a company offering technology that proves identity with a phone number. Through its trademarked process Phone-Centric Identity Prove analyzes mobile, telecom, and other… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month it was widely reported that Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, was under investigation by US authorities. Both the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were said to be scrutinizing the activity of the digital marketplace…. Read More

April 23, 2021 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) dominance recently dropped to 50.2% (but has increased slightly to 50.7% at the time of writing) for the first time since July 2018, Bloqport reports. Bitcoin dominance represents the total share of the digital assets market that BTC claims. Notably, the BTC price… Read More

April 20, 2021 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US, an offshoot of Binance – the largest crypto exchange in the world, has hired the former Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks, as its new Chief Executive Officer. In a strategic coup, Brooks will now be leading Binance.US, a top ten crypto exchange, in… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The dust is yet to settle in the Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) hack that saw multiple high profile accounts hacked. Twitter continues to dig through the breech and earlier today, Twitter provided some additional insight as to how the individual was able to exploit the platform. Tough… Read More

May 19, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last summer, Binance, the largest digital asset exchange in the world, announced a partnership with “BAM Trading Services” to launch crypto trading services for users in the United States. That same week, Binance updated its terms of service to exclude “any U.S. person.” Binance explained:… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US, the leading cryptocurrency exchange company’s US-based division, has introduced an over-the-counter (OTC) digital asset trading desk. The new OTC option is only available for trades valued at $10,000 or more. OTC crypto trades are negotiated directly between the buyer and the seller. They don’t… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just weeks after Binance listed Tezos (XTZ) on its U.S.-based division Binance.US, the cryptocurrency exchange announced Binance.US will be launching staking rewards for Tezos on Thursday, April 16th.  As previously reported, Binance.US is supporting trading for the XTZ/USD and XTZ/Binance USD (BUSD) trading pairs and… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted trading volume, has announced that Binance.US, the trading platform’s US-based division, will begin listing Tezos (XTZ) on March 16, 2020 at 9:00 AM EST. As mentioned on the exchange operator’s official website, Binance.US will support trading for… Read More

January 5, 2020 @ 6:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Malta-based digital asset exchange Binance has announced that it will be supporting euro (EUR) trading against six major cryptocurrencies, as part of the global platform’s latest fiat-focused expansion. According to Binance’s latest blog post, the exchange enabled trading for EUR pairs at 8am on January… Read More

December 31, 2019 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance’s digital asset exchange for US-based traders, Binance.US, has launched beta testing of its iOS application for all platform users. The leading cryptocurrency exchange noted that it had started its beta testing via a December 30 tweet. Binance’s management confirmed the successful private beta test… Read More