Recently we wrote about how there were some media rumors about Binance having shutdown its Shanghai following a police raid. It was then reported that Binance has relocated its 100-member Shanghai team to other offices in Singapore.However, shortly after, we reported of Binance spokesperson refuting all the claims and media reports saying that any police raid on Binance’s Shanghai office actually did not happen.Nevertheless, the story needs its closure, but also, an explanation, at least if...
Read More »CZ: Binance Fake News Is The Reason For Yesterday’s Bitcoin Price Crash To $6700
News broke out two days ago that Binance’s Shanghai office has been raided by local police and has shut down consequently. The CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange, Changpeng Zhao, has since refuted the claims, while also saying that it’s FUD of the kind that damaged Bitcoin’s price in the past couple of days.Binance To Sue The Block Media OutletCryptocurrency news media The Block reported on November 21st that the Shanghai office of Binance has shut down because it has been clamped down by...
Read More »Binance CEO Speaks Up Against The Block; There Was No Raid
The Block reported that Binance’s Shanghai office was raided by the police. Changpeng Zhao (CZ) quickly responded and went into the offensive to refute The Block’s claims. CZ knows that he can file a lawsuit against the crypto news site but says that that’s “too much trouble for now.” On Thursday, The Block published an article that rocked Crypto Twitter (CT). The New York-based crypto media outlet reported that Binance’s Shanghai office was raided and shut down by the police. The article...
Read More »China Vows ‘Immediate Disposal’ of Crypto Exchanges As Bitcoin Plummets
China continues its crackdown on crypto exchanges. Binance and Bithumb raid rumors cause widespread FUD. Will China’s U-turn on crypto impact the market? The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) has reiterated its position on crypto trading, vowing the immediate disposal of cryptocurrency exchanges. For weeks China’s strict attitude towards cryptocurrencies has seemingly morphed into something less stringent. Blockchain technology has been championed within the country, and a lighter touch was...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Drops to $7,500 and $180M Worth of BTC Longs Liquidated on BitMEX
Bitcoin price is still falling which causes a lot of worries among the traders. As on BitMEX and Bitstamp, it fell below $7,400, it has now seen its lowest points in the last four weeks and has crashed 50 percent since it’s year-long high in June.The crypto market, like any other financial market, is subject to price changes and swings at certain times but it has become rather interesting to watch over the years. In its initial stages, it was predicted that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
Read More »Binance Refutes any Rumors of Police Raid on Its Shanghai Office
The rumor in the air has been that Binance has shutdown its Shanghai following a police raid. On Thursday, November 23, several online publications including CoinSpeaker reported that Binance has relocated its 100-member Shanghai team to other offices in Singapore.The report also states that Binance has planned to shut down its Shanghai office completely. Furthermore, it added that Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao and the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Yi He, have already moved...
Read More »Binance Shanghai Office Reportedly Shut Down after Local Police Raid
Recent reports currently suggest that one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, has had its Shanghai office shutdown causing its many staff members to either work remotely or even completely abandon China and move to Singapore. According to sources familiar with the matter as cited by The Block, there is currently no fully functioning Binance Shanghai anymore.The cited sources have also added that the office was recently raided by police in the area, for unknown reasons....
Read More »2 Years Since the Bitcoin Bubble: How Easy is it to Buy Cryptocurrencies Compared to 2017?
2017 will go down in history as probably the most pivotal year in the chronicles of cryptocurrencies. It was the year that they transitioned from being an obsession of “geeks” into something that captured the interest of governments, Wall Street analysts, media, financial institutions, and the average joe on the street.Exactly two years since the so-called “crypto bubble,” this piece tracks the evolution of the crypto market from 2017 at the price peak, until today, with a focus on new...
Read More »CryptoCompare Releases New Exchange Benchmark Report With Quite a Few Surprises
In what seems to be a weird turn of events, top cryptocurrency data and assessment firm CryptoCompare has released its data for cryptocurrency exchange rankings and there are a few surprises in its benchmark report. Firstly, Binance has been dropped from its top ten rankings which comes as a shock as it is currently in the top three cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of the trading volume. Secondly, most of the popular cryptocurrency exchanges didn’t receive the expected rankings as only...
Read More »Universal Protocol Alliance and Bitcoin.com Exchange Prepare to Launch ‘Mega-Utility’ Token
Universal Protocol Alliance, a blockchain collective including Cred, Bittrex Global, Uphold, Blockchain at Berkeley, CertiK and OmiseGO, has announced the launch of the industry’s first “mega-utility” token, a digital asset that can be used throughout the cryptosphere.The token will launch on Bitcoin.com Exchange before being deployed by stakeholders across multiple verticals, from trading to lending. The news has been hailed as evidence of a concerted effort to unseat the crypto monopolies...
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