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Crypto Magnates Like Changpeng Zhao Saw Their Net Worth Crash in 2022

2022 was a year of loss, and many crypto billionaires – from Changpeng Zhao of Binance fame to the Winklevoss Twins who run the Gemini exchange – have lost a ton of money. So much in fact, that in just nine short months, many of them have seen their net worth virtually collapse – in some cases, to zero. Changpeng Zhao and Others Have Lost Tons of Money Changpeng Zhao, for instance, had a net worth of approximately $65 billion in March of last year. By the end of...

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Binance US Receives Initial Approval to Acquire Voyager Digital’s Assets: Report

Binance US’ plan to acquire some of Voyager Digital’s assets for $1.02 billion is one step closer as the bankrupt crypto lender received initial court approval for its proposal. The United States District Judge Michael Wiles of the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York on January 10th approved Voyager to work out a purchase agreement with the crypto exchange and to solicit creditor votes on the sale. Uncertainty of the Deal According to the Reuters report,...

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India’s WazirX Releases Proof-of-Reserves With Over 1:1 Liability Ratio

Indian crypto exchange WazirX released its proof-of-reserves (PoR) report disclosing its reserves-to-liability ratio of over 1:1. Alongside the paper, published by CoinGabbar, a third-party platform that tracks crypto assets, WazirX also made its wallet addresses, and list of exchanges available to the public. At press time, the Indian company had over $283 million of total user assets in the form of stablecoin USDT. Proof-of-Reserves WazirX, in a statement, highlighted that...

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Binance Secures Regulatory Approval in Sweden

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority registered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – as a financial institution for management and trading in virtual currency in the Scandinavian country. This is the seventh EU nation where the platform has received such a license, with the previous six being Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Cyprus, and Lithuania. Binance announced that its Swedish subsidiary – Binance Nordics AB – obtained registration from the...

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Sam Bankman-Fried Makes Rare Appearance Following FTX Collapse

Sam Bankman-Fried – the disgraced founder of fallen digital currency exchange FTX – made a rare appearance at the Deal Book Summit in New York on the last day of November last year. Sam Bankman-Fried Does First Interview Following Company’s Demise While he did not arrive in person, Bankman-Fried was featured prominently on a screen from an undisclosed location in the Bahamas, where he still claims to live. In the interview, Bankman-Fried attempted to explain what...

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Binance Pledges $2 Billion to “Save Crypto”

Changpeng Zhao – the man behind famed digital currency exchange Binance – has pledged roughly $2 billion to help save the digital currency arena. Binance Is Looking to Save the Crypto Space The crypto space has been failing as of late. Bitcoin, for example, has lost more than 70 percent of its overall value since it reached its new all-time high of about $68,000 per unit in November of 2021. In general, crypto has lost more than $2.2 trillion in valuation, and many...

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Binance Partners With Ukrainian Pharmacies to Allow Crypto Payments

One of the largest pharmacy chains in Ukraine – ANC Pharmacy – joined forces with Binance to enable customers to pay for medical products and supplies in cryptocurrencies.  The exchange has provided its services to the war-torn country numerous times over the past several months. It donated $10 million worth of digital assets to Ukraine shortly after the launch of the Russian “special military operation” and introduced a crypto card designated for Ukrainian refugees. Buying...

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