The U.S. government is quietly pressuring Nigeria to release Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive detained in the country since February. Gambaryan has reportedly faced serious health issues while in custody, prompting calls for his release on humanitarian grounds. Humanitarian Concerns According to a New York Times report, two anonymous senior State Department officials revealed that...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has seemingly tracked back on previous statements suggesting that crypto assets themselves are securities. This retraction comes amid the agency’s ongoing legal case against Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. SEC “Regrets” Confusion Caused by Wording Attention to the SEC’s shift was drawn by...Read More
Richard Teng has publicly condemned the Nigerian government over what he describes as the “inhumane treatment” of Tigran Gambaryan, the company’s Head of Crime Compliance, who has been detained in the West African country for the past six months. Teng’s statement comes in response to a recently surfaced video that shows Gambaryan in visible distress...Read More
Over the last five decades, the payments industry has grown into one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors in the world. However, it faces one issue – the sector still runs on 50-year-old technology rails that become more inefficient as time passes. A report from Binance Research, the research division of Binance, the world’s largest...Read More
Binance’s native token BNB is at a crucial level after experiencing a price decline of over 10% in the last four days. Despite the notable price drop, it is still in an uptrend as BNB continues to hold above the 200 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) on a daily time frame. BNB Price Prediction However, the...Read More
Binance announced that it has prevented over $2.4 billion in losses from potential scams and fraudulent activities that could have impacted more than 1.2 million users from January to July 2024 owing to its risk management measures. According to the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, Binance employs an internal risk engine that provides 24/7...Read More
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has been moved from his prison to the RRM Long Beach halfway house in California. However, X users and numerous crypto firms have mistakenly interpreted the news to be an early release for Zhao. Zhao To Be Released In September CZ was initially being held at FCI Lompoc II...Read More
Binance plans to hire 1,000 new employees this year, with a substantial focus on compliance roles. A large portion of these hires is specifically aimed at expanding the company’s compliance team from its current 500 members to 700 by the end of 2024. CEO Richard Teng, who is currently in the US for discussions with...Read More
On August 18, 2024, Binance’s native token BNB gained significant attention from investors and traders due to a notable price surge in this ongoing struggling market. According to a coinmarketcap, BNB has seen a price surge of over 5% in the last 24 hours. BNB Outperformed BTC and ETH With this significant price surge, it...Read More
Binance, the largest crypto exchange, has finally reached a settlement with Brazilian regulators for $1.76 million over unlicenced derivatives trading allegations. This comes after an investigation into the exchange, which lasted a year regarding its activities in Brazil. Binance’s Derivatives Trading Allegations The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) asked Binance to halt its derivatives...Read More
In July, global crypto trading volume on centralized exchanges surged by 19%, reaching $4.94 trillion. This marks the first increase in trading volumes in four months, as reported by CCData. Crypto Trading Volume Surge CCData noted that the increase in trading volume is due to the launch of spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds in the U.S....Read More
Binance has announced that its security team has successfully recovered or frozen more than $73 million in user funds from external hacks as of July 31 this year. This latest figure exceeds the roughly $55 million recovered in all of 2023. Binance’s 2024 Security Efforts As per the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, Binance...Read More
On Aug. 8, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, experienced a net inflow of $2.4 billion since the market dip on Aug. 5. It added that the majority of that was in stablecoins with an inflow of $1.33 billion in USDT and $519 million in USDC. This suggests that...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to amend its original complaint against Binance, which might eliminate the need for the court to decide on tokens that were previously classified as securities. The joint filing comes amid increased efforts by presidential candidates to attract pro-crypto voters in the United States. SEC Moves to Amend...Read More
The Coinbase premium turned positive in early July after a period of concern following a dip in mid-May According to research from Kaiko, this could hint at a resurgence of institutional interest in Bitcoin. Renewed Institutional Interest The Coinbase premium, which measures the difference between hourly bitcoin prices on Coinbase’s BTC-USD pair and Binance’s BTC-USDT...Read More
