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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, billionaire twins and founders of the Gemini crypto exchange, are turning their ambitions to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as they plan to seek a digital-asset license in the country. The move, unveiled in a recent Gemini Twitter announcement, marks the initial...

BitFlyer, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, announced on Tuesday that it is introducing stringent measures against money laundering in compliance with the "Travel Rule" initiated by the global financial watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The rules mandate sharing...

The Winklevoss twins are currently facing a series of challenges regarding their cryptocurrency exchange, Gemini. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Gemini for its alleged engagement in the unauthorized offering and selling of securities to retail investors, facilitated...

Cryptocurrency consortium Fahrenheit won the auction for bankrupt lender Celsius Network (CRYPTO: CEL). The consortium is required to secure the deal with a $10 million deposit within the next three days, as per the court documents filed early Thursday morning. Previous evaluations had estimated...

Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier says open-sourcing the company's Recover code does not equal better security, but ensures more transparency so people can verify the code is secure. Gauthier spoke with Benzinga regarding the roll-out of the Ledger Recover service after the Paris-based company...

Crypto trading platform Hotbit announced it will cease operations starting May 22, urging its users to withdraw their funds before June 21, 4 a.m. UTC. Hotbit shared in a public statement that its business environment worsened following an investigation into a former team member back in August...

Regulators in Malaysia ordered digital asset exchange Huobi Global Ltd. and its CEO Leon Li to cease operations in the country. Huobi has been operating in the country without proper registration, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) claims. As a result, Huobi will have to disable its website...

Binance Australia will halt certain Australian dollar deposit services due to an external payment provider's decision. Customers should expect a disruption in bank transfer withdrawals, though the extent of the impact is yet to be determined. "We are working tirelessly to secure an...

In recent months, crypto behemoth Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) saw a dip in its market share by approximately 15 percentage points. Previously dominating 62% of the market in spot crypto trading volumes in February, Binance's share since slipped to an estimated 47% this month. Despite this...

Amid a significant increase in crypto-related crime over the past four years, Eun Young Choi, the newly appointed head of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) cryptocurrency enforcement division, has pledged to fortify the crackdown on illicit activities in the digital asset sector. This...

In a significant development, Binance, one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges, announced it is ceasing operations in Canada. The decision came in response to recently issued regulatory guidelines concerning stablecoins and investor limits. Binance indicated that these...

Binance.US, along with its founder and primary stakeholder, Changpeng Zhao, has been looking into strategies to decrease Zhao's ownership in the company. Zhao, who also serves as CEO of Binance (CRYPTO: BNB), the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has reportedly been seeking...

Late Monday, Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX (CRYPTO: FTT), filed pretrial motions to dismiss the majority of charges he is facing.  Set to go on trial this fall, Bankman-Fried faces more than a dozen charges, including wire, securities and...

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) is examining the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its possible applications across the company, according to CFO Alesia Haas.  In an interview with Bloomberg following the release of the crypto exchange's first-quarter results, Haas...

Israeli authorities have confiscated nearly 190 cryptocurrency accounts on Binance, with the intention to "disrupt the activities" of the Islamic State (ISIS) and "hinder its ability to further its objectives," according to Israel's National Bureau for Counter-Terror...