Tagged: binance

September 4, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Australia, the fiat-to-crypto platform for trading cryptocurrencies in Australian Dollars(AUD), announced the appointment of Leigh Travers, former DigitalX CEO and Director, as Chief Executive Officer. Travers has spent the last seven years “playing a pivotal role in building products and growing networks for DigitalX… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led SPACE ID’s seed round. SPACE ID is “a universal naming service network that connects people, assets, and dApps across different blockchain networks.” SPACE ID is “building decentralized, censorship-resistant, and open-sourced universal identifiers.” The naming… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 17, 2022, Binance and the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) held a workshop designed “to deepen SERC officials’ understanding of the digital asset space.” Binance has once again “reaffirmed its commitment to establishing productive collaborations with SERC and sharing its vast… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance is pleased to announce that the firm has “received in-principle approval from the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) to operate a digital asset trading facility and provide custody in the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC).” In-principle approval from AFSA still “requires Binance to complete… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made “a strategic investment in Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr.” The funds will go toward “ramping up the work on Ankr’s remote procedure call (RPC) service and building out its Web3 developer suite.” Ankr has… Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led the seed funding round of Lifeform, which is described as “a disruptive decentralized visual digital identity (DID) solution provider.” The fund will aim to “empower the next billion Web3 users with decentralized digital citizenship.”… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem behind the largest cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the appointment of its Co-Founder Yi He “as the new head of its venture capital (VC) arm and incubator, Binance Labs.” Binance CEO CZ (Changpeng Zhao) stated: “As… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 12:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Chain recently announced the 27 finalists of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Incubation Program, which is an accelerator program that’s co-led by Binance Labs to offer mentorship and funding “to emerging projects built on top of the BNB Chain.” The MVB Incubation Program aims… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US supports “responsible” regulation of digital assets by state and federal officials and is “committed to transparency and consumer education,” explains the world’s largest crypto exchange. The statement arrived as the entire industry reviewed claims by the SEC that Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) had listed digital asset… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a contactless, borderless, and secure user-to-user cryptocurrency payment feature by Binance, announced its partnership with Bolt Global, a technology company that builds platforms and services “for the next generation of the internet.” The partnership will “allow Binance users from over 150 countries to… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US, the U.S. partner to the world’s largest crypto exchange and “America’s home” to buy, sell, trade, convert and stake digital assets, recently announced the appointment of Jasmine Lee, a seasoned financial services and technology executive, as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Jasmine will… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC division and accelerator of Binance, and Republic co-led the seed funding round of Magic Square, the first “community-driven” Web3 multi-chain crypto app store. Magic Square provides Web3 solutions “to make crypto more accessible for all.” Users can discover and experience various… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Analysis of online jobs data has found that digital currency exchange Kraken is “leading” the crypto recruitment charge. The company is looking “to fill over 650 new positions in the past week in the UK and United States.” Further analysis shows that Jack Dorsey’s… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Custody recently announced official support for deposits and withdrawals for IOST, “among other tokens.” With this, IOST joins the list of supported digital tokens in the secure, “regulated,” and insured custody service for the safekeeping of virtual assets services for institutional clients “provided by… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a contactless, borderless, and secure user-to-user cryptocurrency payment feature by Binance, recently announced its partnership with Splyt, a superapp enabler with a network of partners in more than 150 countries. The partnership will “allow Binance users to seamlessly access ride-hailing services and experiences… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Multiple Fintechs have recently announced layoffs due to the faltering economy and rising interest rates. Most people are predicting a recession – one that could be long and hard. Due to the current economic malaise and forward expectations, companies like Coinbase, BlockFi, and others have… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder and CEO of Binance – the world’s largest crypto exchange has tweeted that Binance has “temporarily” halted withdrawals of Bitcoin. CZ said the pause was due to a technical glitch and all funds were safe – adding that things should be… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the BNB token, issued by the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance. This is according to a report by Bloomberg and should come as no surprise to anyone as the SEC has long messaged their view that just… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance has raised a new venture fund targeting Web3 and other blockchain technologies. According to a statement issued by Binance Labs, the VC arm of Binance, the $500 million fund saw the participation of global institutions including DST Global Partners, Breyer Capital, as well as… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing, a digital identity blockchain/DLT ecosystem enabling seamless access through a suite of L2 iD protocols, has announced the launch of a Multichain bridge (BEP20 to ERC-20 tokens transfer now live). ShareToken is currently available via Binance Chain, BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, and ShareLedger. ShareLedger… Read More