Tagged: binance

February 27, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pundi X is pleased to announces its latest partnership with Binance Pay. This partnership will bring Binance Pay, Binance’s payment service, to Pundi X’s XPOS devices, “enabling thousands of merchants across 30 countries to accept payments in cryptocurrencies more easily.” Binance Pay, “backed by Binance,… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced via Twitter that it will cease trading in Binance USD (BUSD) on March 13, 2023. We regularly monitor the assets on our exchange to ensure they meet our listing standards. Based on our most recent reviews, Coinbase will suspend trading for Binance… Read More

February 24, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ingenico, the company focused on payment acceptance solutions, has just signed a strategic partnership with Binance, the largest exchange for digital assets, “to offer an in-store cryptocurrency payment acceptance solution.” The first pilots have “been deployed in France.” This partnership is “a major step in… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, US regulators apparently compelled a cessation in the utilization of BUSD – Binance’s dollar-based stablecoin managed by Paxos. The action represents another step in the tightening vice of crypto regulation. Paxos Trust is a regulated entity by the  New York Department of Financial… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital currency exchange, is reportedly expecting to pay monetary penalties in order to settle US regulatory and law-enforcement investigations of its operations. This, according to the company’s CSO (as reported by the WSJ). Over the past five years, Binance has managed… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, announced it will end its relationship with Binance “for the branded stablecoin BUSD.” Effective February 21, Paxos will “cease issuance of new BUSD tokens as directed by and working in close coordination with the New York Department… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 4:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tax season is a “dreaded” time of the year for many — especially crypto users, according to an update from Binance. Scouring a spreadsheet and computing all your transactions, gains, and losses throughout the past year can be, well, “taxing.” For day traders, who normally… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance has “temporarily” suspended US dollar withdrawals, according to a report. Soon after it was revealed, Binanc.US – the US subsidiary – Tweeted this decision to suspend dollar withdrawals did not impact its operations. @BinanceUS and @Binance are separate entities. https://t.co/gM6e3xb9BX is a licensed and… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has invested in GOPAX, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange licensed “to provide fiat-to-crypto services to customers, as part of its Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI).” In November 2022, GOPAX halted “the withdrawal… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, announced the signing of an MoU with The Georgian Agency for Innovation and Technology (GITA). Under the agreement, both parties “expressed mutual interest in the delivery and implementation of large-scale educational and… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) are excited to announce the launch of Binance Card in Brazil. Brazil is among “the top ten markets for Binance globally and becomes the second country in Latin America to have the product, following its release last year in Argentina.”… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Binance.US, they claim to focus “fiercely” on protecting the integrity and confidentiality of their customers’ information. To this end, Binance.US are pleased to share that their platform’s security measures and countermeasures that protect their customers were recognized as “best-in-class” by the International Standards Organization… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report titled, Monitoring the Currents of the Crypto Market, Matías Andrade and Kyle Waters from Coinmetrics noted that the digital asset market is “experiencing a surge in activity as we kick off the new year. The update from Coinmetrics points out that Bitcoin… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a cryptocurrency payment service powered by Binance, announced its partnership with DT One, a B2B micropayments platform. DT One is powering cross-border transfers of mobile top-ups, data bundles, gaming pins, and gift cards. This partnership will “enable more than 90 million Binance users… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance is pleased to announce that Binance Nordics AB has been “granted registration as a financial institution for management and trading in virtual currency by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Swedish FSA).” This follows months of “constructive engagement” with the regulator. Binance Nordics AB reportedly… Read More

January 7, 2023 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance is pleased to announce that they have joined the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS), which is reportedly the world’s only organization “bringing together sanctions compliance professionals.” ACSS, established in 2018, “provides high-quality education and benefits to its members.” Binance claims it is “the… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has partnered with Kazakhstan’s government organizations in charge of financial technology, education, digital development, and innovation “with the goal of delivering blockchain education to 40,000 people by 2026.” To plan and execute this large-scale initiative, Binance joined forces with the Research Lab’s Blockchain Center,… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Binance is pleased to announce that Binance-Peg BUSD is now “available on TRON.” Along with the BUSD issued by Paxos on the Ethereum blockchain, Binance-Peg BUSD (a wrapped version of BUSD “offered by Binance) extends its supported blockchain networks to include TRON.”… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2022, Binance claims it ramped up its regulatory compliance and user protection initiatives. By working collaboratively with regulators worldwide, Binance reveals it has “secured registrations and licenses in 14 jurisdictions as of the end of 2022.” To further reinforce their commitment to fight against… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Binance is pleased to announce that they have joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain and cryptocurrency trade association. Binance has joined the Chamber’s Executive Committee in order “to move the blockchain industry forward alongside other industry players.” Binance VP of… Read More