Tag: Binance

Binance & Deribit Traders Aggressively Short Bitcoin, Squeeze Incoming?

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Data shows Bitcoin shorts have been piling up on cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Deribit during the past few days. Bitcoin Funding Rates On Binance & Deribit Are Deep Red Right Now According to data from the analytics firm Santiment, traders on the derivative market have continued to bet against the cryptocurrency recently. The relevant indicator here is the “funding rate,” which keeps track of the periodic fee that derivative contract holders on an exchange are paying each other right now. When this metric has a positive value, it means that…

EU’s MiCA Could Lead to Multiple Stablecoin Delisting, Binance Warns

“A lot of the stablecoin issuers will be, or will purport to be, completely decentralized, therefore without any point of decision or issuance” and hence unable to meet MiCA strictures, Thomas Vogel, a partner at law firm Latham & Watkins, said. “This has become a sort of threshold question for a lot of the people we talk to, and as far as I can tell there is not much guidance.” Original Source BinanceDelistingEUsLeadMiCAMultipleStablecoinWarns CryptoX Portal

CZ Denies Binance.US Used Ceffu or Binance Custody as SEC Probe Continues

BAM “relies on wallet custody software developed by BHL to maintain the digital asset wallets that hold much of its customers’ assets,” said a Sept. 12 court filing by Binance.US, which is seeking to shake off SEC charges it operated an unregistered crypto exchange, adding that when the company later “learned that BHL was planning to market the software commercially under the name ‘Ceffu,’ it adopted the name as a shorthand reference to the software, including in correspondence with the SEC.” Source BinanceBinance.USCeffucontinuesCustodyDeniesProbeSEC CryptoX Portal

SEC accuses Binance of noncooperation, court unseals case documents: Law Decoded

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The legal struggle between crypto exchange Binance and the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) continues. The SEC has accused Binance.US of noncooperation in the ongoing investigation. The agency points out that Binance.US’s holding company, BAM, has produced only 220 documents during the discovery process. Many of those materials “consist of unintelligible screenshots and documents without dates or signatures,” the SEC said. The regulator added that BAM has refused to produce essential witnesses for deposition, instead agreeing only to four depositions of witnesses it has unilaterally deemed appropriate.  Meanwhile, Magistrate…

SEC accuses Binance US of hampering securities violation probe

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Binance US of non-cooperation in a probe into alleged federal securities law violations. The SEC has raised concerns over using Ceffu, a custody service facilitated by the international arm of Binance. They believe this breaches a prior agreement designed to prevent the transfer of assets abroad. The holding company of Binance US, BAM, has reportedly been less than cooperative during the discovery phase, the process where evidence is gathered. According to the SEC, BAM has only submitted around 220 documents, many…

Binance US loses head of legal and chief risk officer

The head of legal, Krishna Juvvadi, and chief risk officer, Sidney Majalya, are leaving Binance US following the recent news on layoffs. According to the Wall Street Journal, the departure of both executives follows the recent exit of its former CEO, CEO Brian Shroder. Juvvadi and Majalaya joined the company in May 2022 and December 2021, respectively. On Sept. 13, Binance US, the American branch of the company, fired one-third of its staff. Recently, Binance has faced regulatory issues worldwide in countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, and Russia. The company…