Binance-owned CoinMarketCap acquired CoinGlass, a crypto derivatives data platform used by traders to monitor leverage, positioning and market risk. CoinGlass will continue operating independently with its brand, website, app, API and pricing unchanged.
Ethena has started using Binance's tokenized stocks (bStocks) as spot collateral for its $4.9 billion USDe stablecoin, hedging them with short positions in Binance equity perpetual futures. This marks Ethena's first expansion of its basis trading strategy beyond crypto assets into traditional equities, potentially opening access to a $150 trillion market.
The Solana Foundation has hired former Binance chief marketing officer Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer to oversee institutional partnerships and ecosystem growth, and former Polygon Labs executive Jamal Raees as general manager of payments to focus on stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
The Manhattan US attorney's office and DOJ's criminal division are examining whether Binance knowingly allowed trading that violated US sanctions on Iran, three years after the exchange agreed to $4.3 billion in penalties to settle similar charges.
Binance has expanded into the $9.6 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market by launching its first FX perpetual futures contract, offering round-the-clock trading of USD-Brazilian real pairs with up to 100x leverage, unlike traditional FX markets which operate on limited schedules.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to prevent Greece from granting Binance an EU-wide MiCA license in late May, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Lagarde reportedly asked Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to reject the application over compliance concerns.
Hamas' military wing Al Qassam Brigades advised potential donors to avoid using Binance for cryptocurrency transfers and instead use platforms including Bybit, OKX, Kast, and Redotpay, according to U.S. Department of Justice documents released in September 2026.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has expanded its Capital Connect investment marketplace to eligible individual users for the first time, allowing wealthy clients with at least $1 million in assets to access professionally managed investment strategies previously reserved for institutional clients.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly derived from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products, with funds allegedly laundered through Binance to Chinese buyers.
The US Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint against $61 million in cryptocurrency held in Binance accounts, alleging the funds originated from black market Iranian oil sales and money laundering operations.
Research from the Bank of Korea shows that dollar-backed stablecoins can put downward pressure on national currencies when exchanges offer direct fiat trading pairs, with Binance pairings reducing local stablecoin premiums by 0.33 to 0.38 percentage points.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has introduced physically settled options contracts tied to more than 1,000 US-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds through a partnership. Unlike traditional US brokers, Binance's options do not exercise automatically, requiring manual instruction from traders.
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis organized Operation Light Shine, a multi-day investigation with support from Binance and Coinbase that identified more than 7,700 suspect accounts linked to child sexual abuse material networks.
Two Binance employees were detained by police in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks amid inquiries into possible financial crimes on the cryptocurrency platform. Binance confirmed on Aug. 20 that both employees had been cleared and released after answering questions about third-party fund flows.
Authorities in Dubai and Sharjah detained Binance employees for questioning as part of an investigation into a bank account the cryptocurrency exchange uses to hold customer funds. The incident echoes a similar 2023 probe involving US regulators and associates of former CEO Changpeng Zhao.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) advocated for countries to tokenize assets as a means to raise capital and attract foreign investment, while cautioning that deploying assets across multiple blockchains could lead to fragmentation issues.
Two Binance employees were detained at UAE airports in recent weeks amid police inquiries into possible financial crimes on the cryptocurrency platform, according to the New York Times. Both have since been released.
Binance has launched Agent OS, a developer platform that allows AI applications and agents to access market data, monitor user accounts, and execute cryptocurrency trades on the exchange. The platform includes APIs, Wallet Agentic Hub, Binance x402, and Skill Hub, with integration for AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT.
Industry leaders are warning that AI agents could enable crypto hacks far exceeding today's billion-dollar breaches, even as major platforms like Binance begin integrating AI agents for automated trading. Fidelity Digital Assets identified key risks to the sector's AI thesis, including the possibility that AI agents may not converge on public blockchains.
Binance-backed cryptocurrency wallet provider SafePal disclosed that a flaw in an order-tracking plugin exposed names, phone numbers, and shipping addresses of 39,798 customers over 14 months. The stolen records are now being advertised on cybercrime forums, raising concerns about phishing and physical security risks for affected users.
Binance will delist six tokens (ACX, HFT, PIVX, PYR, VANRY, and VIC) on August 17, while OKX schedules removal of GODS, PRCL, and DUCK trading pairs, marking a coordinated wave of token delistings across major cryptocurrency exchanges.
Binance-affiliated companies have filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong against RedotPay's co-founders, alleging they breached a partnership agreement by diverting more than 470,000 Binance Card users to RedotPay's own stablecoin payment card service. RedotPay has vowed to vigorously defend against the claims.
Binance-affiliated companies filed a lawsuit against RedotPay founders alleging the Hong Kong crypto payments firm diverted more than 470,000 users from Binance Card in breach of commercial agreements, seeking $473 million in damages.
