Binance

Binance

Binance Faces CFTC Probe Over US Customers Trading Derivatives: Report

The agency hasn't accused Binance of any wrongdoing, according to the Bloomberg report.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 March 2021
CoinFlash

Binance Adds Merchant Features to Early Version of Payments Platform

Binance Pay now includes merchant functions, allowing businesses to process payments in crypto, online or in-person.

Business  ·  12 March 2021
Exchanges

Weibo Suspends Huobi, Binance, OKEx Accounts After Bitcoin Surge

Chinese social media app Weibo suspended the official accounts of four major crypto exchanges: Huobi, Binance, OKEx and MXC.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 March 2021
Binance

Binance Has No Plans to Go Public, CZ Says

CEO Changpeng Zhao said the world's largest crypto exchange is happy with its status as a private company.

News  ·  11 March 2021
Exchanges

Former US Senator Joins Binance as Policy Adviser and Government Liaison

Baucus will guide the crypto exchange in its dealings with U.S. regulators.

Business  ·  11 March 2021
CoinFlash

Binance Leads $2M Funding Round for Crypto Exchange Aggregator OpenOcean

Multicoin Capital, LD Capital, CMS, Kenetic and Altonomy also participated in the round.

Business  ·  9 March 2021
Binance

Binance Pledges New Controls After 99% ‘Flash Crash’ in Polkadot Futures

A single large sell order appears to have sent prices for trading contracts on polkadot tumbling from about $33 to 25 cents in less than a minute.

Markets  ·  5 March 2021
Binance

Dapps Don’t Care About Your Feelings

By testing the limits of what's permissible on Binance Smart Chain, anonymous developers are testing whether it's really a blockchain.

Tech  ·  4 March 2021
CoinFlash

DeFi Project Meerkat Raises Eyebrows With Claimed $31M Hack a Day After Launch

There are signs the hack was in fact an exit scam, according to reports.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 March 2021
Ethereum

Controversial Dapps Test Binance Smart Chain’s Decentralization

Developers built politically sensitive applications on Binance Smart Chain as a way of showing the increasingly popular blockchain platform is not as decentralized as Ethereum. The dapps remain online.

Business  ·  3 March 2021
Binance

Binance Becomes Limited Partner in Multicoin Capital Crypto Fund

It's the first time the crypto exchange has made an investment in an outside fund.

Business  ·  2 March 2021
Coinbase

Coinbase Calls Out Binance as It Bemoans Compliance Burden

Due to a lack of enforcement on the part of authorities, offshore crypto exchanges sell unregulated services to U.S. consumers "seemingly without penalty."

Business  ·  26 February 2021
Exchanges

Does Crypto Fix the ‘Robinhood’ Problem? Not So Fast

The GameStop saga highlighted the "middleman" issues with services like Robinhood. But the data shows crypto exchanges have their own problems.

Markets  ·  24 February 2021
DeFi

How Coinbase Is Worth $100B

Poised for a public offering, Coinbase has built an incredibly profitable business. But Binance is probably worth a lot more.

Business  ·  23 February 2021
Ethereum

First Mover: Bitcoin Meets ‘Torrent’ as Lowly Binance Coin Gets $40B Valuation

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance's in-house BNB tokens have shot to a $40 billion valuation, ranking them third among digital assets behind bitcoin and Ethereum's ether.

Markets  ·  19 February 2021