Binance, FTX Enter Tug-of-War in Auction to Bag Assets of Insolvent Crypto Lender Voyager

Binance, FTX Enter Tug-of-War in Auction to Bag Assets of Insolvent Crypto Lender Voyager

Voyager, the crypto lending platform that declared bankruptcy earlier this year, is analysing buy-out offers for its assets from other players in the crypto sector. At present, crypto exchanges Binance and FTX are standing neck-and-neck to outbid each other and bag the worthy remains from Voyager’s business. The price point…

Crypto Chart Drenched in Red Ahead of Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Upgrade

Crypto Chart Drenched in Red Ahead of Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Upgrade

The overall crypto market slipped down ahead of the arrival of Ethereum’s energy-efficient upgrade called the Merge which is expected to arrive today. Bitcoin on Thursday, September 15, opened with a loss of 1.65 percent as per Gadgets 360’s crypto price tracker. The current trading value of BTC stands at…

Binance US Launches High-Yield Ether Staking Service Ahead of Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Event

Binance US Launches High-Yield Ether Staking Service Ahead of Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Event

Binance US, a US-based subsidiary of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is now offering Ethereum staking with an annual percentage yield (APY) of 6 percent — a figure which is a sizable step above major competitors like Lido and Coinbase which offer 3.5 percent and 3.25 percent APY, respectively. In…

Binance CEO Hits Out at ‘Chinese Company’ Label and His Connections to the Country

Binance CEO Hits Out at ‘Chinese Company’ Label and His Connections to the Country

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao aka CZ has hit back at critics who claim that the platform is “Chinese.” In a blog post, the company chief specifies that the executive team is now dominated primarily by Europeans and Americans, while the broader workforce is more globally dispersed. CZ added, “The inference…

Zhao’s Denial, Users’ Distrust: Here’s What We Know About WazirX-Binance Debacle So Far

Zhao’s Denial, Users’ Distrust: Here’s What We Know About WazirX-Binance Debacle So Far

The crypto community of India finds itself perplexed in the backdrop of an ongoing heated Twitter feud between WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. WazirX, a known name among Indian crypto exchanges, is undergoing a probe from India’s financial watchdog, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), over alleged predatory…

Binance Has Named Co-Founder Yi He as the New Head of VC Arm Binance Labs

Binance Has Named Co-Founder Yi He as the New Head of VC Arm Binance Labs

Binance has announced that co-founder Yi He will take over as head of its venture capital investing and incubator arm, Binance Labs. The operation has invested in over 200 projects in the blockchain space, and Binance says it manages assets totaling $7.5 billion (roughly Rs. 59,374 crore), making it one…

Binance Partners With SS Lazio to Debut NFT Ticketing After UEFA Champions League Final Debacle

Binance Partners With SS Lazio to Debut NFT Ticketing After UEFA Champions League Final Debacle

Crypto exchange Binance has announced it will trial non-fungible token (NFT) tickets for an Italian football club, Lazio, for the 2022/2023 season. The concept of NFT tickets is expected to provide a solution to the challenges of traditional ticketing by solving inefficiencies like counterfeiting, and scalping among others. It is…

Binance CEO Hits Out at ‘Chinese Company’ Label and His Connections to the Country

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Sues Bloomberg’s Chinese Subsidiary for Defamation: Report

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has reportedly filed a defamation case against Bloomberg’s Chinese subsidiary called the Modern Media Company. The crypto mogul has raised a legal objection against a story by the media company titled ‘Changpeng Zhao’s Ponzi Scheme’ by filing this lawsuit. The legal team representing Binance has claimed…

Binance Confirms Restricting Tezos-Linked Account on Legal Grounds, Similar Cases Continue to Rise

Binance Actively Monitoring Indian Market to Identify Best Approach: Ken Li

The engineering talent and the emerging Web3 community of India has caught the eye of Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world. The company’s incubation and venture capital arm called Binance Labs, which is gearing up for the fifth season of its incubation program, is expecting to…