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SEC Wants to Freeze Binance Assets to Protect US Customers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an emergency action seeking a temporary restraining order to freeze the assets of Binance while requiring defendants to repatriate assets held for the benefit of customers of Binance.US. The SEC says the action is designed to protect… Read More

Fineqia: SEC’s Actions Against Coinbase Could Push Digital Asset Exchanges Outside the US

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s one-two punch attacking Binance and Coinbase – two of the largest crypto exchanges in the world – may push other crypto marketplaces outside the US. As the US has struggled to craft new regulations to oversee the digital asset marketplace,… Read More

Round 2: SEC Charges Coinbase for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange, Shares Plunge

Following the revelation of charges filed against Binance and its founder, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed similar charges against Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) – the US’s only publicly traded crypto exchange. The charges against Coinbase include operating an unregistered securities exchange, acting a broker,… Read More

Coinbase Shares Sink as Binance is Target of Regulators

Shares in Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the only publicly traded pure-play crypto exchange and digital asset ecosystem, sank over 9% today as the news filtered out that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had filed 13 individual charges against Binance, Binance.US and its founder Chengpang Zhao. As… Read More

Hammer Time: Binance, Founder Changpeng Zhao Hit with Securities Law Violations by SEC

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Long anticipated and finally here, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed 13 charges against Binance and its founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao. Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the world, garnering around 60% of crypto trading. Zhao, who goes by CZ, is… Read More

Web3: Binance Labs Co-Leads $6.6M Seed Round for Fusionist to Support Web 3.0 Gaming Innovation

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has co-led a $6.6 million seed funding round for Fusionist, a Web3 gaming company, alongside Web2 gaming giant FunPlus in May 2022. The move aligns “with Binance Lab’s commitment to supporting early-stage Web3 gaming projects… Read More

Binance Might Be Laying Off 20% of its 8000-Employee Global Workforce

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Binance, which claims to be the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of overall trading volume and scope of operations, recently revealed that it may be reassessing its workforce following numerous other industry-wide reports of layoffs and an extended bear market. On Wednesday (May 31,… Read More

Crypto Trading: Gulf Binance Obtains Digital Asset Operator Licenses in Thailand

Gulf Binance Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova Co., Ltd., has now secured digital asset operator licenses from the country’s Ministry of Finance. Digital asset operators are “regulated by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).” Gulf Binance will be able “to… Read More

Binance Said to Have Commingled Investor Funds: Report

Binance is taking another PR blow as Reuters is reporting that the world’s largest crypto exchange has been commingling investor and company funds. According to the report that was derived from a former company insider, “billions of dollars” and commingling happened on a daily basis…. Read More

Binance to Exit Canada

After a bit of a struggle to gain access to the Canadian market, Binance has decided to exit the country. In an extended Tweet, Binance announced its decision. Unfortunately, today we are announcing that Binance will be joining other prominent crypto businesses in proactively withdrawing… Read More

Binance Says All Bitcoin Transactions Have Been Processed

Describing it as a learning experience, Binance has announced that all pending Bitcoin transactions have now been processed after a bumpy day when the crypto exchange paused BTX trades. All pending $BTC withdrawal transactions have now been processed. Once again, thank you for your patience… Read More

Traffic Jam: Binance Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals Temporarily

Binance, the top crypto exchange in the world, halted Bitcoin transactions temporarily today due to a “congestion issue.” In a Tweet, Binance announced the issue, which was resolved about two hours later. Binance has yet to reveal the issue that caused the interruption. We've temporarily… Read More

Artificial Intelligence: Binance Introduces AI-powered Web3 Tool to Enhance Learning Experience

The team at Binance are pleased to announce the launch of Binance Sensei, their new AI-powered tool on the Binance Academy platform, which can be used “to enhance your Web3 learning experience.” Over the course of the last year, they’ve seen deep-learning systems such as… Read More

Binance Labs Invests in GOMBLE, a South Korean Developer of Blockchain-based Casual Games

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, committed an investment in the seed funding round of GOMBLE, a blockchain-based casual game developer. GOMBLE will use the funds “to develop and release its first mobile game, RumbyStars, and continue to expand its gaming… Read More

Binance Pay, ivendPay to Make Crypto Payments More Accessible

Binance, the blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has onboarded the international payment service ivendPay as “a global cryptocurrency payment gateway for Binance Pay – a contactless, borderless, and secure user-to-user cryptocurrency payment feature on the Binance App.” The partnership will contribute “to making cryptocurrencies… Read More

Binance.US to Delist Justin Sun’s Tron (TRX), and Spell Crypto Tokens

The US=based division of crypto exchange Binance recently revealed that it will be removing support for digital tokens TRON (TRX) and Spell from its virtual currency trading platform. This update has now sent the market prices of both these assets down considerably today. Binance.US‘ management… Read More

Binance.US Struggles to Find a Bank Following Collapse of Silvergate, SVB: Report

Binance.US is having a hard time parking cash in a bank following the collapse of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). According to a report by WSJ.com, Binance.US is working with a “middleman” to manage cash for dollar deposits – said to be Prime… Read More

ASIC Cancels License to Operate for Binance Australia Derivatives

Announced today, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revoked the Australian financial services (AFS) license held by Oztures Trading Pty Ltd, trading as Binance Australia Derivatives. ASIC states that the cancellation took effect as Binance had requested the move. Binance will cease providing… Read More

Passwordless Authentication: Binance Joins the FIDO Alliance in Preparation for Passkey Implementation

The team at Binance is pleased to announce that they have officially joined the FIDO Alliance, which is described as one of the most “influential” and largest associations focused on developing passwordless authentication standards. Binance says they are committed to providing their users “with the… Read More

Crypto Council Comments on Binance Enforcement Action: CFTC Goes Straight for the Knockout

This past week, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission filed an enforcement action against Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The lawsuit comes as no surprise to industry followers as Binance is the largest crypto exchange globally and represents a fat target for regulators. The… Read More

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