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Binance CEO responds to rumors, says US executive is ‘taking a deserved break’

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Binance Holdings CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has shot down speculation surrounding the departure of Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder, noting that he is “taking a deserved break” after a successful stint at the company.  Binance.US is a subsidiary of Binance Holdings, and the U.S. based exchange has seen a handful of other top executives recently step down from the firm amid lawsuits from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission.  In a Sept. 15 statement via X (Twitter), CZ urged people to “ignore FUD” around the recent shuffling…

Coinbase CEO stands up for DeFi, Polygon says $1B ZK-rollup paying off: Finance Redefined

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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The past week in DeFi saw Coinbase CEO stand up for the nascent ecosystem amid growing calls for enforcement action, while Polygon CEO has said that its $1 billion zero-knowledge proof rollup bet is paying off. MakerDAO’s founder believes decentralized stablecoins could dominate crypto, while Solidus Labs says decentralized exchanges have become a magnet for wash trading. The top 100 DeFi tokens…

AI music sending traditional industry into ‘panic,’ says new AI music platform CEO

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making waves in various industries across the globe. However, the conflict between its usefulness and its ability to infringe on intellectual property (IP) has been a particular struggle in the creative industries. Major players in the music industry, from artists and record labels to institutions like the Grammys and YouTube, have all had to factor in AI in some form. As traditional spaces in the music industry deal with technology, new platforms are popping up that embrace the technology from the start are popping up.…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Crypto Exchange Will Now Support Bitcoin Lightning Network

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the largest US-based crypto exchange is adding support for Lightning Network, a layer-2 scaling solution for Bitcoin (BTC) that aims to address scalability issues. In a statement, Armstrong says Coinbase is working to add Lightning given the significance and importance of Bitcoin in the digital asset space. “We’ve made the decision to integrate Lightning. Bitcoin is the most important asset in crypto and we’re excited to do our part to enable faster/cheaper Bitcoin transactions. Will take some time to integrate so please be patient.” Coinbase…

Bybit Is ‘Exploring All Options’ to Stay in the UK: CEO Ben Zhou

“There are still several avenues available for crypto exchanges to achieve compliance with U.K. regulators in the future, and we are actively exploring all options for this market,” Zhou said. “We are engaged in partnerships and consultations with local businesses, assessing potential collaborations with entities in the U.K., which will enable us to continue our operations in full compliance.” Source

How to strike a balance between blockchain transparency and privacy: Nansen CEO

The world may be moving in a direction where people are more comfortable in having their assets and ownership available for everyone to see, according to Alex Svanevik, the CEO of blockchain analytics firm Nansen.  In an interview with Cointelegraph’s Zhiyuan Sun, Svanevik highlighted how a balance between privacy and transparency may be attained in the world of blockchain analytics. According to Svanevik, it’s not possible to get the entirety of both in blockchain. He explained that: “You cannot get 100% transparency and 100% privacy. I think many of us…

Binance US CEO leaves as company lays off third of its staff

Binance US, the American subsidiary of the crypto exchange giant, has laid off 100 employees, or a third of its staff, following the departure of its CEO. Bloomberg reports that the former CEO, Brian Shroder, who joined Binance in September 2021, will be temporarily replaced by Norman Reed, the Chief Legal Officer. Binance said that the SEC’s actions against the crypto industry have affected its business and threatened U.S.-based jobs and innovation. As a result, the company has laid off a third of its staff. Shroder’s exit is the latest…

Meta ‘ruined’ the term metaverse, but now it’s evolving: Yuga Labs CEO

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Big Tech player Meta gave the metaverse a bad name when it pushed its janky vision to the masses. Luckily, open online virtual worlds have continued to evolve, says Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre. Speaking to Cointelegraph at Token 2049 in Singapore, Alegre said the problem with the metaverse is that Meta “ruined the term because it said: ‘This is something brand new’” — despite other metaverse platforms already existing. “I was at Activision Blizzard, we had World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is a metaverse, Fortnite is a metaverse…

Grammy CEO clarifies AI Drake song ineligible for award over copyright issues

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The CEO of the Recording Academy that hosts the yearly Grammy Music Awards has cleared up misconceptions regarding the eligibility of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated Drake song for award nomination.  On Sept. 8 Harvey Mason Jr. took to Instagram and released a video clearly stating that the track is “not eligible for Grammy consideration” and wanted to be extra clear that: “Even though it was written by a human creator, the vocals were not legally obtained, the vocals were not cleared by the label or the artist and the song…