On March 21 Tether minted 1 billion USDT on the Tron Network. This follows the billions of stablecoin that it has minted over the last week. In the last seven days, Tether has minted 4 billion USDT. Tether’s mintings have come as the stablecoin sector is facing increased competition, with
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the trading of the Arbitrum (ARB) token in the pairings ARB/BTC and ARB/USDT. With withdrawals commencing on March 24 at 17:00 UTC. Moreover, cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX has now released Arbitrum (ARB) futures that are margined in USDT, just in time for the much-anticipated
Binance introduced the “Secure Asset Fund for Users” (SAFU) on January 29, 2022; the SAFU is a $1 billion emergency insurance fund designed to protect Binance users in the case of a disaster. The SAFU fund’s initial holdings included BNB, BUSD, and BTC. Binance has replaced BUSD in the fund
The biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, announced on Friday that it would process staked Ethereum withdrawals and is ready to support the next Ethereum Shanghai and Capella (Shapella) upgrades. Withdrawals of staked ETH from the cryptocurrency exchange, however, will be postponed for a week after the April 12 Shanghai upgrade to
The District Court of New York denied the government’s request to halt the $1 billion deal bid by Binance to buy up the voyager’s assets. The court stated the delay would harm customers. The decision to deny the government’s motion was announced on March 15. In it, Judge Micheal Wiles
Decentralized exchange Uniswap version 3 (V3) is officially live on the BNB Chain, the smart contracts-based blockchain developed by the crypto exchange Binance. Significantly, the DEX executed this integration after receiving 66% of governance votes from its community. The proposal submitted in February was met with a positive response and
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume updated its zero-fee Bitcoin trading program. Today Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced the cryptocurrency exchange moving zero-fee BTC trading from Binance USD (BUSD) to TrueUSD (TUSD) on March 22. Important update. Given recent events, we are moving 0 fee BTC trading
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it would stop accepting deposits and withdrawals in British pounds sterling as of May 22 unless it can secure a new service provider. According to an email issued to clients on Monday, the British partner that Binance employs for Faster Payments Service transactions,
With the failure of crypto-friendly institutions and the depeg events of stablecoins, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said on Monday that the exchange will move the remaining money in the Industry Recovery Initiative into Bitcoin (BTC), Binance Coin (BNB), and Ethereum (ETH). Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) came to Twitter in
Silvergate, the crypto-friendly banking service wind down its operations and is in process of voluntary liquidation. The bank announced the stoppage of crypto payment services, which was major “the heart” of the firm, as the week began. The crypto ecosystem now will have one less banking support. Silvergate news announcement
