Latest Binance News: Finextra Research

Binance receives $2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi's MGX

Abu Dhabi investment group MGX has invested $2 billion in stablecoin in crypto exchange Binance.

12 March 2025

Binance quits Netherlands after failing to get licence; faces French investigation

Binance's regulatory woes continue, with the crypto exchange forced to exit the Netherlands and facing up to a French investigation in "aggravated" money laundering.

16 June 2023

/wholesale

Binance US calls off $1bn deal to buy Voyager assets

Binance US has pulled the plug on a $1 billion deal to acquire the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital.

25 April 2023

/wholesale

Top US regulator hits Binance with law suit

The US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission has charged Binance and two of its top executives with "wilful evasion of US law" and is seeking disgorgement, civil monetary penalties and permanent trading and registration bans against the digital asset firm.

27 March 2023

/wholesale

Binance US to buy Voyager's assets for $1bn

Binance US has won the bidding to acquire the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital for about $1.02 billion.

19 December 2022

/wholesale

Binance pulls out of FTX takeover

Binance says it will not go ahead with plans to buy FTX, citing the results of due diligence and reports of US regulatory investigations into its rival crypto exchange.

09 November 2022

/wholesale

Binance chief downplays CBDC threat to crypto

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) do not pose a threat to cryptocurrencies and would actually help build trust among sceptics by validating the underlying blockchain technology.

03 November 2022

/wholesale

Bucking trend, some crypto firms go on hiring spree

While many crypto firms take an axe to their workforce, several big sector players - including Binance, Kraken and OKX - have committed to hiring sprees.

16 June 2022

/wholesale

Binance launches $500 million Web3 venture fund

Digital asset exchange Binance has closed a $500 million venture fund for investing in Web3 and blockchain technology projects, with support from institutional investors.

01 June 2022

/wholesale

FCA raises concerns over Binance tie-up with UK-regulated business

The Financial Conduct Authority has again raised concerns about Binance after the crypto group completed a deal that effectively gives it control of a UK regulated company.

07 March 2022

/wholesale

Binance and Ripple weigh in on crypto regulation

Having both been put under the cosh by financial regulators, Binance and Ripple have now outlined their visions for how the crypto industry should be governed.

16 November 2021

/wholesale

Binance US names Ant exec Shroder president

The US arm of Binance has appointed former Ant Group and Uber executive Brian Shroder president, replacing Brian Brooks who quit suddenly in August after just four months in the job.

10 September 2021

Latest news