Cryptocurrency
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CoinEx accepts ban in New York, to pay $1.8m to resolve lawsuit over illegal operations
CoinEx agreed to pay $1.8 million and be banned from operating in New York to settle state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing the cryptocurrency exchange of operating illegally because …
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Binance plans to swap 750 million of token pairs to ensure liquidity
Binance said in a tweet on Monday it would swap 750 million tether-tron token pairs for tether-ether in an attempt to maintain the stablecoin’s liquidity. The move comes amid renewed regulatory scrut…
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Nigeria bans Binance, says operation is ‘illegal’
Nigeria’s markets regulator has ordered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a websit…
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U.S. sues Binance and founder Zhao for operating ‘web of deception’
U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception,” piling further pressure on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and sending bitc…
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Crypto exchange Binance hit by outflows of $780million in last 24 hours
Investors have pulled around $780 million from crypto exchange Binance in the last 24 hours, data firm Nansen said on Tuesday, a day after the world’s biggest crypto exchange was sued by the U.S. Sec…
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Global watchdog reveal first set of rules for crypto regulation
International securities watchdog IOSCO unveiled on Tuesday the first global approach to regulating cryptoasset and digital markets, drawing on lessons from last year’s collapse of the FTX exchange t…
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EU states approve world’s first comprehensive crypto rules
European Union states on Tuesday gave the final nod to the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to regulate cryptoassets on Tuesday, piling pressure on countries such as Britain and the United St…
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North Korean hackers stole $721 million in cryptocurrency from Japan – Nikkei
Hacker groups affiliated with North Korea have stolen $721 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Japan since 2017, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday, citing a study by U.K. blockchai…
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Binance folds operations in Canada over new crypto rules
Binance said on Friday it was withdrawing from Canada, weeks after the country issued a series of new guidelines for cryptocurrency exchanges including investor limits and mandatory registrations. Ca…
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Binance lifts block on bitcoin withdrawals amid heavy volumes
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for several hours on Monday, citing heavy volumes and a surge in processing fees, before clearing them at a higher cost. Late on Sunday and …