— Binance US, Crypto
Binance US users no longer able to make USD withdrawals
Binance US has suspended dollar withdrawals, modifying its terms of use to inform users they can convert their dollars to stablecoins.
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What did Alameda Research do with $40B in USDT?
Caroline Ellison testified about Alameda Research sending customer funds back to FTX as stablecoins, but it raises questions about Tether.
— Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried used prostitutes in bid to unfreeze funds, says Caroline Ellison
Alameda and Bankman-Fried tried to use the identities of prostitutes to open accounts to access their frozen assets, Caroline Ellison said.
— Bitfinex
Bitfinex plans $150M share buyback to ‘address scrutiny’
Bitfinex has proposed a $150M share buyback to some victims of its 2016 hack in an attempt to "address scrutiny" from regulators.
Binance brokers like Nominex continue to serve Russia
Official Binance brokers like Nominex appear to still be serving Russia, despite the exchange announcing it was exiting the market.
Binance doesn’t know how much BNB it has
Forbes accuses Binance of hiding BNB ICO failure and Protos analysis shows Binance has far more BNB than noted in its 'proof-of-reserves.'
— FTX, Jump Trading
How Jump helped US Robinhood users trade offshore at FTX
Jump Trading apparently lost nearly $300 million on FTX, before the collapse Jump was one of the largest Robinhood market makers.
Binance claims to operate in 100+ countries but only discloses 45
Binance's site lists countries where it's come under increased scrutiny, such as France, where it was raided by money laundering authorities.
Tether is confused in Singapore
Tether claims to have cut off clients in Singapore on May 12, 2020 but continued to issue tokens to entities in the country after that date.
The beef between Circle and Tether
Circle and Tether executives have engaged in a series of increasingly public spats as the firms vie for control of the stablecoin market.