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The SEC Is Taking Aim at Paxos and (Annoyingly) It’s Good for Bitcoin

While the largest cryptocurrency has not been a direct focus for regulators, bitcoiners should not become cheerleaders.

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Finance

Binance and Huobi Freeze $1.4M in Crypto Tied to Harmony Bridge Theft

Tracing firm Elliptic said it followed the money through Tornado Cash.

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Binance CEO: BUSD Is Not Issued by Binance

Binance’s Chief Executive Officer Changpeng “CZ” Zhao distanced himself from the Binance-branded stablecoin BUSD, after regulatory action caused minting to cease. “BUSD is not issued by Binance,” CZ said at a Twitter Spaces on Tuesday. “We have an agreement to let them [Paxos] use our brand, but that's not something that we created.” "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments and industry implications amid mounting U.S. crypto regulatory pressure.

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Technology

BNB Chain Aims to Double Transaction Speed, Targets ZK Tooling in 2023 Road Map

It also aims to more than triple the number of validators to 100.

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Policy

Binance CEO Distances Himself From BUSD Stablecoin as Regulators Act

Changpeng Zhao said Binance will continue working with other stablecoin issuers, and that he’s skeptical about claims Circle raised alarm bells with regulators.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

Finance

Binance Hires Former Gemini-Exec as Chief Compliance Officer: Bloomberg

Perlman started in the role at Binance in January.

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Markets

Binance Withdrawals Surge as Paxos-BUSD Drama Weighs on the Exchange

Binance has endured some $831 million of net outflows in the past 24 hours, Nansen data shows. Monday’s outflow is the largest in a day since November.

Monday's net outflows from Binance reached similar levels as during the peak fear about the exchange’s reserves in December. (Nansen)