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Cryptopia hackers stopped by Binance

The Cryptopia cryptocurrency exchange out of New Zealand became the most recent target of hackers. By the time the attack was discovered, thieves had reportedly been able to get away with Ether and Centrality tokens amounting to as much as $3.65 million.

Business 10 January 2019

Crypto exchange wallet holdings are falling

Over the course of the past three months, the balances of cryptocurrency wallets held by exchanges has declined. Most notably, exchange-held Bitcoin Core (BTC) and Ether (ETH) assets dropped 6%, while the holdings of once-prominent stablecoin Tether were reduced by 40%.

Press Releases 14 December 2018

Binance Hackathon to address security concerns in crypto

Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, will hold the first Binance SAFU Hackathon in Singapore on 19 and 20 January, 2019.

Tech 10 December 2018

Binance launches sub-accounts to service institutional investors

Binance has announced the launch of a sub-account feature that brings improved managerial control and asset audit tools for institutional account holders.

Business 1 November 2018

Binance freezes accounts linked to crypto exchange over money laundering claims

Binance has frozen accounts belonging to another cryptocurrency exchange, Wex, after users claimed the latter was involved in money laundering activities.

Business 24 October 2018

Singapore gov’t-owned venture firm makes ‘strategic investment’ in Binance

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volumes, is the latest company to secure the backing of Vertex Ventures, a group of investment companies indirectly owned by the government of Singapore.

Business 19 October 2018

Crypto in Africa: Binance Uganda launches fiat-to-crypto exchange

International crypto exchange Binance announced on October 15 the launch of its fiat-to-crypto service in Uganda.

Business 18 October 2018

Binance signs deal with AML compliance firm

Binance has procured the services of cryptocurrency compliance solutions firm Chainalysis, to better ensure meeting AML and KYC requirements.

Business 10 October 2018

Crypto exchange Binance delists 4 altcoins

In an effort to protect its users, cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it would delisting four cryptocurrency tokens from its platform, effective Oct. 12.

Business 9 October 2018

Binance to donate listing fees to charity

After coming under fire for what some have viewed as exorbitant listing fees, crypto exchange Binance announced that all of the fees it collects for listing new cryptocurrencies will be donated to charity.

Business 3 October 2018

Binance makes ‘multi-million dollar’ investment in content monetization startup

Binance, through Binance Labs, has made a “multi-million dollar” investment in Contentos, a content monetization firm.

Business 19 September 2018

Crypto exchanges draw New York AG’s ire over ‘voluntary’ survey rebuff

Binance, Kraken and Gate.io have been referred to the state’s Department of Financial Services, after claiming to not be operating in the state as reason for declining participation in the survey sent out last April to 13 cryptoexchanges.