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Crypto Exchange Binance Receives Preliminary Approval to Operate in Kazakhstan

The crypto exchange has strengthened its compliance team and enhanced efforts to win operating licenses this year after drawing the ire of regulators.

Binance is on track to being able to operate in Kazakhstan. (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

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CFTC Accuses Ohio Man of $12M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme; Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From DeFi Protocol

The U.S. Commodities Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken legal action against an Ohio resident it says ran a $12 million Ponzi scheme involving bitcoin. Plus, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweets the crypto exchange has frozen or recovered $450,000, which was stolen from decentralized finance protocol Curve.Finance earlier this week.

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Crypto Exchange Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From DeFi Protocol Curve.Finance

The world's largest exchange is working with law enforcement to return the funds.

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Binance Among Crypto Exchanges Blocked as Uzbekistan Clamps Down

FTX and Huobi are also inaccessible as the authorities restrict access to unlicensed centralized trading platforms.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Harvey Meston/Archive Photos via Getty Images)

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WazirX Issues Warning; Stablecoin Giants Back Merge

WazirX users head for exits amid Binance spat. Circle and Tether announce support for Ethereum Proof-of-Stake. Vitalik Buterin says he used Tornado Cash to donate to Ukraine. Iran pays $10 million import order with cryptocurrency for the first time.

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Finance

Binance CEO Hits Back at 'Weak' KYC Claims

Binance has the most sophisticated know-your-customer system in the industry, Changpeng Zhao said.

Changpeng Zhao spoke at Korea Blockchain Week. (FactBlock)

Finance

WazirX Co-Founder Nischal Shetty Speaks Out on Spat With Binance CEO

Shetty said his team has been in discussions with Binance for several months to work out the ownership issue.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

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Bitcoin Climbs Above $24K Amid Optimism in US Equities Market

CrossTower Co-Founder and CEO Kapil Rathi discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook as bitcoin crosses $24,000 and Wall Street looks to build on three weeks of gains for S&P 500. Plus, his take on the ongoing Binance, WazirX dispute.

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Binance Says It Will Remove WazirX Off-Chain Transfers Hours After Indian Firm's Founder Says They Were Restarted

The move comes after an argument erupted between the two exchanges' founders over ownership and regulatory actions against WazirX.

Captura de pantalla de la plataforma Binance. (Dylan Calluy/Unsplash)

Finance

Panic Grips WazirX Users After Binance's CEO Advises Users to Move Funds

"If you have funds on WazirX, you should transfer it to Binance," Changpeng Zhao tweeted.

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