The order against Binance Nigeria Limited follows U.S. SEC allegations that the exchange had violated federal securities laws.
“Altcoins can crash this weekend even more as trading volumes are thin and market makers such as Binance have become less active,” one crypto firm warned.
Several tokens were alleged as securities earlier this week, leading to a possible risk-off among traders.
Custodia's challenge of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's decision to deny the crypto-friendly bank access to the Fed banking services can continue, a U.S. district court ruled Thursday, rejecting a Fed motion to dismiss the case. The U.S. District Court of Wyoming, however, did reject Custodia's request that the Fed be compelled to grant it a so-called master account and membership with the Fed, Instead, Custodia must continue its claims via normal channels.
The exchanges, targeted by the SEC for violating federal securities laws, have endured a significant wave of user withdrawals but managed to process transactions in an orderly fashion so far.
Fresh court documents detail how two administrators of the now-defunct BTC-e exchange stole and laundered bitcoin from Mt.Gox, the hacked bitcoin exchange.
In trading, timing is everything and it appears that some traders put in well-timed sell orders for BNB, ahead of the massive SEC crackdown against crypto exchange Binance on June 5.
If Ethereum is to grow it’ll have to mature beyond the antics of those shilling the token-of-the-moment, says Paul Dylan-Ennis.
The move is a “culmination of over two years of effort,” according to Strike CEO and cofounder Jack Mallers.
U.S. law doesn’t let appointed regulators trump elected officials. But the SEC head may be doing exactly that.
Singapore-based crypto exchange Crypto.com will no longer be offering its service to institutional clients in the U.S. due to “limited demand,” the company announced Friday.
The SEC's lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase are likely to play out across the U.S.'s legal and political system over several years, says Michael Casey.
Sotheby’s will sell Dmitri Cherniak's “The Goose” NFT at a live auction this month, while Mercedes Benz released a collection inspired by its luxury vehicles.