Coinbase is suspending six non-USD trading pairs including CRO/USDT and MINA/EUR effective August 6, while Binance is removing four spot trading pairs (QNT/BTC, RPL/USDC, SIGN/BNB, SKL/USDC) on August 7 and delisting six tokens (ACX, HFT, PIVX, PYR, VANRY, VIC) later in August, citing low trading liquidity and volume.
Dubai-based crypto exchange Shelbit processed over $4 billion since May 2024 through a network tied to Iranian gambling sites, the central bank, and the IRGC, according to Reuters investigations. At least $676 million was sent to Binance.
A Reuters investigation revealed that Shelbit, an unlicensed Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange, processed at least $4 billion for an Iranian sanctions-evasion network linked to the IRGC, Iran's central bank, and illegal gambling operations. At least $676 million from wallets connected to this network flowed to Binance.
Binance's bStocks, a tokenized securities platform offering 24/7 trading access to stocks, has crossed $500 million in assets under management just seven weeks after its launch, driven primarily by demand from Gen Z investors seeking round-the-clock market access through blockchain technology.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced a partnership with global non-profit STOP THE TRAFFIK on July 23, 2026, to detect and investigate cryptocurrency activity linked to human trafficking and child exploitation through intelligence sharing, training, and investigative support.
Cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has hired Robert MacDonald, a former compliance executive at Bybit and Binance, as its Chief Compliance Officer. The appointment comes as MEXC expands into tokenized stocks and other regulated financial products.
MVMT Labs, the developer behind the Movement blockchain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on July 15. The filing follows months of upheaval including a controversial market-making agreement, internal investigation into its MOVE token launch, and a Binance ban.
Vietnam has issued Decree No. 284/2026/NĐ-CP imposing fines of up to 50 million dong ($1,900) on individual investors who trade cryptocurrencies on unlicensed platforms like Binance, OKX, and Bybit, with penalties taking effect September 1, 2026 as part of the country's pilot digital asset market regulations.
Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez De Giorgi froze dozens of crypto wallets tied to the LIBRA investigation and ordered six international exchanges including Binance, Bybit, and OKX to hand over complete client files after the token's crash.
CEO Stephen Gregory outlined plans to recapture 20% of the U.S. crypto exchange market through 0% maker fees, 0.02% taker fees, and expansion into derivatives and prediction markets, following a two-year regulatory disruption that included an SEC civil lawsuit and loss of banking relationships.
Binance has formally withdrawn its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license application with Greece's Hellenic Capital Market Commission and will pursue authorization in a different EU jurisdiction before the July 1 deadline for unlicensed firms.
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, is reportedly set to lose permission to serve EU clients after its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license application in Greece faces rejection, according to Reuters citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Binance and Coinbase announced plans to offer 1:1 backed tokenized versions of U.S. stocks with 24/7 trading, while the DTCC prepares its first live demonstration of asset tokenization and the SEC proposes regulatory changes that could facilitate tokenized securities markets.
Binance's newly launched stock trading service, which integrates over 7,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs into its crypto platform, has accumulated more than $400 million in assets under management within its first week of operation since the June 1 rollout.
Binance announced it will allow non-US users to trade over 7,000 US stocks and ETFs with zero commission and fractional purchases starting at $5. The exchange also previewed 'bStocks,' a forthcoming feature that will enable users to tokenize shares on BNB Chain.
Hacking group TeamPCP claims to have breached GitHub's internal systems and stolen data from nearly 4,000 private repositories. Binance founder CZ and others urged crypto developers to rotate API keys immediately.
The U.S. Treasury Department is pressuring Binance to implement stricter compliance measures following reports that over $1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions tied to Iranian entities moved through the exchange despite sanctions.
RaveDAO's RAVE token crashed from $27.33 to $1.15 on April 19, wiping out over $5 billion in market cap after surging 4,500%. Binance and Bitget opened investigations into suspected pump-and-dump activity, while blockchain investigator ZachXBT offered a $25,000 whistleblower bounty.
Web3 investigator ZachXBT flagged RAVE token as a potential pump-and-dump scheme after it surged over 4,500% with nearly 90% of supply concentrated in three wallets. Binance and Bitget have committed to investigating the token's suspicious price movement.
Hyperbridge has raised its loss estimate from the Token Gateway exploit from an initial $237,000 to $2.5 million, with some funds traced to Binance. The Polkadot-Ethereum bridge protocol significantly underestimated the scope of the security breach.
A joint U.S., UK, and Canadian operation called Operation Atlantic froze over $12 million tied to cryptocurrency approval phishing scams, disrupted more than 120 fraud domains, and identified over 20,000 victims. Crypto firms including Coinbase and Kraken participated in the effort.
Galaxy shareholders holding tokenized GLXY shares will be able to participate in proxy voting on-chain in May through a partnership with Broadridge. This represents the first implementation of on-chain corporate governance for tokenized securities.
