The two men were arrested on Feb. 26 after arriving in Abuja to meet with Nigerian leaders who accused the crypto exchange of crashing the country’s currency, the naira. Source
Binance has announced the upcoming cessation of trading for several stablecoin spot trading pairs associated with Justin Sun-linked stablecoin TrueUSD (TUSD). The paris include COMP/TUSD, EDU/TUSD, and PENDLE/TUSD. This decision follows the platform’s routine assessment of trading pairs, aimed at maintaining market quality by considering factors such as liquidity and volume. The changes are scheduled for March 15, 2024, at 03:00 UTC, affecting not only these pairs but also others like ARPA/BNB and EDU/BNB. Despite the delisting, Binance added that the base and quote assets of these pairs will remain…
According to the FT, Nigeria sees Binance as a crucial link undermining government efforts to stabilize its currency, the naira. Additionally, Nigeria is asking Binance to resolve any outstanding tax liabilities. Binance has removed the naira for trading from its website. Source
Judges Pierre N. Leval, Denny Chin and Alison J. Nathan applied another court precedent, Morrison v. National Australia Bank, to say that the factors that matter are where the users placed the trades, where they paid for them and where they took on the terms of service – in the case of the plaintiffs in this suit, that’s within various U.S. states. Source
“Users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD into separate pools to farm ETHFI tokens over four days,” with farming starting at 00:00 UTC on March 14, Binance said. “Binance will then list ETHFI at 12:00 UTC on March 18.” Trading pairs will be available in ETHFI versus bitcoin (BTC), stablecoin (USDT) and BNB TOKEN, among others. Source CryptoX Portal
“Users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD into separate pools to farm ETHFI tokens over four days,” with farming starting at 00:00 UTC on March 14, Binance said. “Binance will then list ETHFI at 12:00 UTC on March 18.” Trading pairs will be available in ETHFI versus bitcoin (BTC), stablecoin (USDT) and BNB TOKEN, among others. Source
One Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 altcoin project is soaring after a sudden listing by Binance, the world’s largest crypto trading platform by volume. As Binance announced on Monday spot trading support for ETH scaling solution Metis (METIS), the token rallied by double digits. Says Binance, “Binance will list Metis (METIS) and open trading for these spot trading pairs at 2024-03-11 12:00 (UTC). New Spot Trading Pairs: METIS/BTC, METIS/USDT, METIS/FDUSD and METIS/TRY.” METIS aims to offer lower fees and faster transaction times than the leading smart contract platform Ethereum. The MetisLab Foundation…
Crypto whale transaction tracker Whale Alerts has revealed various large XRP transactions in the last 24 hours as bullish momentum returns to the market. Interestingly, five of the large transactions in the past 24 hours have come from crypto exchange Binance, with the latest occurring in the past hour. In fact, 94 million tokens were recently transferred from Binance into unknown wallets, prompting investors to contemplate the reasons behind the transfers and possible outcomes. Large Transactions From Binance Data from Whale Alerts reveals that the transfers, worth over $57 million,…
The United States Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s ruling dismissing U.S.-based users’ damages claim against Binance. Aggrieved users will once again attempt to prove that their claims do not constitute an “impermissible extraterritorial application” of U.S. securities law. ‘Impermissible Extraterritorial Application’ of Securities Law The U.S. Court of Appeals has revived a […] Source CryptoX Portal
The crypto market saw an uptrend this week, resulting in a new Bitcoin (BTC) ATH above $70,000 amid sustained spot BTC ETF inflows. Worldcoin (WLD) recorded similar price upswings despite global regulatory issues. Meanwhile, Binance departed Nigeria, while Montenegro approved Do Kwon’s extradition to South Korea. Bitcoin sees record highs The ongoing crypto market uptrend spilled into this week. As more market participants entered the scene, volume saw a marked uptick. crypto.news reported on March 5 that BTC’s 24-hour volume hit $40 billion for the first time since May 2021.…