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Binance Freezes Doge Withdrawals as Users Report Being Asked to Return Coins They Don’t Have

Binance users say that the crypto exchange is not allowing them to make any withdrawals until they return the DOGE.

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Binance Hires Former IRS Special Agent to Head Suspicious Activity Reporting

The hire is the latest in a series of appointments at Binance as the crypto exchange tightens up on regulatory compliance while tackling fraud and criminal activity.

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Bitfury Hires Former Binance US Chief Brian Brooks as CEO

Brooks is replacing Valery Vavilov, who will stay on as Bitfury’s “chief vision officer.”

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Binance Is Investigating Squid Game Token, Considers It a Scam

The crypto exchange is considering blacklisting wallet addresses tied to the token’s developers.

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Binance Funds $116M Initiative to Grow French Crypto Ecosystem

The world’s biggest crypto exchange has teamed with nonprofit French Fintech to build a research hub and accelerator.

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Binance Temporarily Disables All Crypto Withdrawals, Cites Backlog

Withdrawals resumed about 25 minutes after the stoppage was announced, before being disabled and then resumed again.

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Binance Temporarily Disables All Crypto Withdrawals, Cites Backlog

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, temporarily disabled all crypto withdrawals for a time Monday due to a large backlog. Withdrawals resumed about 25 minutes after the stoppage was announced, before being disabled and then resumed again. “The Hash” team discusses the significance of the outage.

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Associated Press Exec on the Significance of Launching ‘Unique Moments’ NFT Collection

The Associated Press (AP) has launched the “Unique Moments” NFT collection on Binance’s marketplace, featuring digitized versions of photos and news wires based on the AP’s reporting on historical moments of the last century.

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Binance Hires Former GE, Edelman Exec as First Chief Communications Officer

The move comes as regulators around the world have recently been scrutinizing Binance’s operations.

Zhao Changpeng, chief executive officer of Binance, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The worlds biggest cryptocurrency exchange keeps getting bigger. Binance.com is adding a couple of million registered users every week, with 240,000 people signing up in just an hour on Wednesday, said Zhao. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Top Lawyer for Binance.US Steps Down

Christopher Robins served as Binance.US’s general counsel for just seven months.

Binance to Wind Down Derivatives in Europe, Malaysia Orders Closure