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Sam Bankman Fried’s Empire FTX Facing Scrutiny

The Sam Backman Fried exchange FTX is under regulatory scrutiny in the US as a consequence of Binance’s withdrawal from the acquisition of FTX. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating into cryptocurrency exchange. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to Bloomberg, is also probing the cryptocurrency

November 10, 2022 1 min read

Binance’s Proof-Of-Reserve Promise Gained Traction Following FTX Crisis

The CEO of Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, announced that his exchange would soon launch a Proof-of-Reserves audit mechanism to enable verification of its holdings of digital assets in the wake of the liquidity issue and the acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. All crypto exchanges should do merkle-tree proof-of-reserves. Banks run

November 9, 2022 1 min read

Binance CEO CZ Reveals Exchange Still Holds Terra Classic (LUNC)

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO of Binance, said yesterday in a tweet that the exchange is still holding Terra Luna Classic (LUNC) in its inventory. He mentioned this while suggesting that the firm was uninterested in Alameda Research’s offer. To swap its FTT holdings over the counter at a premium price.

November 8, 2022 2 mins read

Binance Platform Holds $8 Billion ETH in Its Cold Wallet

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, reported that as of this morning’s early hours, the BNB platform had ETH worth about $8 billion stored in its cold wallet. He added that they are serving as custodians for the user funds and further clarified that these funds are unrelated to the platform.

November 8, 2022 2 mins read

FTX’s FTT Token Price Drops 10% Post Mass Dump by Binance

Following recent developments, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao declared over the weekend that the exchange will sell off all of its FTT holdings. After the announcement, the price of FTT dropped dramatically, losing about 10% of its value in a single day. Before the crypto community had time to process what

November 8, 2022 2 mins read

Binance Sell-off Announcement Keeps Driving FTT Surges

As the digital asset market continues to grapple with the scandal surrounding trading firm Alameda Research’s balance sheet, traders in Asia rose to a market that was partially in the red. As a result of a public dispute between Binance CEO Changpeng CZ Zhao and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison over

November 7, 2022 1 min read

Binance Plans for Bank Acquisition With Over $1B Takeover Deals

Binance is considering purchasing a bank soonly, as per Changpeng Zhao. CZ stated that the exchange is open to minority investments. Changpeng Zhao, the Binance CEO, has the desire to venture into traditional finance. According to the latest report, the world’s largest trading platform’s founder, CZ, is considering purchasing a

November 3, 2022 2 mins read

Kazakhstan’s CBDC Trial To Utilize Binance’s BNB Chain

As NKB said before, the Digital Tenge will be released in late 2022. CZ said that the NKB recently conducted a CBDC “pilot in a controlled environment.” Kazakhstan seems to be quite receptive to the cryptocurrency market. Binance recently received permission to legally do business there. Also, CEO Changpeng Zhao

October 27, 2022 1 min read

Binance Striving Hard To Grab the Hacker Behind Recent Exploit

The attacker stole $570 million worth of cryptocurrency on October 6. Following the discovery of the breach, Binance Smart Chain was disabled. On Monday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao told CNBC that the exchange is “narrowing down” the identity of the attacker who stole $570 million worth of cryptocurrency from a

October 24, 2022 1 min read

Craig Wright Loses Against Hodlonaut in Defamation Lawsuit

On Thursday, court papers showed that Magnus Granath, better known as the Twitter handle “Hodlonaut,” had prevailed in a case he had filed against Craig Wright in Norway. Wright has claimed his identity as Bitcoin’s fictitious inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, for quite some time. Although his claims have been openly contested

October 22, 2022 1 min read