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SEC Wants to Start Scrutinizing Binance Chain Transactions

Company executives anticipated regulators might one day take an interest in Binance Chain

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Markets

Binance Australia Is Actually Run by an Entity Linked to TravelbyBit

CoinDesk has discovered Binance Australia is operated by InvestbyBit, a company that shares directors with tourist crypto payments provider, TravelbyBit.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Markets

Binance Enters German Market via Partnership With Crypto Investment Firm

Binance has partnered with licensed German investment firm CM-Equity to offer crypto asset management and brokerage services in Germany and Europe.

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Tech

Chainlink Integration Brings Data Feeds to Binance’s DeFi Project

Binance is building out a DeFi platform with its Smart Chain protocol and has integrated Chainlink as a pricing solution.

Binance BSC, Binance app

Markets

Swipe Futures Volume Equals 42% of Its Market Capitalization

SXP futures volume signal continued interest in low-capitalization cryptocurrencies as bitcoin continues to trade in a tight range.

Top FTX perpetual futures markets ranked by 24-hour trading volume

Markets

Malaysia Crackdown Unlikely to Affect Binance, eToro

Malaysia’s financial watchdog has said Binance and eToro don’t comply with the country’s securities law; it’s unlikely to make much of a difference to their local operations, however.

Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur

Markets

Binance Pool Poised to Grab More Bitcoin Hashrate in Russia and Central Asia

Binance is looking to consolidate more bitcoin mining hashrate to its pool in Russia and the Central Asia region.

Bitcoin mining farms

Finance

Binance CEO Criticizes Twitter Security After Coordinated Attack on Prominent Accounts

Talking to CoinDesk at the World Blockchain Summit Asia on Thursday, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao called Twitter's security "weak" after a wave of account breaches Wednesday.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Tech

Twitter Hack Takes Down Joe Biden, Elon Musk Accounts in Widespread Bitcoin Scam Attack

Hackers pumping a crypto giveaway scam appear to have compromised the Twitter accounts of leading exchanges, individuals and at least one news org.

The 17-year-old hacker suspect faces 30 felony charges. (Twitter.com)

Finance

Shyft Debuts ‘Decentralized Version of SWIFT’ for FATF 'Travel Rule'

Shyft Network says 30+ exchanges are testing its blockchain-based solution to help cryptocurrency companies comply with the FATF Travel Rule.

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)