DeFi has had a significant capital inflow in 2024, resulting in a 75.1% increase in TVL year-to-date (YTD) to US$94.9B from US$54.2B at the beginning of the year. Nearly all DeFi sectors have benefited from this increase, including big and specialized markets. As a result, differentiated markets have emerged, enabling
An appeal was successful by crypto exchange Binance’s subsidiary Binance US, against the Emergency Suspension Order (ESO) issued by the state regulator of Florida, according to a decision handed down by the Florida First District Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Changpeng Zhao and Binance Holdings’ plea agreements for failing to
DWF Labs finds itself under the spotlight once again. Recently, the firm made headlines after depositing a substantial 3 million TOKEN ($322,000) onto the Gate.io platform just 15 hours ago. This move comes after DWF Labs received 120 million TOKEN from the Floki team back on November 1, 2023, when
Binance, the leading blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange based on trading volume, today announced the debut of Funding Rate Arbitrage Bot and the complete rollout of Spot Copy Trading to all qualified customers. About 120,000 active trading strategies are presently available on Binance’s Trading Bots Marketplace, and the exchange is constantly improving
Binance has added the FLOKI memecoin to its listing in Thailand. The result is a dramatic increase in the value of the memecoin. FLOKI, which has been steadily growing in popularity in Thailand, went to X to announce the new listing. The FLOKI price surged by over 7% post the
Reports indicate that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has entrusted the international consultant company Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) to oversee Binance’s compliance with regulatory mandates for the next three years. As part of its November 2023 plea bargain, Binance admitted to federal accusations of money laundering and paid a
Binance and KuCoin recently completed registering with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which is a major step forward for the country’s cryptocurrency sector. This is a major milestone on the road to legalization and compliance with Indian regulations. Importantly, KuCoin has quickly paid a substantial fine of $41,000, allowing it
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is preparing to pay a hefty settlement to Canadian authorities after fresh charges of money laundering. Binance was fined $6 million Canadian dollars by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) on May 9. This amount equals $4.3 million. Criminal charges including money laundering
The government of Nigeria has spoken out against the bribery allegations made by cryptocurrency exchange Binance, saying that the charges are baseless and an attempt by Binance to get publicity. In response to claims made by Binance CEO Richard Teng—that some Nigerian authorities wanted $150 million in crypto to resolve
On Wednesday, crypto exchange Binance completed its 21st batch of the LUNC burn mechanism, burning 1.4 billion Terra Luna Classic (LUNC) tokens. Following Binance’s most recent burn, the cryptocurrency exchange has burned more than 57 billion LUNC in total. More than 112 billion LUNC tokens have been burnt by the