On July 19, a United States court granted Binance the approval to invest customer funds in US Treasury Bills. According to the order from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Binance can invest “certain” customer funds through a third-party investment manager. Binance must ensure that it does not invest these funds...Read More
The court has postponed the case of money laundering against Binance in Nigeria until October 11. Binance faces four allegations of tax evasion in Nigeria. These include allegations of not registering for tax with Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service. In addition to tax evasion, Nigerian authorities have accused Binance and its two executives, Tigran Gambaryan...Read More
Paxful’s co-founder and former chief technology officer (CTO), Artur Schaback, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deliberately fail in establishing, developing, implementing, and maintaining a compliant AML program as required by the Bank Secrecy Act. In a statement, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Public Affairs revealed that Schaback failed to collect necessary KYC...Read More
Binance.US said that it is prepared to defend itself against the US Securities and Exchange Commission after a court ruled that the regulatory agency’s case against the crypto exchange could continue. In its official statement on X, the US arm of crypto giant Binance affirmed that the “fight continues.” Binance.US Slams SEC’s Enforcement Tactics The...Read More
On June 27, Binance announced that it is implementing stricter measures to address account misuse, including enhanced monitoring of all account activities. The company stated that it has recently detected instances where certain account features on the platform are being “misused or exploited to gain unfair advantages, such as a better fee rate and higher...Read More
Events in the saga between Nigeria and Binance continue to unfold. This time, the country dropped tax charges against the exchange’s executives. According to a tweet by Nigerian journalist Alexander Onukwue, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria has withdrawn the tax evasion charges against Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, and...Read More
A group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Joe Biden to intervene in the detention of Tigran Gambaryan, a high-ranking executive at Binance, who has been held by Nigerian authorities for nearly three months. The appeal, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and supported by 11 other congressional leaders, demands...Read More
The onboarding of new Bitcoin users and the creation of new use cases for the leading digital network continue to emphasize the need to build scaling solutions on the blockchain. A new research report by crypto exchange Binance, The Future of Bitcoin, outlines reasons why the crypto network needs strong scaling solutions. Why Bitcoin Needs...Read More
There has been a growing concern regarding the increased traction of tokens with high valuations but low initial circulating supply, which has sparked discussions about the sustainability of upside potential for traders following the token generation event (TGE). Binance Research’s latest findings have confirmed this trend, depicting an increasing number of tokens being launched with...Read More
The Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has pointed fingers at the Nigerian Correctional Service for failing to produce detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan at the Federal High Court in Abuja on tax evasion charges. Reportedly, Gambaryan was a no-show in court on May 22, slated for arraignment on tax evasion accusations by the FIRS....Read More
Over 80% of the newly listed cryptocurrencies on Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange by trading volume, have declined in value. In the past six months, these tokens have plunged in value since listing on the exchange, raising concerns for investors seeking out the latest cryptocurrencies. Most New Binance Token Listings Trading in Red...Read More
With Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recently sentenced to four months imprisonment, a WSJ report is alleging that the crypto exchange giant fired one of its investigators who exposed market manipulation by one of the company’s clients, DWF Labs. Binance, however, denied the report, stating that the cryptocurrency exchange maintains a strict...Read More
The Nigerian government has denied the allegations made by Binance’s CEO, Richard Teng, claiming that its officials demanded a $150 million bribe to settle the criminal charges against the crypto exchange. In an official statement released on Wednesday, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Rabiu Ibrahim, dismissed the claims as...Read More
Canada has imposed a fine against Binance – the world’s largest crypto exchange – for running afoul of the nation’s anti-money laundering rules last year. Per a public notice published on Thursday, the federal government said Binance didn’t comply with rules and registrations related to operating as a foreign money services business (FMSB). Binance Fined...Read More
Binance CEO Richard Teng has advocated for the release of Tigran Gambaryan, head of the crypto exchange’s Financial Crime Compliance team, who has been detained by the Nigerian government for over 70 days. Gambaryan reportedly flew to the country in February for talks on collaborative policy meetings, only to be detained later. This move by...Read More
