Binance Launches Off-Exchange Cold Storage Solution ‘Binance Mirror’ for Crypto Investors as Hacks Intensify

Binance Launches Off-Exchange Cold Storage Solution ‘Binance Mirror’ for Crypto Investors as Hacks Intensify

Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange firm, has announced the launch of a crypto asset storage called ‘Binance Mirror’ as investors return to the sector. The global crypto market cap has shown a significant recovery in the first three weeks of 2023, going from $800 billion (roughly Rs. 65,45,524 crore) to its…

Binance Granted Regulatory Approval to Manage and Trade Virtual Currencies in Sweden

Binance Granted Regulatory Approval to Manage and Trade Virtual Currencies in Sweden

Binance has successfully registered as a licenced financial institution in Sweden, the cryptocurrency exchange company announced on Wednesday. Swedish regulators have approved Binance Nordics AB to facilitate the management and trading of virtual currencies for its nationals. With this development, Sweden has become the seventh member state of the European…

RBI Suggests Common Approach to Crypto Assets to Avoid Potential Financial Risks

RBI Suggests Common Approach to Crypto Assets to Avoid Potential Financial Risks

To address potential financial stability risks and protect investors, it is important to arrive at a common approach to crypto assets, the Financial Stability Report released by RBI said on Thursday. In this context, various options are being considered internationally, it said. One option is to apply the same-risk-same-regulatory-outcome principle…

Crypto Criminals Not on Holiday, Scams Like 3Commas and ‘Pig Butchering’ Continue to Strike

Crypto Criminals Not on Holiday, Scams Like 3Commas and ‘Pig Butchering’ Continue to Strike

The crypto sector, thriving in several parts of the world, was struck with several hack and scam attacks this year. Even a couple of days before the industrially quaky year of 2022 ends, news and warning around crypto crimes have made it to the headlines. This week, the private API…

Binance Labs Invests in Self-Custody Hardware Wallet Startup NGRAVE

Binance Labs Invests in Self-Custody Hardware Wallet Startup NGRAVE

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform Binance exchange, has announced its strategic investment in NGRAVE, a Belgium-born Web3 crypto security service provider. The size of the investment was not revealed, but the Binance Labs will be leading the Series A funding round of…

FTX Crypto Collapse: At Least $1 Billion Client Fund Said to Be Missing

FTX Crypto Collapse: At Least $1 Billion Client Fund Said to Be Missing

At least $1 billion (nearly Rs. 8,050 crore) of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter. The exchange’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion (nearly Rs. 80,500 crore) of customer funds from FTX to Bankman-Fried’s trading company Alameda Research,…

FTX Said to Have Confirmed Hacking Reports, Investigating ‘Unauthorised Transactions’

FTX Said to Have Confirmed Hacking Reports, Investigating ‘Unauthorised Transactions’

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX said on Saturday it was moving funds into offline storage following a series of “unauthorised transactions”, with analysts saying millions of dollars worth of assets had been withdrawn from the platform. FTX US general counsel Ryne Miller said in a tweet on Saturday that the exchange was…

FTX Files US Bankruptcy Proceedings, Sam Bankman-Fried Steps Down as CEO

FTX Files US Bankruptcy Proceedings, Sam Bankman-Fried Steps Down as CEO

Crypto exchange FTX filed US bankruptcy proceedings on Friday and Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down as CEO, after a rapid liquidity crisis at the cryptocurrency group that has prompted intervention from regulators around the world. The distressed crypto trading platform had been struggling to raise billions in funds to stave off collapse…

Crypto Lender BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals Amid FTX, Alameda Research Liquidity Crisis

Crypto Lender BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals Amid FTX, Alameda Research Liquidity Crisis

Crypto lending firm BlockFi has announced that it was “not able to operate business as usual,” citing a lack of clarity regarding FTX, FTX.US, and Alameda Research as the reason. The leading cryptocurrency lending platform says that until there is clarity, it will be limiting activity including pausing withdrawals. It…

India’s Giottus Crypto Exchange to Give ‘Proof of Reserves’, Rivals Keep Quiet

India’s Giottus Crypto Exchange to Give ‘Proof of Reserves’, Rivals Keep Quiet

Giottus, an Indian crypto exchange, has taken a bold step to mark its impression in the crypto sector and make it to the headlines. Amid silence from rival crypto exchanges on the subject, Giottus has said that it will provide proof of reserves in order to add another layer of…