Binance News

Binance burned 1.94 million Binance Coin tokens, removing them from circulation.

Nigeria’s central bank denies false claims made by crypto media, asserting that it didn’t mandate local banks to freeze accounts associated with unlicensed crypto exchanges. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it didn’t order local financial institutions to freeze…

U.S. prosecutors are seeking 36 months of imprisonment for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, citing the “magnitude of Zhao’s willful violation of U.S. law and its consequences.” Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao might be facing 36 months…

Binance users will have a chance to bag an allocation for EZ, the native token for liquid staking protocol Renzo. 

As offshore markets diversify, Binance’s Bitcoin market share has declined to 55%, while Bybit emerged as a frontrunner with a surge from 2% to 9.3% Binance‘s dominance in Bitcoin trading outside the U.S. market appears to be shrinking, as its…

The Velvet Capital team has urged users to avoid connecting their digital wallets to the protocol’s website, citing a potential front-end attack on the website. Velvet Capital, a decentralized finance (defi) protocol, that works as an asset management dashboard, may…

The EFCC, Interpol, and Kenyan police are negotiating the extradition of the Binance executive.

Hong Kong-based crypto exchange HashKey has announced that it will stop accepting deposits and handling withdrawals to and from wallets linked to Binance.

Binance COO Noah Perlman says monitoring agreement with U.S. regulators is now posing challenges for the exchange despite viewing the deal as an opportunity for improvement. Binance‘s plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which includes an independent compliance…

Changpeng Zhao continues to lead Forbes’ list of cryptocurrency billionaires. How did he build his fortune? Changpeng Zhao has remained one of the wealthiest people for several years, even with legal issues and billions in fines in 2023. In early…

Binance is eyeing a comeback to India following a 4-month ban placed on the exchange by the nation’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Two sources familiar with the development claim that the exchange has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty…

Leading crypto exchange, Binance has announced a new airdrop and web3 quest platform dubbed Megadrop. Announced on April 18, Megadrop is primarily a token launch platform that will host airdrops and Web3 quests by integrating the Binance Simple Earn program…

At Token2049, Binance CEO Richard Teng addressed key issues in the crypto space, focusing on the regulation of stablecoins and the complex situation of a detained Binance executive in Nigeria. Binance CEO Richard Teng headlined a panel on crypto regulation,…

Crypto exchange Binance has made a notable reorganizational move for its billion-dollar SAFU insurance fund, with all the assets in it converting into the USDC stablecoin. Binance has announced a sudden update for its emergency insurance fund called SAFU, converting…

The X account of movie star Tom Holland was recently hacked, with attackers using it to falsely promote SPIDER cryptocurrency tokens and Spiderverse NFTs. The account, which boasts more than 7 million followers, was used by bad actors to announce…

Crypto exchange Binance.US named Martin Grant, a former New York Federal Chief Compliance and Ethics officer, to its Board of Directors.