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Binance Tops Up Emergency Insurance Fund 'SAFU' to $1B After BNB Volatility
9.11.2022
Binance token-related addresses were topped up with over $700 million in different tokens
SBF tumbles off Bloomberg's billionaire index after trouble at FTX
9.11.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried no longer ranks in the top 500 on Bloomberg’s billionaire index, but CZ remains at rank 87
Binance CEO shares 'two big lessons' after FTX's liquidity crunch
9.11.2022
CZ took to Twitter on Nov. 8 sharing "two big lessons" that crypto companies should learn amid the downfall of crypto exchange FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried No Longer a Billionaire After $14.6B Overnight Wipe-out
9.11.2022
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has vanished from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index after his estimated personal wealth plummeted nearly 94% to $991.5 million in a single day
Binance Exchange's BNB Token Leads Broad Crypto Rebound After FTX Bailout Offer
8.11.2022
BNB, an exchange token used within the Binance trading environment, jumped 20%, leading a broad rebound in crypto markets that had been in freefall over acute speculation that the rival FTX exchange might be facing a rapid run on deposits
FTX Token, BNB and Solana soar after Binance CEO inks potential deal to acquire FTX
8.11.2022
Solana and FTX token saw a sharp rebound after headlines announced that Binance would acquire FTX due to liquidity issues, but will the upside last?
CZ Says Binance Intends to ‘Fully Acquire FTX,’ Sam Bankman-Fried Confirms Transaction
8.11.2022
After all the speculation surrounding the crypto exchanges Binance and FTX, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) revealed that his company is set to acquire FTX. CZ detailed that FTX asked for help and noted there is a “significant liquidity crunch.” FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has confirmed...
Crypto News Summary: BitMEX Announces its IEO & BMEX Token, BaFin Comes After Coinbase Germany, Paradigm Launches Crypto Policy Council with US Politicians
8.11.2022
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FTX Binance Fallout: Bitdao Community Asks Alameda Research to Respond to Token Dump Allegations
8.11.2022
After the Bitdao token’s quickfire plunge on Nov. 7, members of the Bitdao community have asked Alameda Research to address rumors the principal trading platform has dumped Bitdao’s BIT tokens. The dump, if confirmed, would be a breach of a swap agreement between the two entities which...
Investors are waiting for a rally after the breakout in Chainlink
8.11.2022
The biggest problem that the blockchain industry faced was its inability to interact with real-world data. It only works in on-chain technologies, increasing the risk of wrong data and manipulation. Chainlink aims to solve this problem with a network that combines on-chain and off-chain data...
Publicly Listed Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Publishes Update After SEC Filing That Mentions ‘Restructuring’
8.11.2022
On Nov. 7, 2022, the bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific released the company’s October update after the company’s Form 8-K U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Oct. 26, 2022. The filing noted that the company was in the process of exploring “restructuring...
BitDAO Community Asks Alameda for Proof of Funds After BIT's Sudden 20% Drop, Threatens to Dump FTT
8.11.2022
The BitDAO community has threatened to sell FTT tokens if Alameda fails to provide evidence that it continues to hold FTT tokens as promised. Alameda has promised to provide the evidence soon
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Shrinks for the First Time in 4 Weeks
7.11.2022
Bitcoin miners caught a small break late Sunday evening (ET) after the network’s mining difficulty dropped 0.20% lower than the difficulty rating two weeks prior. The drop is the first mining difficulty decrease in four weeks, as the metric changed from 36.84 trillion to 36.76 trillion....
Binance to liquidate its entire FTX Token holdings after ‘recent revelations’
7.11.2022
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao cited “recent revelations” as the reason for the liquidation, noting the sale of its tokens could take months to complete due to the size of its position
Google Cloud Is Running a Solana Validator, Blockchain Node Engine to Support SOL Chain Next Year
6.11.2022
After Google Cloud announced that it would offer a product called the “Blockchain Node Engine” and further noted that Ethereum would be the first blockchain supported, the company revealed it was running a Solana validator on Nov. 5, 2022. Google said that the cloud division is currently working...
Nigerian Currency Redesign Controversy: Naira Slips by Almost 20%, Experts See Exchange Rate Reaching 1,000:1 USD Before Year End
5.11.2022
The Nigerian currency appeared to accelerate its decline versus the U.S. dollar after it slipped to a new low of 900 naira for every dollar. The currency has continued to depreciate even after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s raid on suspected illegal foreign exchange dealers....
Huobi Exchange Users Furious After GALA Holdings Are Converted to ‘Meme Token’
4.11.2022
The move came after a bug forced a bridging service to re-launch the wrapped version of GALA that trades on Binance Smart Chain, sparking widespread confusion
Crypto Biz: Was Celsius just a Ponzi after all?
4.11.2022
The bankrupt crypto lender has been accused by customers of being a Ponzi. Meanwhile, Binance's $500 million investment in Elon Musk's Twitter has been confirmed
4 Years After the 2017 Law Enforcement Takedown, Alphabay Is Once Again the King of Darknet Markets
4.11.2022
Following the demise of the largest darknet marketplace (DNM) in mid-July 2017, the underground market Alphabay returned in August 2021, and during the last year, Alphabay has managed to once again regain its position as the world’s top DNM. Furthermore, Alphabay relentlessly conducted...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Higher After Jobs Report and Arweave's Meta Effect
4.11.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov. 4, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets