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Policy

Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan: ‘It Would Be an Honor to Serve My Country Again’

Gambaryan has been recommended for several high profile crypto crime fighting roles by people associated with the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, which Donald Trump attended.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Markets

XRP Volume Overtakes Bitcoin on Coinbase as U.S. Investor Interest Grows

XRP leads volume trends on Coinbase, with BTC and ETH taking second and third places. On Binance, bitcoin is still the most in demand.

24-hour volume trends on Coinbase. (Coingecko)

Markets

Binance's BNB Hits Fresh Record, Breaks Out of 3-Year Range as Altcoin Rotation Accelerates

Older cryptocurrencies with regulatory overhang were among the biggest gainers over the past month as Donald Trump's election victory promises a friendlier U.S. regulatory environment toward digital assets.

BNB price broke above $700 to new record highs (TradingView)

Policy

Binance Boosts Compliance Staff by 34% Year-Over-Year, Citing Industry’s ‘Rapid Maturation’

The world’s largest crypto exchange is in the process of overhauling its approach to regulatory compliance.

Binance CEO Richard Teng (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

After Binance's $4.3B Lesson, Do Rival Crypto Exchanges Risk Running Afoul of U.S. Rules?

Bybit, Bitget and OKX combined have 877,000 monthly active users in the U.S., data from Sensor Tower shows. It's unclear if they are just checking prices, or trading in violation of the rules.

Groucho Marx glasses, pixelated.

Videos

Bitcoin Nears $90K; FTX Sues Binance, CZ For $1.8B

Bitcoin recorded its largest daily gain in history with $8,400 added on Veterans Day. Could the largest crypto by market cap hit the $90,000 level? Plus, updates from Ethereum's Devcon conference and FTX takes legal action against Binance and former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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Markets

Bitcoin Blasts to $90K as Crypto Rally Shakes Out $900M of Leveraged Bets

Crypto prices continue melting upwards since Donald Trump's election victory as investors reprice digital assets in anticipation of a friendlier government.

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Policy

FTX Sues Binance, Former CEO CZ for $1.8B

The filing alleges that FTX was already insolvent and the FTT tokens used in a share repurchase transaction were worthless, and therefore the transfer should be classed as fraudulent

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Memecoin ACT Rockets 1,720% on Binance Listing as Altcoin Market Heats Up

The token has risen amid an absence of liquidity on exchanges.

Rocket taking off. (NASA, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance, CZ’s Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint in SEC Lawsuit

Lawyers slammed the SEC for a lack of clarity on regulation when it comes to virtual assets.

Founder/CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao, closeup