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Binance Experiences Significant BTC, ETH, and Stablecoin Withdrawals Following CFTC Lawsuit
28.3.2023
After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Binance for alleged violations of trading and derivatives rules, a significant amount of cryptocurrency was withdrawn from the exchange. Data from analytics provider Nansen shows $400 million in Ethereum-based funds were withdrawn in...
Stablecoin Market Sees Fluctuations With Some Coins Gaining and Others Reducing Supply
26.3.2023
According to statistics, on March 26, the stablecoin economy was valued at $135 billion, with the top stablecoins representing $31.8 billion or 75% of the $42.17 billion in 24-hour global trade volume across the entire crypto market. In the last two weeks since March 11, 7.06 billion USDC...
Binance Curb on Zero-Fee Trading May Cost Market Share, Boost TrueUSD Stablecoin
23.3.2023
Binance abolished almost all zero fee trading pairs from its platform after nine months, only keeping the promotion for the TUSD-bitcoin pair
Binance Crypto Exchange Braces for Regulatory Onslaught: Can the Crypto Giant Withstand the Escalating Pressure from US Authorities?
20.3.2023
Binance is increasingly taking heat from regulators on multiple fronts, with its US business being the most vulnerable to ongoing crackdowns by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Most pressing for the exchange in the US now is perhaps claims by the SEC that Binance.US is operating...
Bitcoin Surges by More Than 37% Against US Dollar This Week, Taps $28K on Sunday
19.3.2023
Bitcoin reached a high of $28,422 per unit on Sunday at around 3 p.m. Eastern Time as the leading cryptocurrency has continued to rise during the last week. Since last Sunday, bitcoin has increased in value by 37.9% against the U.S. dollar, and the cryptocurrency’s overall market...
Major Cryptocurrency ATM Manufacturer General Bytes Hacked, Over $1.5M in Bitcoin Stolen
19.3.2023
General Bytes experienced a security incident on March 17 and 18 that enabled a hacker to remotely access the master service interface and send funds from hot wallets, according to the company and sources. The breach forced a majority of U.S.-based crypto automated teller machine (ATM) operators...
Binance replaces BUSD in SAFU Fund with TUSD & USDT
17.3.2023
Binance assured its users that this change will not impact them in any way, and that their funds will continue to be held in publicly verifiable addresses
Stablecoin Supply Plummets After Depegging Event: $7.4B Dollar-Pegged Tokens Withdrawn From Circulation
17.3.2023
During the past 11 days, over 7 billion USDC stablecoins have been withdrawn from circulation, with most of the redemptions occurring following the depegging event of USDC on March 11, 2023. Furthermore, since March 6, a total of 439.48 million BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Stablecoin...
Tether Market Cap Rises by 10% Following Stablecoin Meltdown – Can it Maintain the Lead?
15.3.2023
The market capitalization of the popular stablecoin tether (USDT) has risen as other stablecoins, including Circle’s USD coin (USDC) and MakerDAO’s DAI briefly lost their pegs over the weekend.
As a result of the increase in marketshare for tether, Binance USD (BUSD), a stablecoin issued...
Binance BUSD Stablecoin Trading Suspended by Coinbase Over Liquidity Concerns – What's Going On?
14.3.2023
Coinbase has proceeded with the planned suspension of Binance USD (BUSD) trading, disabling trading for the stablecoin starting Monday.
"We have disabled trading for Binance USD (BUSD)," the United States-based cryptocurrency exchange said in a March 13 tweet, adding that users will continue...
Stablecoin Trading Dominates Monday’s Crypto Market, Tether and BUSD Sell at Premiums
13.3.2023
On Monday, the crypto economy experienced significant market activity with $183.85 billion in global trade volume over 24 hours, with a large portion of those trades involving stablecoins. USDC traded near parity with the U.S. dollar, and several stablecoins, including tether and BUSD, sold...
Coinbase disables trading for BUSD
13.3.2023
Coinbase assured users that their BUSD funds will remain accessible and that they will still be able to withdraw funds at any time
Binance Converts $1 Billion BUSD Into Bitcoin, BNB, and Ethereum
13.3.2023
On Monday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, announced that the company had decided to convert $1 billion worth of BUSD from the Industry Recovery Initiative fund into three different cryptocurrencies. Zhao noted that significant onchain movements would be noticeable following...
Binance Suddenly Converts $1 Billion From Industry Recovery Initiative to Bitcoin, Ether, BNB – Here's Why
13.3.2023
Binance has confirmed plans to convert $1 billion worth of Binance USD (BUSD) from its Industry Recovery Initiative to native crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB.
In a Monday tweet, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange plans to convert...
Coinbase Officially Suspends Binance USD Stablecoin Trading
13.3.2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) has delisted the Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin, according to a tweet on Monday
Binance CEO announces recovery funds conversion from BUSD to 'native crypto'
13.3.2023
Binance CEO says with recent “changes” in stablecoins and banks, the company’s recovery fund will be converted from BUSD to “native cryptos" such as BTC
Binance Will Convert $1B Worth of BUSD Stablecoin to Bitcoin, Ether, BNB, and Other Tokens
13.3.2023
Binance tapped into its Industry Recovery Initiative funds to cover the move
Aave Advances Plan to Nix Borrowing, Lending of Binance’s BUSD Stablecoin
9.3.2023
Crypto borrowing and lending platform Aave is moving closer to offboarding Binance's troubled stablecoin BUSD
Redemption and Reshuffling: BUSD’s Exit From Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Shakes Market Valuations
6.3.2023
It has been 21 days since Paxos revealed that it would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD. Since then, over 7 billion BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Prior to the announcement, BUSD was once a top-ten crypto asset. However, the top ten cryptocurrencies by market valuation have changed since...
Here's how Binance is mitigating its stablecoin needs after BUSD ban
6.3.2023
The recent action from Binance comes in the wake of NYDFS ordering BUSD issuer Paxos to stop minting new BUSD