Crypto exchange Binance expects to pay fines to U.S. authorities to settle regulatory and law-enforcement investigations over its past conduct, the company’s chief strategy officer reportedly said. When Binance began its business, the company was unfamiliar with the rules it needed to comply with in the U.S., the executive explained. Binance Plans to Settle With…
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A new report shows that Binance moved more than $400 million from its purportedly independent U.S. partner to a trading firm managed by the company’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao. Over $400 million flowed from the Binance.US account at California-based Silvergate Bank to Merit Peak, a trading firm linked to CZ, over the first three months of…
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This week’s bearish regulatory actions and rumors were not strong enough to suppress investors’ appetite for cryptocurrency. The total crypto market capitalization rejected at $1.13 trillion on Feb. 16, but there was no change in the month-long ascending channel structure. More importantly, this level represents a 43% gain in 2023, which is far from the…
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Major crypto exchange Binance will likely pay monetary penalties to settle current investigations by the US authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing the firm’s chief strategy officer. According to Patrick Hillmann, the company is working on patching the compliance gaps and mistakes made earlier in its existence – but it is likely that it…
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Crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi have frozen cryptocurrencies worth approximately $1.4 million linked to North Korea, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The firm noted that the stolen funds, which were dormant until recently, originated from the June 2022 hack of Harmony’s Horizon Bridge. North Korea-Linked Crypto Frozen by Binance and Huobi Blockchain analytics firm…
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A Binance.US spokesperson reportedly said only the exchange’s employees had access to its accounts, seemingly including any at Silvergate Bank. An investigative report has suggested that major cryptocurrency exchange Binance was behind transferring roughly $400 million in funds from a Binance.US account to a trading firm managed by Changpeng Zhao. According to a Feb. 16…
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With exchanges losing banking partners, experts are beginnig to warn of a widening relationship between crypto firms and traditional banks. Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume, will temporarily suspend bank transfers in U.S. dollars. The exchange stated in a tweet on Feb. 6 that no other trading methods would be affected. The…
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Insiders at the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have been issued subpoenas to produce specific documents within the next day, court filings have revealed. The requested documents include information about Binance’s takeover offer for FTX, an offer that Binance eventually withdrew. Other information requested included logs of internal communications between FTX executives, as well as evidence…
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South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is making efforts to become a crypto hub. Busan has been designated by the Korean government as a “super-aged” city, and its officials believe that crypto could help turn things around by attracting young people, tech startups, and investors. South Korean City Wants to Become a Crypto Hub The second-largest…
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Circle, the US-based payments company that issues the USD coin (USDC) stablecoin, alleged that major crypto exchange Binance did not fully back some of its own stablecoin proxies. Notably, on Monday, blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos was ordered to stop minting Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoins…. Read More: Binance’s Stablecoin Under Fire: Rival Circle Sounds the Alarm…
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