Binance

Binance pledged to thwart suspicious trading — until it involved a Lamborghini-loving high roller

Former company insiders say the firing of an internal investigator showed that the crypto exchange neglected evidence of market manipulation

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Market rally ‘no guarantee’ for publicly listed crypto firms

Shares in Coinbase and MicroStrategy have rallied since the start of the year amid growing institutional interest in crypto, but it isn’t all smooth sailing

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Founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto firm, sentenced to four months

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to violating US anti-money-laundering requirements

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Big battles loom in SEC’s war on crypto

Agency’s push to regulate ‘Wild West’ market could stumble if it loses enforcement cases against Coinbase, Binance or Kraken

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Binance copped a $4bn plea but is still fighting the SEC

Prosecutors and the Treasury Department had more leverage to get a settlement with the cryptocurrency exchange

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Who is Binance’s new CEO Richard Teng?

Teng has become chief executive of Binance after Changpeng Zhao’s abrupt exit

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao agrees to step down, plead guilty

Zhao’s crypto exchange will also admit wrongdoing and agree to pay $4.3bn in fines

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Binance cleared to take over Voyager’s customer accounts

Judge Wiles on 7 March said he couldn’t delay the deal between Voyager and Binance.US simply because the SEC is warning about possible future enforcement

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SEC casts doubt over Binance.US’ deal to acquire Voyage Digital’s assets

The SEC's filing in the Voyager bankruptcy said 'there are numerous public reports and press accounts concerning investigations into the purchaser and its affiliates'

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Binance plans to pay penalties to settle US probes

Binance still expects regulators will impose fines for past conduct, its chief strategy officer said

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The Fintech Files: SBF arrested, crypto workers turn cold, and could Binance be next?

Fintech Files rounds up what's going on in fintech and crypto this week

Mazars halts work for crypto firms including Binance

The Mazars report on Binance's bitcoin assets was no longer viewable on the accounting firm's website as of 16 December

Binance US strikes $1bn deal for Voyager Digital’s assets after FTX collapse

Dramatic bidding cycle ends with 10-figure deal for Binance

Binance is still a black box after FTX’s collapse

Outsize role and complex setup had already drawn scrutiny from regulators

‘It’s risky business’: Binance’s $1bn crypto industry recovery fund prompts antitrust concerns

Binance said the fund would help rebuild the crypto industry following the collapse of its peer FTX

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Binance chief Changpeng Zhao makes efforts to restore chaotic crypto amid FTX disaster

Binance has been the target of critics who say it has done too little to promote transparency

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The Fintech Files: FTX fallout, MPs make Binance squirm, and crypto sector full of ‘f****** sociopaths’

The collapse has already bruised the likes of BlackRock, VanEck and Sequoia Capital, and has seriously damaged the reputation of crypto in traditional finance circles

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Binance policy head: ‘We didn’t cause FTX crisis’

It was not 'obvious' that Binance selling FTX's token would damage the exchange further, Daniel Trinder, Binance's vice president of government affairs, tells lawmakers

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