Major crypto exchange Binance challenged the accuracy of a report, which stated one of its regional heads agreed to supply Russia’s financial intelligence unit with customer data potentially related to donations for anti-corruption and anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny. Reuters reported on Friday that Binance’s head of Eastern Europe and Russia Gleb Kostarev met with officials from Russia’s Rosfinmonitoring, a financial monitoring service linked to the country’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, in April 2021. Kostarev reportedly agreed to a request from the government body to turn over certain user data…
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Binance recovers $5.8M in funds connected to Ronin bridge exploit
Via a Twitter post on Friday, Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, said that the cryptocurrency exchange recovered $5.8 million spread over 86 accounts in digital assets moved to the exchange by Lazarus Group. Last month, the North Korean cyber-criminal group allegedly stole 173,600 Ether (ETH) and 25.5 million USD Coin (USDC), worth over $600 million at the time, belonging to Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge. As of Friday, the wallet address associated with the Ronin has around $280 million in digital assets remaining. Blockchain forensics company Elliptic recently uncovered that the…
Binance Recovers $5.8M Linked to Axie Infinity Hack
The funds were spread over 86 accounts, Binance’s founder confirmed. Source
Binance Limits Services to Russian Users to Comply With EU Sanctions – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Following the latest round of EU restrictions against Russia, digital asset exchange Binance is limiting services to Russian clients. The company pledged to lead the industry in implementing the sanctions and urged all major trading platforms to follow. Crypto Exchange Binance Cuts Services to Russian Accounts in Accordance With EU Penalties Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is restricting services for Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia and legal entities established in the Russian Federation that have crypto assets exceeding €10,000 ($10,800) in value. The move is in…
Binance Asks to Be Removed From Crypto Romance Scam Lawsuit
Plaintiff Divya Gadasalli had sued the Cayman Islands company in federal civil court for its alleged role in cashing out the scammed crypto, which she had bought on Coinbase. Gadasalli also named Jerry Bulsa, Dong Lian, Danyun Lin, TD Bank, Abacus Federal Savings Bank and Poloniex. Source
Binance Taps Former Regulators to Strengthen Global Surveillance Team
McWhirter was at the FCA, the U.K.’s financial regulator for nine years, most recently as strategy and engagement manager in the data, technology, and innovation division. The U.K. earlier this month said it wants to become a crypto hub, and has switched its regulatory efforts up a few gears by announcing a crypto policy package. Source
Binance limits services in Russia due to the EU’s 5th package of sanctions
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is adopting major restrictions on users in Russia following the European Union’s fifth package of sanctions against Russia. Binance officially announced Thursday new limitations for Russian nationals or residents of Russia, restricting such persons from trading if they hold over 10,000 euros, or $10,800. Restricted accounts are no longer able to deposit or trade using Binance’s spot, futures and custody wallets, as well as staked and earned deposits. The restriction relates to Russian nationals, natural persons residing in Russia and legal entities…
Binance embarrassed after unveiling swastika-like emoji… on Hitler’s birthday
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, released a new Binance Emoji on Twitter that users noticed bore a striking resemblance to a swastika. On Wednesday morning, Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) retweeted Binance’s original post, adding “#binance” to show off the new emoji. The original posts, which have since been deleted, were quick to do the rounds on Twitter in the form of screenshots, where users immediately began criticizing the resemblance . The new Binance emoji is a literal swastika pic.twitter.com/lCOuWuPnyF — mann0000.eth (@nftshare) April 20, 2022 Smaller Twitter account,…
Binance Unveils, Quickly Abandons Swastika-Like Twitter Emoji
Binance Unveils, Quickly Abandons Swastika-Like Twitter Emoji Source
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