In a Wednesday post, blockchain sleuth ZachXBT claimed that 213 million XRP tokens had been siphoned out of a large wallet on the XRP Leger blockchain. The funds were subsequently laundered through multiple exchanges including Binance, Kraken, and OKX. Source
In an effort to find a new partner, at least three firms who have been contacted by Binance to approve its marketing services have declined the offer after the FCA expressed concerns about the firms potentially working with Binance, according to the people that spoke with Bloomberg. Source
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has introduced a marketplace focused exclusively on the inscriptions of the Ordinals protocol. According to the exchange announcement, the new platform will allow the sale, purchase, and mining of BRC-20 standard tokens and other EVM-compatible assets. The marketplace for inscriptions is hosted on Binance’s web3 wallet, accessible through the platform’s app. According to the developers, the new product’s features include buying, selling, and mining BRC-20 tokens and other EVM coins, seamless transfers between the Binance platform and its crypto wallet, and increased transaction speeds. Notably, despite the…
The plaintiffs, who are also suing Iran and Syria, accuse the crypto exchange of facilitating the financing of Hamas, which is listed as a terror group by the U.S., U.K. and other jurisdictions, and other terrorist organizations between 2017 and 2023, “providing a clandestine financing tool that Binance deliberately hid from U.S. regulators.” Source
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Binance reportedly plans to reduce its stake in Korean crypto exchange Gopax within the next two months to address regulatory reporting issues. Crypto exchange Binance, the major shareholder of Korean crypto trading platform Gopax, is set to reduce its stake in the exchange within the next one to two months to address issues with reporting changes to virtual asset business operators (VASPs), Korean news outlet News1 Korea has learned. The move is expected to solve regulatory issues after Korean authorities delayed approval of Gopax’s VASP change report submitted in March…
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Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has demonstrated notable growth in key metrics during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023, as highlighted in a comprehensive report by Messari. As the third-largest Layer-1 protocol by market capitalization, BSC experienced positive progress across its financial indicators, signaling a productive quarter for the blockchain ecosystem. Binance Smart Chain Record-Breaking Transactions The report reveals that BSC’s market capitalization witnessed a 48% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) surge. This surge reflects renewed interest in BNB (Binance Coin), the native asset of BSC, following two consecutive quarters of decline. Moreover, BSC’s…
The crypto market might be about to experience a further downturn as a recent development suggests an imminent selloff is on the horizon. This comes following the recent market moves by Grayscale, which is believed to be responsible for the recent decline in Bitcoin’s price. Celsius And FTX Crypto Funds On The Move On-chain data shows that defunct crypto lender Celsius Network recently transferred 34.08 million MATIC to the crypto exchange Binance. Meanwhile, a wallet address linked to Alameda Research, the sister company of defunct crypto exchange FTX, also recently…
Top global crypto exchange Binance has announced plans to support another new altcoin via its Launchpool platform. Binance Launchpool, which lets users stake coins to farm new assets, says its 45th project will be AltLayer (ALT), an open and decentralized protocol for Ethereum (ETH) rollups. Rollups are solutions that execute transactions outside of Ethereum’s blockchain but record the transactional data. They’re designed to help with scaling by reducing transaction costs and congestion on the main Ethereum chain. Between January 19th and the 25th, Binance users can stake BNB as well…