European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to block Binance's bid for an EU-wide crypto license through Greece, according to the Wall Street Journal. Binance founder CZ criticized the decision on social media.
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.
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.
