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How Many Years in Jail Will Sam Bankman-Fried Get? Nigeria Charged Binance With Tax Evasion

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including a Coinbase research report that looked at bitcoin ETFs' first week of net outflows in two months. Plus, Nigerian authorities charged Binance with tax evasion and traders bet on how many years Sam Bankman-Fried will be sentenced to.

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Binance Blocked by Philippines Securities Watchdog

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission warned in November that the company was operating in the country without the necessary licenses.

The Philippines plans on issuing a wholesale CBDC (Alexes Gerard/Unsplash)

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Nigeria Charges Binance With Tax Evasion After Detained Exec Escapes: Reports

One of two senior Binance executives in government custody has escaped, local media reported over the weekend.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Finance

The Institutional Era of Crypto Brings Fresh Innovation

After the scandals and regulatory headaches of the last market cycle, crypto is growing and embracing the needs of institutions entering the digital assets space.

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BTC Tumbles Below $63K; BVM Brings AI to the Bitcoin Network

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including the slip in bitcoin that sent the largest cryptocurrency by market cap below $63,000. Plus, the latest on Bitcoin Virtual Machine's (BVM) release of a platform that allows users to spin up AI models. And, the Binance saga continues in Nigeria.

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Binance Asks Prime Brokers to Enhance KYC to Block U.S. Nationals: Bloomberg

The presence of U.S. nationals on the platform has been a contentious issue for authorities as, officially, they are banned but continue to pop up.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Nigerian Court Orders Binance to Relinquish Data of All Nigerians Trading on Its Platform: Report

The interim order comes after an earlier report that Nigeria wanted Binance to give information regarding its top 100 users in the nation and all transaction history spanning the past six months.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

Binance CEO Richard Teng Sees Bitcoin Crossing $80K by Year End

Richard Teng replaced Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) as the new CEO of the crypto exchange in November 2023 after the latter resigned as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. authorities.

Binance CEO Richard Teng in an interview at the Financial Times'  Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London. (CoinDesk/Lyllah Ledesma)

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Nigeria's SEC Proposes 400% Increase to Crypto Firm Registration Fees

The regulator proposed increases to all supervision fees as the government blamed crypto for recent economic woes.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Spun Off Venture Capital Arm Earlier This Year

Binance Labs says it is "an independent venture and not part of the Binance Group."

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.