After over two years, CMC’s chief strategy officer Carylyne Chan is leaving the site. CoinMarketCap’s chief strategy officer and acting CEO Carylyne Chan is leaving the well-known crypto market data site — together with two of her colleagues, Jeremy Seow and Spencer Yang. Chan, who has worked at CMC since January 2018, publicly announced her…
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‘Money is evolving,’ Binance’s new ads across London state, showing four generations of coins ending with Bitcoin. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has targeted London commuters with new ads featuring Bitcoin. According to an Aug. 28 tweet from Binance.UK, the crypto exchange has placed new ads at 17 bus stops in London. The image…
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More donations can be expected. Binance Charity and Integro Foundation raised $1 million to donate personal protective equipment to frontline workers. A total of 500,000 KN-95 masks will be distributed to workers in the Brazilian Amazon, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Bermuda, Barbados, St. Lucia, Haiti, Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, the…
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Eligible residents of Florida can now register to use the Binance.US digital asset marketplace. Binance.US, the United States branch of major crypto exchange Binance, just announced it would be making its services available to Florida residents. According to an Aug. 24 update on the Binance.US website, the digital asset marketplace will now be allowing Floridians…
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Binance is conducting India’s first DeFi-focused hackathon aimed to accelerate DeFi innovation in the country. Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is conducting a hackathon in India focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) that will be followed by an accelerator program. Dubbed “Build for Bharat,” the company claimed that this is the first-ever DeFi-focused hackathon and acceleration program…
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Binance Security Team explains that security systems and techniques are constantly evolving to identify malicious activity while minimizing false positives. Researchers have uncovered evidence that over $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) from addresses linked to Ryuk ransomware attacks was moved through a wallet on Binance. According to a report by Forbes on Aug. 23…
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Some new upgrades to keep in mind. The Binance Chain mainnet, a blockchain software system developed by Binance and its community, is scheduled to do a hard fork upgrade around August 28 at 6:00 AM UTC. According to the company’s post on August 23, the full node runners on the mainnet are expected to switch…
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The world’s largest exchange keeps deepening its cooperation with law enforcement. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is collaborating with law enforcement authorities in Ukraine to take down some large-scale money laundering schemes. Working with the exchange, Ukraine’s cyber police identified and arrested a group of criminals involved in a $42 million ransomware and money…
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The rising price of Link will not deter Swipe’s march to decentralization. Swipe wallet and crypto debit card platform has integrated Chainlink (LINK) data oracles to improve the accuracy of reward issuance and token burns. Swipe CEO Joselito Lizarondo said Chainlink’s decentralized price feeds will provide more accurate and fair token conversion prices for users…
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CryptoQuant warns that a sell-off from Poolin may accentuate downward Bitcoin price pressure in the short term. Bitcoin (BTC) may have recovered to $11,700 but miners could soon spark a price plunge, data warns. In an update on Aug. 14, on-chain monitoring resource CryptoQuant identified a spike in mining pool outflows. BTC price: CryptoQuant expects…
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