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Stablecoin Lender Liquity's LQTY Token Surges 45% as New York Regulator Goes After Paxos' BUSD

Traders look more closely at decentralized censorship-resistant stablecoin lending protocols like Liquity in the wake of regulatory action on Paxos' centralized dollar-pegged cryptocurrency BUSD.

Liquity's LQTY token jumped 45% on Monday. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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)

Policy

Paxos ‘Categorically Disagrees’ With SEC That BUSD Is a Security, Says It Will Litigate if Needed

The stablecoin issuer confirmed it has received a Wells Notice from the SEC, indicating a possible enforcement action is forthcoming.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (CoinDesk)

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Paxos To Stop Minting BUSD After Regulatory Action; IMF Issues Warning Over El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment

Stablecoin issuer Paxos will stop minting new Binance USD (BUSD) tokens at the direction of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), with the news coming just after a report of the threat of legal action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that bitcoin's risks in El Salvador should be addressed. Shares of Hut 8 Mining continue to slide after agreeing to merge with U.S. Bitcoin Corp last week.

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Binance USD's $16B Market Cap Up for Grabs as Paxos Regulatory Action Stirs Up Stablecoin Rivalry

Tether’s USDT stablecoin will likely be a big winner as Paxos stops issuing Binance USD stablecoin after being sued by the top U.S. securities watchdog.

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Paxos to Stop Minting Stablecoin BUSD Following Regulatory Action

Stablecoin issuer Paxos will stop minting new Binance USD (BUSD) tokens at the direction of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), with the news coming just after a report of the threat of legal action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the details and the wider implications for crypto regulation.

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Bitcoin, Ether Falling as Paxos To Stop Minting Stablecoin BUSD

Bitcoin slipped below $22,000 as stablecoin issuer Paxos announced the company would stop minting new Binance USD (BUSD) tokens at the direction of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). This comes after a report of the threat of legal action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Tastycrypto Head of Digital Assets Ryan Grace discusses how this will impact the market sentiment.

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Finance

Aave Community Mulls Freezing Binance Stablecoin Amid SEC Pressure

As circulating supply trends to zero, the lack of growth could "hurt peg arbitrage opportunity and asset peg," one community member said.

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Finance

Binance Says BUSD ‘Funds Are Safu’ but a Regulatory Cloud Is Forming Over the US

February has been a great month for the narrative that crypto’s natural home is in Asia.

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

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