Binance and Zhao, more commonly known as “CZ,” filed a reply to the SEC, alongside Binance.US, which submitted its own separate, but similar, filing arguing that the SEC did not show that the exchanges’ U.S. customers had any contracts that would meet the definition of an “investment contract,” or that other elements of the Supreme Court case were met. Source
The meme cryptocurrency Satoshi saw a 140% price surge within hours of leading crypto exchange Binance announcing it would list the token. According to prominent on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, the top 20 holders of Satoshi (SATS) now control 333.3 trillion tokens worth $150.8 million. This constitutes 15.9% of the total supply. Six of these top holders obtained their SATS through minting, accumulating around 78.57 million SATS now valued at $35.5 million. At the time of writing, the price of SATS stands at $0.0000004896, showing a staggering 138.03% daily increase. This…
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange remained traders’ preferred platform for Bitcoin futures even as BTC saw a 4% price correction amid a wide-ranging market dip. Bitcoin (BTC) futures positions on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) fell over 10% between Dec. 11 and Dec. 12, according to CoinGlass. The decline in open interest (OI) amounted to some 11,000 Bitcoins, the largest drop among exchanges within that time. Despite the change, CME was the top venue for BTC futures open interest at press time and eclipsed the second closest contender, Binance, by at…
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Binance says it has agreed to a robust monitorship for its compliance and sanctions control programs. Popular crypto exchange Binance has revealed that it has made significant progress with regulators. This follows after its recent run-in with regulatory bodies such as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the (CFTC). In a Tuesday blog post, the exchange acknowledged that it may have done things a bit wrongly in the past. That is, it may have not considered how quickly it was growing as a firm, to update its compliance…
Top global crypto exchange Binance is about to list a new gaming-related altcoin project, according to the company. In a new announcement, Binance says that it will add Fusionist (ACE) to its Launchpool platform, which allows users to stake coins in exchange for new ones. ACE is the native token of Endurance, a decentralized gaming and social blockchain, which Fusionist, a Web3 AAA game, will use as its mainnet. Staking of ACE is expected to start Wednesday, Binance says, and open trading of the altcoin could begin December 18th. When…
Despite Binance’s decline in spot trading market share over the year, it still remains the largest cryptocurrency exchange by a wide margin. In second place to Binance’s 30% is Seychelles-based OKX, which has seen its market share grow to 8% in December from around 4% to start the year, according to CCData. Source
Binance has announced a new project on its Launchpool called Fusionist (ACE), the native token for the Endurance blockchain. Major crypto exchange Binance has introduced a new project on the Binance Launchpool – Fusionist (ACE). According to an official announcement, the ACE token is the native token of decentralized social blockchain Endurance. The blockchain will house Fusionist, a web3 AAA game. Binance’s announcement specifies that the total token supply is 147 million ACE. The Launchpool will have an initial circulating supply of 21,969,520 ACE, about 14.95% of the total token supply.…
Binance compliance commitments with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) were unsealed on Dec. 8, revealing a significant government oversight of the crypto exchange operation and business activities. In an analysis shared on X (formerly Twitter), John Reed Stark, a former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official, classified the “exhaustive list” of Binance’s new compliance commitments as a “consulting firm’s wish list” that will likely shut down the platform. Binance’s new obligations are described in an 11-page document and include cooperation to grant authorities access to documents, records and…
In four days, wallets linked to defunct crypto trading firms FTX and Alameda Research moved $23.59 million worth of digital assets to top cryptocurrency exchanges. Blockchain analytics firm Spot On Chain identified the movement, estimating that the defunct entities have transferred $591 million since Oct. 24 using 59 different cryptocurrency tokens. The wallets linked to FTX spread the latest transfer of $23.59 million across 19 tokens: 3,150 ETH valued at $6.8 million, 59.6 million ALEPH (ALEPH) worth $6.41 million, $2.48 million in Curve (CRV), $990,000 in Avalanche (AVAX), and $848,000…