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The leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has helped recover almost all $345,000 funds stolen due to an exit scam conducted by an automated market maker (AMM) dubbed Wine Swap. Binance Security Team Recovers 99.9% of Stolen Funds In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the popular exchange shared that Wine Swap launched on Binance Smart Chain as an AMM platform on October 13th, 2020. However, just an hour after the product release, the team behind it “pulled the rug,”...

Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by means of daily trading volumes. In the few short years since its launch, the venue went on to become a leading company in the industry. In fact, launching coins up for trade on the exchange has created the so-called “Binance Effect.” In short, when a cryptocurrency is selected and launched for trading on the platform, its price usually undergoes a substantial surge. Now, the CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has hinted...

With bitcoin’s latest rally beyond the $13,000 mark, it seems like the next bull market is here. It can be seen from BTC markets that have been on fire for the last 7 days, including derivatives. The latest data shows that bitcoin futures markets on Binance have clocked the highest 24h BTC futures volumes amongst all platforms. This comes amid the exchange registering $760 million in open interest. Binance Experiences Explosive Bitcoin Futures Market Action Bitcoin rallied...

One of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx, suspended withdrawals earlier today, which led to lots of confusion within the community and price slumps for the market. CryptoPotato reached out to OKEx personnel, including CEO Jay Hao, to shed some light on the entire situation. In the original statement, OKEx reasoned that the withdrawal suspension came because “one of our private key holders is currently cooperating with a public security bureau in investigations...

Apart from BNB, Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange heavyweight Binance has another reason to smile.Yesterday the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) handled 21 percent of Ethereum transactions, at 0.6 percent of the gas fees charged for transfers on the latter. This makes BSC about 35 times cheaper, he said. Also, CZ added that if BSC handles more volumes, it will bode well for BNB price and node operators.Binance Smart Chain Handles 21 Percent of Ethereum...

The combined stablecoin market recently topped a valuation figure of $20 billion. Apparently, this was the total market value of all cryptocurrencies in the pre-bull run month of February 2017. Also, stablecoins together are contributing to $26 billion worth of trading volume.The Crypto Stablecoin Market Is BoomingAs per the latest statistics, the total market cap of all stablecoins in circulation has topped $20 billion. This, as per crypto Twitter commentator, Dan Romero, was the value of...

Cryptocurrency investors have withdrawn approximately 45,000 bitcoins from the derivatives exchange BitMEX following the recent charges brought by the US CFTC. A sizeable portion of the massive amount has ended up on two rival exchanges – Gemini and Binance.CFTC Charges Against BitMEX OwnersAs CryptoPotato reported last week, the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission pressed charges against the owners of the popular derivatives exchange BitMEX. The CFTC charged Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo,...

For a number of years, CoinMarketCap (CMC) has been the industry’s premier analytics website for data on the top tokens and exchanges. There were a number of competitors but CMC was still the chosen source despite major discrepancies in the data it published.CEO of the FTX derivatives exchange and Alameda Research, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has opened a dialogue on whether the Binance acquisition has been beneficial to the website.1) Unpopular take: @cz_binance partially saved @CoinMarketCap.—...

In late August this year, Binance launched its DeFi Composite Index. Trading under the DEFIUSDT symbol, it’s currently down over 50% in a little over a month.Unfortunately, there is even worse news for the young index.DeFi Composite Index Down Over 50%At this point, it’s quite clear that DeFi is where all the rage is in 2020. The field has seen exponential growth over the past few months, as the total value locked in protocols has increased from about $500 million in March to almost $11...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 972. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: XRP Verkaufsdruck steigt, Mehr als 10.000 Bitcoin ATM’s weltweit & die Bitcoin Visa Card von Binance ist da. 1.) Ripple und Jeb McCaleb verkaufen weiterhin ihre XRP – Verkaufsdruck steigthttps://cryptomonday.de/ripple-und-jeb-mccaleb-verkaufen-weiterhin-ihre-xrp-verkaufsdruck-steigt/ 2.) Bitcoin ATMs surge by 87% in past year to surpass 10,000...