On May 23, the U.S. Treasury announced the blacklist of crypto holdings wallets with alleged ties to the North Korean government. According to the report, the Binance-hosted wallets received several cryptocurrencies worth $2 million that were then sent to the North Korean entities. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Binance’s U.S. Head of Investigation BJ Kang was recently added to Russia’s list of 500 sanctioned individuals after the company hired him in October of last year. Vladimir Putin has a black list that includes many Americans, including New York’s Attorney General, Letitia James. Russia has retaliated against the United
On May 22nd, crypto investors celebrated Pizza Bitcoin (BTC) Day by taking bold steps and investing in the leading cryptocurrency. Among these enthusiasts, Daniel Nita from Romania made history in cryptocurrency. On Twitter, Daniel Nita proudly announced that he purchased 10,000 pizzas for just 1 BTC using Binance Pay. Breaking!
May 22nd marks an event that encapsulates both the exuberance and regrettable hindsight of the cryptocurrency revolution—Bitcoin Pizza Day, now in its 13th year. Astonishingly, what started as a seemingly innocuous transaction in 2010, when a Florida-based programmer exchanged 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas, has since become a cautionary tale
Local media in Brazil reported on May 19 that Binance’s Brazilian payment processor, Latam Gateway, has been awarded a license by the country’s central bank to function as a payment institution and electronic money issuer. In a recent statement, Binance said that Brazil is one of its most promising international
Cuscal, the third-party payments provider for Binance Australia, suggested that the decision to discontinue its services influenced by concerns over scams and fraud. That is associates with activities such as account fraud, ID takeover, and cryptocurrency transactions. In a sudden move, Binance Australia declared on May 18 that its Australian
In March, a wallet address 0x59d7…D69 connected with Uranium Finance exploit started moving 2,250 ETH, worth approximately $3.35 million, in stolen funds into the popular crypto mixer, TornadoCash. #CertiKSkynetAlert 🚨 We are seeing a movement of funds to @TornadoCash from address 0x59d7 which is connected to the ~$50m Uranium Finance
Binance Australia has temporarily halted its Australian dollar services due to a disruption in support from its local payment services provider. Binance Australia took to Twitter on May 18 to inform users that AUD PayID deposits temporarily halted. And warned that bank transfer withdrawals would be impacted as well, citing
Binance has announced a major token burn event set to take place today. This token burn will primarily target Binance-pegged USDT and USDC tokens, and it will be carried out on the BNB Chain. As a result of this burn, a equivalent amount of these tokens on their respective native
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will support the “Terra Classic (LUNC) V2.0.1” network upgrade. As the cryptocurrency exchange will halt deposits and withdrawals of LUNC and USTC. According to an official announcement on May 17, Binance would support the Terra Classic V2.0.1 network upgrade. That is scheduled to take
