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Binance UK Joins UK’s Fintech Founders Association

Binance UK is pleased to confirm their partnership with the UK’s Fintech Founders group, an independent not-for-profit organization representing the United Kingdom’s entrepreneurs and founders in the Fintech industry. As an international “leader” in the crypto-asset sector, Binance is committed “to working with associations and… Read More

Binance Appoints Europol Crypto Expert, Jarek Jakubcek, as Head of Intelligence, Investigations APAC

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, has strengthened its team “with the recruitment of Jarek Jakubcek as the Head of Intelligence and Investigations for Asia-Pacific.” Jarek is “a leading global expert in cybercrime and former cryptocurrency specialist in… Read More

Shade: Binance Discusses the Importance of Fiat Backed Stablecoins

While TerraUSD (UST) has lost more than half of its dollar-pegged stablecoin value, Binance – the issuer of its own stablecoin – has published a blog post discussing the importance of fiat-backed stablecoins. As the crypto world knows, UST is an algorithmic stablecoin designed to… Read More

Binance is Now Registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider in France

Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, is now registered with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) as a digital asset service provider (DASP). According to the AMF, Binance France is registered to offer: Digital assets custody Purchase/sale of digital assets for legal… Read More

Binance Commits $500 Million to Elon Musk’s Twitter Acquisition Plans

  Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is part of a long list of big investors who have committed capital to Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Binance has promised $500 million in equity… Read More

Binance Appoints Former FINRA Regulator Seth Levy as Head of Market Surveillance

The team at digital assets firm Binance recently noted that they are pleased to announce the appointment of Seth Levy, formerly from Citadel LLC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), “as Binance’s Head of Market Surveillance.” Seth will be responsible for overseeing efforts “to… Read More

Binance CTO Comments on Crypto, Blockchain, Web3 Development and Mainstream Adoption

Binance’s Chief Technology Officer, Rohit Wad recently shared why he decided to make the leap to crypto and blockchain, and the projects that “excite” him. Rohit noted that before the COVID-19 pandemic, his mother “didn’t even use credit cards.” He added that now, she knows… Read More

Binance Tells Ontario Securities Commission it is Trying to Stop Offering Services in Ontario

Binance has sent a letter to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) telling the regulator it is committed to ceasing opening new accounts in Ontario. Last year, Binance Canada announced it would cease providing crypto services in Ontario. The OSC allows crypto exchanges to provide trading in… Read More

Nasdaq Listed EQONEX Hires New CEO as Part of Partnership with Bitfinity, a Binance Subsidiary

EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) has selected Jonathan Farnell as its new CEO and Member of the Board of Directors. Farnell was previously the Head of Binance UK and CEO of Bifinity. The current interim CEO Andrew Eldon will revert back to his primary roles of… Read More

Binance Gains Crypto Asset Service Provider License in Bahrain

Binance has received a crypto asset license from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), according to the crypto exchange. This is Binance’s first digital asset-specific license. The company said approval by the CBB demonstrated its commitment to being in regulatory compliance as the first of… Read More

Binance UK Renews its Innovate Finance Membership as “Scaleup Innovator”

Binance UK is pleased to renew its membership at Innovate Finance, which is an independent not-for-profit industry body “representing the UK’s Global FinTech community, as a Scaleup Innovator for another year until 2023.’ As an international player in the digital asset sector, Binance is “committed… Read More

UK Financial Conduct Authority Issues Statement on EQONEX Limited and Transaction with Bifinity, a Firm Related to Binance

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement pertaining to EQONEX Limited and the Binance Group stating that Bifinity will advance a USD $36 million in a convertible loan to EQONEX. EQONEX is a firm based in Singapore that is listed on the NASDAQ… Read More

Binance Labs Invests $1.1M in AlwaysGeeky Games for Improved Blockchain Free-To-Play Tactical RPG Game

Binance Labs, the VC division and innovation incubator of Binance, has reportedly invested $1.1 million in AlwaysGeeky Games, which is the creator of an NFT project called Voxies and game called Voxies Tactics. Binance Labs and AlwaysGeeky Games will “maintain a long-term partnership to further… Read More

Binance States that it Follows Rules on Sanctions Against Russia: Crypto is “too traceable”

There has been a fair amount of discussion regarding Russia using crypto to evade sanctions. First, crypto as a market is simply too small to be an effective tool for the Russian government to utilize it to mitigate the full impact of the economic blockade…. Read More

Coinbase Stops Just Short of Complete Ban on Crypto Accts Maintained by Residents of Russia

US-based digital asset firm Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) confirmed that it would continue to block accounts and transfers of Russian customers targeted by US and EU-led sanctions. However, the crypto exchange has stopped short of banning all customers from Russia As reported by Reuters,… Read More

Binance to Donate $10M to Ukraine Humanitarian Effort

Binance, a leading crypto and blockchain infrastructure provider, has committed $10 million minimum to “help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine” via its Binance Charity Foundation. As mentioned in the update, the donation will be “split between major intergovernmental organizations and nonprofit organizations already on the… Read More

Binance Teams Up with UK’s NASMA Student Money Matters initiative, Also Joins Payments Innovation Forum

Binance UK is pleased to contribute to the NASMA’s Student Money Matters initiative, the United Kingdom’s National Association of Student Money Advisers, to “provide 2.2M UK University Students with crypto-asset and blockchain education throughout 2022.” NASMA is a UK Government Body created “to look after… Read More

Binance Labs Invests in Substrate Framework Powered Manta Network for Web3 Privacy

Binance Labs, the VC and innovation incubator of Binance, made an investment in Manta Network, the Web3 privacy protocol focused on privatizing crypto-assets. Manta Network’s layer-1 network design “leverages zero-knowledge proofs to privatize crypto assets.” Built with the Substrate framework, Manta’s privacy tech interoperates with… Read More

Binance US Division Reportedly Under Investigation, SEC’s Gensler Comments on Latest Crypto-related Enforcement Actions

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

Binance Labs Invests in Automata Network, a Privacy Middleware Provider for dApps

Binance Labs, the VC division and innovation incubator of Binance, is pleased to confirm its latest strategic investment in Automata Network, which is described as a decentralized service protocol that offers privacy middlewares for dApps (or decentralized applications). Automata Network addresses key pain points associated… Read More

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