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The denial of a custody license in Germany poses significant challenges for Binance, as Germany represents one of Europe’s largest and most influential markets. Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has reportedly denied the Binance exchange’s application for a crypto custody license. Finance Forward, a news publication, has reported that BaFin has communicated this decision directly to the exchange. The decision signifies a regulatory setback for the crypto trading...

As research continues into a possible digital euro, the ECB plans to begin trials that settle transactions using a CBDC. The European Central Bank will begin trials on market transaction settlements using distributed ledger technology (DLT) via a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The ECB’s readiness to begin the CBDC trials and experimentation follows the first meeting of the New Technologies for Wholesale Settlement Contact Group (NTW-CG). The minutes of the meeting explored...

In Binance’s peer-to-peer (P2P) platform, ML technology is employed to identify suspicious language in communications. By utilizing ML in P2P chat, feedback, and advertisements, potential payment scams, customer service impersonation, and malicious messaging can be detected. This technology has proven effective in preventing thousands of scams. For the know-your-customer (KYC) process, Binance utilizes a combination of computer vision (CV) and AI. These technologies aid in verifying...

The press release explained how users can become fully verified by World ID – Worldcoin’s identity protocol. Blockchain identity project Worldcoin has announced a new collaboration with Okta – an identity management software. According to the announcement, the collaboration will help Worldcoin to launch its proposed identity protocol, World ID, in Germany. Worldcoin Floats World ID, Brags About Its Privacy Policy Per the announcement, World ID verification will start out in the German...

Despite the challenging landscape of the smartphone consumer market and the economic climate, Nothing has achieved significant milestones and is poised for further growth. London-based tech startup Nothing has successfully closed its recent fundraising round with $96 million secured from both new and existing partners. The company was founded in 2020 by Carl Pei, the former co-founder of the smartphone maker OnePlus. In an announcement on Twitter, Nothing revealed that the investment round...

Binance informed its users that it is working to find another payment service provider.  Binance, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has lost its banking partner Paysafe in Europe. Binance partnered with Paysafe in January 2022 after losing Barclays and Santander as banking partners in 2021. Since then, the exchange has been trying to expand its presence and reach in Europe. Consequently, Paysafe’s decision will set back the exchange’s European plans. Paysafe Is Wary of Regulators Paysafe...

The state House of Representatives voted on the bill, with 73 out of 120 members voting in its favor, 40 members against it, and the remaining seven were absent. The lower house of the North Carolina General Assembly has passed a bill that would task the Department of State Treasurer to assess the feasibility of the state holding Bitcoin (BTC). The study will also measure the benefits that the state could derive from such investments. The bill proposes allocating $50,000 to study the...

FTX is also seeking to reclaim the funds Friedberg received while working for FTX. FTX has filed a complaint in court that claims that Daniel Friedberg, one of its former top attorneys, was a major part of the fraud that company founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other top executives perpetrated. The complaint, which was filed in the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Tuesday, claims that Friedberg acted as the company’s fixer on several occasions. That is, he was responsible for silencing,...

Ledger launched an institutional-grade trading network to meet the risk management and regulatory requirements of institutions. On June 28th, crypto custody company Ledger announced the launch of “Ledger Enterprise TRADELINK”, a custodial trading network for institutions aiming to revolutionize this segment. According to Ledger, the crypto wallet company has signed contracts with several partners to carry out its new project, which eliminates unnecessary complexities in the crypto market...

One Trading intends to launch USD trading pairs, launch derivatives offerings, and announce new crypto listings including Bitcoin and Ethereum. After operating as one entity since 2019, Bitpanda and Bitpanda Pro have separated with the latter rebranding to One Trading following the successful closure of a Series A funding round with €30 million. According to the announcement, Bitpanda will retain a small stake in the new entity but will continue to operate independently in its future...