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Omid Malekan, an author and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, said that rather than harming consumers like the failed crypto exchange FTX, Binance expanded financial inclusion to underserved communities. Malekan said in a Nov. 22 post on X that Binance was more successful than many traditional financial institutions in expanding financial services to include underprivileged people.
A new report from the Bank of Canada evaluates Canadians' perspectives on a potential digital version of the Canadian dollar. The feedback provided by Canadians and other stakeholders indicates a greater number of concerns than excitement about the idea.
Fiat Reporter Dec 2, 2023
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Richard Teng, the newly appointed CEO of Binance, expressed his belief that the cryptocurrency industry will face increased regulation in the future. Teng made these remarks during an X Spaces event on Dec. 1. He perceives this trend as a positive development for the industry. A summary of Teng's discussion was shared by Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, in a blog post dated Dec. 4.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that this week it co-hosted the EU–U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum. While the forum provided participants with the opportunity to engage in financial regulatory dialogue on topics of mutual interest, it emphasized areas of ongoing EU and U.S. cooperation.
Fiat Reporter Dec 8, 2023
Data from DefiLlama, a decentralized finance data aggregator, reveals that Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, saw inflows totaling approximately $1.5 billion in the week ending on Dec. 8. During this period, Binance's visible on-chain assets amounted to $74 billion, surpassing the combined total of the next thirty largest crypto exchanges.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the successful completion of a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 compliance audit. The audit was conducted over several months by A-LIGN, a third-party assessor.
Allan Endresz, the founder of digital currency Zucoins, has voiced his criticism against a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulator's statements on platform X. The regulator had implied that the compliance violations admitted to by crypto exchange Binance and its ex-CEO were unique to the cryptocurrency industry. In retort, Endresz highlighted that traditional banks have often been used as conduits for illicit activities such as money laundering.