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Andrés Iniesta – a legendary soccer player who helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup – recently advertised the cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – on some social platforms. However, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) warned him that promoting such investments is not wise since digital assets are “unregulated products” that carry some “significant risks.” Iniesta’s Binance Affair On Wednesday, Andrés Iniesta – a soccer star playing for the Japanese Vissel Kobe and...

The leading cryptocurrency exchange will reportedly set up headquarters in Ireland. The initiative comes following the total crypto ban in China and the regulatory issues, which the company had with numerous other watchdogs. Ireland Sounds Like The Right Choice The topic of Binance having headquarters has always been a sensitive one for the company. With some of the recent regulatory hurdles, though, the CEO – Changpeng Zhao – suggested on a few occasions that the firm will...

Binance – the world’s largest digital currency trading platform by daily volume – and its founder Changpeng Zhao are calling for regulation to finally enter the crypto foray. Changpeng Zhao Wants Regulation to Take Form Regulation in the digital currency space has been one of the most controversial topics the blockchain world has ever seen. The idea of regulation is considered sacrilege to many diehard crypto fans given that the space was born out of a desire to operate...

Binance has been experiencing problems with Dogecoin withdrawals for over ten days now. The root cause is a technical issue that resent old transactions to Binance users, besides DOGE holders being unable to withdraw the currency. CryptoPotato reported that the 1.14.5 upgrade on the Dogecoin network led to issues on the Binance exchange. Some failed (stuck) transactions were relayed successfully post the 1.14.5 update, causing DOGE holders to receive old transactions while...

Changpeng Zhao – Chief Executive Officer of Binance – revealed that Binance US (the American arm of the cryptocurrency exchange) plans to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in a funding round. Additionally, Binance will soon disclose where its new headquarters will be. Funding Rounds Before The IPO Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, Zhao (commonly known as CZ) admitted he does not know the exact number of the fresh funding. However, it will be a...

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has revealed that he has a personal stash of bitcoin in his investment portfolio. CZ Bought Bitcoin in 2014 Speaking in a recent interview with the Associated Press, CZ noted that although a significant percentage of his net worth is made up of his Binance Coin (BNB) holdings, he still has some BTC that he purchased a few years after Bitcoin’s launch. The Binance boss admitted that he had...

Binance believes the future of crypto needs to be user-focused. Amidst mounting regulations, the CZ-led cryptocurrency exchange has published a list of what it considers to be the basic rights for every digital asset user. Beyond the hype of Bitcoin (BTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE), Binance stated that there is more to the cryptocurrency sector. Its constitution-like document “10 Fundamental Rights for Crypto Users” emphasizes the need for financial inclusion, privacy, among...

The NFT marketplace of the leading cryptocurrency exchange will host the digital collections of soccer legends such as Alessandro Del Piero, Christian Vieri, and Gabriel Batistuta. With the growing demand for non-fungible tokens, Binance launched such a marketplace earlier this year and has already become the home of many digital collections, including some from the soccer space. The company announced the latest NFT set to go live on its platform in a press release seen by...

The US branch of the leading cryptocurrency exchange explained that yesterday’s severe flash crash that saw BTC’s price dumping from $65,000 to $8,700 in mere seconds was because of a bug in the trading algorithm. CryptoPotato reported yesterday when the price of bitcoin nosedived from its near all-time high level to below $10,000 on Binance US. Other trading platforms, such as Kraken and FTX, also saw flash crashes as BTC dropped more on those two exchanges than it did in...

After yesterday’s new all-time high at $67,000, bitcoin corrected today with a steep decline to below $64,000. On some exchanges, though, the crash was significantly more violent as BTC dropped as low as $54,000 on Kraken and to four digits on Binance.US. October 20th was a historic day for the primary cryptocurrency as it finally skyrocketed above its previous all-time high and peaked at $67,000. It happened on the wings of the recently approved Bitcoin Futures ETF in the...